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| London Company's "Headright system" |
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| system set up which encouraged colonists to move to Virgina by giving 50 acres of land per person to individuals and groups who paid their own way. |
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| a set of laws to control slaves - the colonies with the most slaves had these |
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| involved cold, disease, and starvations |
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| Southern colonies economies were based on |
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| English Catholics came to America in the 1600's |
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| to escape a country that did not allow them to worship freely |
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| proposed the Toleration Act of 1649 to give freedom of religious rights to people of all faiths |
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| Father of American Democracy |
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Early attempt at self-government in the English colonies
A legal contract agreeing to have fair laws that was set up by the Pilgrims |
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| New England farmers faced |
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| rocky soil which prevented them from growing cash crops |
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| New England had forests which provided a large supply of wood |
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| the large supply of wood helped shipbuilders to build ships to meet the demands of traders |
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| Protected the rights of Maryland's religious minorities |
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| crops that are always needed like wheat, barley and oat - found in the middle colonies |
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| filled the growing labor needs of the middle colonies economy |
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- founded by William Penn
- served as an example of representative government
- was intended to provide a safe home for Quakers |
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| established the colony of Pennsylvania - a safe place for Quakers. He limited his power, established an elected assembly and promised religious freedom to all Christians. |
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- Main objective was to reduce the power of the English Monarch
- had a major influence on the writers of the US Constitution |
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| a religious movement that swept through the colonies and changed colonial religion, society and politics. |
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In 1753 France and Britain fought over settlements in the Ohio River Valley
Gave England control of more land in North America |
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| Request to tax the colonists in order to pay the costs of the French and Indian War |
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| started when a British soldier standing guard hit a colonist during an argument |
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| After Boston Tea Party Coercive Acts were passed to punish Boston the colonists called these acts |
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| Consequences of the Boston Tea Party for Massachusetts |
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- Its charter was cancelled
- Boston Harbor was closed
- The governor had to approve when legislature could meet |
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| Toleration Act of 1649 protected |
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| rights of Maryland's religious minorities |
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| Economies of the South depended on |
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| colony that held witch trials |
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| Middle colonies economy was supported by |
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| Closing of PORT OF BOSTON led to |
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| the FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS |
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| Thomas Paine's Common sense led to colonial leaders |
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| supporting independence and challenging British Authority |
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| Battle of Saratoga was turning point in the war because |
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| the colonists gained support from France and Spain |
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| Foreigners that helped the Americans |
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| Marquis de Lafayette, Baron Friedrich von Steuben, Bernardo de Galvez. |
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| Winter was difficult at Vavlley Forge because |
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| the troops suffered with a shortage of food and protection |
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| Francis Marion who was more successful using guerrilla warfare against the British |
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