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| Admiral of New England. An explorer, soldier, and author. Founder of Jamestown. |
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Nathaniel Bacon
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| Colonist of Virginia colony. Instigator of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676. |
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| English Puritan lawyer. Leading figure in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
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Roger Williams
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| English protestant theologian. Supporter of religious freedom. Providence Plantation 1636. |
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Anne Hutchinson
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| Puritan spiritual advisor. Participant of the Antinomian Controversy. |
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| English real estate entrepreneur. Early quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania. |
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| This religious group believed in services without formal ministers, opposed war and refused to serve in the military. They became part of William Penn's "Holy Experiment" |
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| "the pilgrims" fled England to escape persecution in 1620 and landed at Plymouth Massachusetts |
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| Native American confederation of tribes in Virginia. |
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| Govern directly by the crown |
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| 1621 Dutch colony that controlled the Hudson River, set up in the Americas |
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controlled by its own people
representatives vote on behalf of their community |
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| English policy of avoiding strict enforcement, smuggling and black marketing starts |
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| Laws that restricted trade between England and its colonies |
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| democratic government legislature |
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| provide raw materials and wealth to the mother country with SUPPLY & DEMAND |
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| This was the second permanent settlement founded by the English in the Americas, located further north than Virginia (MA) |
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-pilgrims signed this before getting on the ship to pledge loyalty to the king and set up a civil government that would establish order.
-attempted to give the pilgrims the right to govern themselves in New England |
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| independence, separation of large groups; cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, and racial. |
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| labour system whereby people paid for their passage to the New World |
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| used mainly in Virginia, referred to 50 acres of land |
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| Proclamation line of 1763 |
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- western border of colonies
- protects colonists from Indians
- makes easier to collect taxes
- Appalachian Mountains |
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| This English law will not let colonists settle west of the Appalachian Mts. The English hope to stop war with the Indians by not letting the colonists move into the Indians' land. Colonists who want to move west are angry. |
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| Imported molasses. The only molasses that isn't taxed is from the British West Indies. |
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| Colonists are told not to print money. They must use English currency. Coins |
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| This act makes colonists give the English soldiers food and shelter at no cost. |
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| Stamp Act Taken Away (1766) |
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| protesting by colonists makes England repeal the Stamp Act |
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| Writs of Assistance (1765) |
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| Colonists are smuggling. That way they wont be taxed. England wants to cut down smuggling. SEARCH WARRANTS make it legal for English soldiers to come into the homes of colonists to look for smuggled goods. |
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| England puts more taxes on goods coming into American including tea, lead, glass, and paint. |
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| Townshend Acts Repealed; Tax Tax on Tea Kept (1770) |
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| The colonists boycott English goods to show they don't like the taxes. England takes away the Townshend Act taxes. But England keeps the tax on imported tea. |
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| The British East India Company can sell tea to colonial merchants who belong to the company. These merchants can sell tea cheaper than other merchants. |
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| England feels it must punish colonists for the "tea party". England closes Boston Harbor until the tea is paid for. English soldiers will stay in the Boston area for awhile to keep an eye on the colonists. |
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- second president
- leading advocate of American independence from Great Britain
- he provided successful legal defense to the British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre |
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| Virginia House of Burgesses |
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| representatives assembly of colonial virginia |
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| Named after King James I, this settlement was located in Virginia |
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