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| first attempt to establish an English settlement in North America |
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| a royally-issued document allowing companies to settle and trade in the Americas |
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| products used to build and repair wooden ships |
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| large farm worked by many laborers |
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| laws that denied enslaved Africans most of their rights |
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| historical significance of the Virginia House of Burgesses |
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| began the tradition of representative government in the American English Colonies |
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| challenges faced by the Jamestown colonists |
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| starvation, disease, conflicts with Native Americans |
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| reason French settlers had better relationship with Native Americans |
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| French didn't destroy forests; lived more like the Native Americans |
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| discription of the relationship between geography and the economy of the Middle Colonies |
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| mild winters & fertile soil; most people farmed |
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| group that settled colony of Maryland |
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| set up the colony of Carolina |
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| Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire |
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| importance of New England town meetings |
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| encouraged the growth of democratic ideas |
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| This group had the least amount of freedom in the English Colonies. |
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| an example of rivalry between Netherland and England |
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| New Netherland became New York |
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| In the Southern Colonies where was most grain grown? |
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| inland and the northern parts |
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| What was the main economic activity in the Southern Colonies? |
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| Which colony was founded by a Quakeer as a model of religious freedom & peace? |
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| Why did Puritans leave England for Massachusetts? |
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| to build a society based on biblical teachings |
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| Reason Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson were banished by the General Court |
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| They believed in freedom of religion and freedom of speech |
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| graph questions - key word "trend" |
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| trend is what you notice happening the most |
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| Due to social class differences in the colonies, how did wealthy children receive their education? |
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| private schools or private tutors |
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| colony that set up the first tax-supported public schools |
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| effect of the "Glorious Revolution" on its American colonies: |
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| The colonists in America fought for their own rights. |
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| Explain the result of Bacon's Rebellion. |
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| Colonists gained more voice in their own government. |
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| Identify the document in which you would find the following quote: |
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| "...combine ourselves together into a Civill body politick; for our better ordering, & preservation & furtherance of ye ends aforesaid...In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cap-Cod ye -11-of November, in ye year of ye raigne of our soveraigne Lord King James of England...1620." |
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| lists essential freedoms guaranteed to all citizens |
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| economic theory that includes the idea that country's power depends in its wealth, and a country had to sell more goods than it bought. |
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| Importance of John Peter Zenger's court case |
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| first case in America to protect freedom of the press |
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| white, male, over 21, own property |
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| Generally, they were the only ones voting in the colonies. |
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| To make the economic theory of mercantilism work, what laws were passed by England? |
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| Primary reason Navigation Acts were passed? |
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| to tighten control over trade |
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