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Colony Era
Study Cards for AP Colony Era
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10th Grade
01/27/2012

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French in America
Definition
Trapping and Fur Trading. Samuel de Champlain. Quebec. Convert NA to Catholicism. Jacques Marquette. Robert La Salle. Louis Joliet. Louisiana. Successful as fur trading industry and conversion of NA to Christianity. Failure because most settlers never settled there.
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Dutch in America
Definition
Commercial Possibilities. Henry Hudson. Trading settlements. Bloody conflicts with NA because of aggression in expanding Dutch territory. Unable to attract large numbers to settle. Controlled monopoly over West African slave trade.
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English in America
Definition
Overcrowding in England.
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Puritans
Definition
Followed teachings of John Calvin. Religiously persecuted in England. Felt Church of England was too close to Catholicism.
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Separatists
Definition
Religious group opposed to Church of England
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Jamestown
Definition
John Smith. First permanent English settlement. Swampy. Disease. London Company: Chartered colony. Conflict with Powhatan Confederacy of NA. Pocahontas. John Rolfe. Tobacco. Economic Success.
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Indentured Servants
Definition
Unemployed and Ex-Criminals
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House of Burgesses
Definition
Created by Virginia colony. First representative government.
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Virginia
Definition
Economic Gain- Main motive.
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New England
Definition
Religious freedom- Main motive.
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Pilgrims
Definition
William Bradford. Plymouth. Mayflower Compact. Becomes MA Bay.
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Massachusetts Bay
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Puritans. John Winthrop. "City upon a hill" Because it was away from corrupting influences of Europe. Representative Government: "General Court".
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Differences between Virginia and MA Bay
Definition
Slave labor in Virginia. Single men in Virginia. Families in Massachusetts. Land ownership=political participation in Virginia. Religion=political participation in MA.
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Rogers Williams
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Preached separation of church and state in MA Bay. Asked to leave. Founded Providence, Rhode Island.
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Thomas Hooker
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MA Bay dissenter. Founded Hartford, Connecticut.
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Proprietary Colonies
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Given to single individuals or groups of individuals. Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina.
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Maryland
Definition
George Calvert. Refuge for English Catholics
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North Carolina
Definition
Similar to Virginia.
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South Carolina
Definition
Plantations. Used Slaves.
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