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Chapter 4 AP US HISTORY
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08/31/2010

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Chesapeake area
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Name for the area of Virginia and Maryland
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Virginia, Massachusetts, and Maryland
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The most populous colonies in the early 1700's
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Indentured servants
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Were individuals that signed a contract to get their passage to the New World, and worked to paid their passage (Contract usually lasted from 2-9 years)
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Headright System
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If a person paid the passage of someone else, he could then legally claim an add. 50 acres of land (Virginia and Maryland)
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Bacon's Rebellion
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Occured in 1676 and was the first rebellion in Am. history. A group of 1000 men were angry at the Gov. for Indian policies
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Middle Passage
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Ordeal that the slaves were forced to endure on the way to America
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20%
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Percentage of Indians who died on the Middle Passage
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Charleston
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Largest port in the South at this time
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Rice and Indigo
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Two major crops grown in the South
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Indigo
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Plant from which a bluish-purple dye is made
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Goober (peanut), voodoo (witchcraft), ringshout (religious dance)
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African words contributed to Am. culture
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Banjo and bongo drums
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Two most popular African instruments contributed to Am. culture
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FFV's
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First families of Virginia
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1. Planters- upper class
2. small farmers- largest group
3. landless whites
4. indentured servants
5. slaves
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Hierarchy of Southern society
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Waterways
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Provided the main source of transportation in early colonial America
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"New England invented grandparents!"
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Area which invented a phrase because of longer lifespans
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Harvard
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First university founded in America
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William and Mary
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University in the South created to train ministers and to educate a few Indian boys
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Militia
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An informal group of men called together for defense
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Muster
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Training session for the militia
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Town meetings
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Local forms of government in New England
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County government
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Local form of government in the South
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Bible, New England Primer, and hornbook
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3 items used for colonial education
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Jeremiad
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Type of sermon that preached hellfire and brimstone
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Halfway Covenant
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Gave partial church membership to those who had not yet been converted
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Salem Witch Trials
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Started by rumors and killed 20 people
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Cod
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Main fish caught in New England
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Boston
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Was nicknamed the hub of the universe
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"Worth a candle"
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Phrase for a job that was worth doing after dark
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Leisler's Rebellion
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Was a fight between the rich landowners and the aspiring merchants. Took place in NYC
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