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| An Indian who was associated with the settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of Chief Powhatan and prevented him from immediately wiping the settlement out. |
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| The head of the Jamestown colony, who enforced disipline and led the colony through hard times. He realized the importance of colonist-Indian relations, but was sent home after being injured in an explosion. |
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| An attempt, located in North Carolina, to establish a permanent English settlement in the New World. It is referred to as "the Lost Colony" because the fate of the colonists is still unknown. |
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| The first truly permanent English settlement in the New World. Chartered by King James I, it came dangerously close to wiping out completely, but miraculously recovered with the help of John Smith. Its cash crop was tobacco. |
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| English religious dissenters who sought to return the Church of England to its pure, primitive Biblical roots. They believed that it was becoming too secular. There was a Puritan migration from England to the New World, where they established the Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
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| A major source of labor in the colonies. Contracts provided for labor (seven years) were used to pay the passage. They were often debtors, convicts or political prisoners. Freedom dues, or fifty acres of land, were given to the servants at the end of their service. |
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| A state that was part of Massachusetts until 1830. |
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| He purchased Long Island from Native Americans for $24 in 1624. |
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| He was made Lord Baltimore by the King and was awarded a charter to start a colony in Maryland. Religious freedom was established in the colony for Christians. |
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| He was a Puritan who left Massachusetts to establish a less strict settlement in Rhode Island in 1636 where he allowed complete religious freedom. |
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| He established Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers and offered religious toleration to settlers. |
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| She was a religious leader who was banished from Massachusetts in 1637 because of her criticism of colonial government and what were judged as heretical beliefs. |
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| He led migrants who were seeking better land into the Connecticut Valley to establish a new settlement. |
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| A religious group who believed in direct inspiration from God and pacifism. They refused to submit to political authority and were persecuted in England. |
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| The year that the Salem Witch Trials took place. A group of young girls had violent fits and under questioning, named local colonists as their tormentors. Accusations began to circulate and over 100 people were imprisoned or executed. |
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| Acts that required the colonists to only buy goods from England, to only sell certain exports to England and to import any non-English goods through English ports. |
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| He established New Hampshire. |
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| The Pilgrims signed an agreement to form a government that had just and equal laws. It granted political rights to all male colonists who agreed to abide by the colony's laws. |
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| He established Georgia and sought to make the colony a refuge for debtors. |
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| The Spanish conquistador who conquered Atahualpa and the Incas. |
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| The leader of the Aztecs. |
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| A Spanish conquistador who conquered Montezuma and the Aztecs. |
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| The first Mesoamerica civilization in Mexico, who are still famous today for their beautiful artwork. |
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| A man who established the New Netherlands (now New York) in 1609. |
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| A Dutch settlement that was established in what is now New York City in 1609 by Henry Hudson. |
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| Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut |
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| New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennslyvania |
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| North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia |
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- By 1775, population was 2.5 million.
- Family was the most important social unit.
- Men outnumbered women.
- 20% of the population were slaves.
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New England: Imports, farmed, fishing, ship-building, manufacturing.
Middle Colonies: Fertile land; farming. "Bread Basket"
Lower South: Farming, cash crops were tobacco and rice.
Chesapeake: Farming, farmed grain and tobacco. |
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