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Chapter 2 AP US HISTORY
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Martin Luther
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started the Protestant Reformation by nailing his "95 Thesis" on the door of the Church in Wittenberg, Germany
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1517
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Year the Protestant Reformation began
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Elizabeth the First
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became the new Queen of England. She never married, and encouraged trade and exploration
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Sir Humphrey Gilbert
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1st Englishman to attempt to start and English Colony in the New World. He died before it could materialize
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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was the first to start an English colony and named it Roanoke.
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1585
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Year that Raleigh founded Roanoke, or "The Lost Colony"
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Virginia Dare
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was the first English baby born in North America
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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first man to introduce the potato and tobacco in England
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Sea Dogs
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were the English pirates who stole gold from Spaniards when opportunity arose
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Sir Francis Drake
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was the most famous English "Sea Dog"
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Spanish Armada
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"The Invincible Armada"
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1588
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The year the Spanish Armada as defeated by England
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"The Mistress of the Sea"
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A nickname for England after she defeated the Spanish Armada
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The Enclosure Acts
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series of laws passed by Parliament to allow those who could afford to.. to fence off their land
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The Law of Primogeniture
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decreed that only the eldest sons were eligible to inherit estates
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Joint-Stock Company
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(forerunner to the modern corporation)allowed people to invest
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Virginia Company of London (Virginia Company or the London Company)
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was the joint stock company that started the first permanent English settlement
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Jamestown, Virginia
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was the first permanent English colony in America
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1607
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the year Jamestown was founded
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Captain John Smith
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credited with saving Jamestown from disappearing like Roanoke. Declared, "If you don't work, you don't eat."
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Pocahontas
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Indian princess who supposedly saved Cap. John Smith from death
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The "Starving" Time
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was the name for a particularly bad winter at Jamestown.
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The "Chesapeake Area"
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is the name for the area which is made up of Virginia and Maryland
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Powhatan
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was the first Indian Chief to try and resist the English. He was the father of Pocahontas.
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First Anglo-Powhatan War
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the war fought between Jamestown settles and Powhatan's tribe. Ended by marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe
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Second Anglo-Powhatan War
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was the was which resulted with the Indians being defeated and basically banished from the Chesapeake area
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John Rolfe
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was the "Father of Tobacco" and married Pocahontas
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1619
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the year the first Blacks arrived in America
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The Virginia House of Burgesses
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first form of represenative self government in America
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1619
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The year the Virginia House of Burgesses was formed
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Maryland
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the colony known as the "Catholic Haven"
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Lord Baltimore
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founder of Maryland
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Maryland Act of Toleration
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stated that anyone who believes in Jesus Christ could worship freely in Maryland
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1649
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The year the Maryland Act of Toleration went into effect
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Sugarcane
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"Rich man's crop" grown in the West Indies
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Tobacco
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"Poor man's crop" grown in the Chesapeake area
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Rice and Indigo
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the two crops grown in the Southern colonies
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Barbados Slave Code
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most infamous and devastating slave code in American History
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Charleston, South Carolina
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was the largest seaport in the South during colonial times
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North Carolina and Rhode Island
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were the two most democratic, independent-minded, and lesat artistocratic of the original 13 colnies
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Tuscaroras
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Indian tribe who joined the Iroquois
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Georgia
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last of the 13 colonies to be created.
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James Oglethorpe
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founder of Georgia
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"Buffer state", "The Charity State" and "The Penal Colony"
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Three nicknames for Georgia
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John Wesley
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was a famous missionary who came to America. Went back to England and started the Methodist church
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1. Maryland, 2. Virginia, 3. North Carolina, 4. South Carolina, 5. Georgia
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Five Southern Plantation Colonies:
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the "Anglican Church"
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the official, state, or tax-supported church in the South.
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Church of England
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Another name for the "Anglican Church"
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Henry the 8th
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Founder of the "Anglican Church"
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