 | Term | Definition |
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Virginia Dare |
First Child Born in the American Colonies |
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Great Migration |
when more than 15,000 Puritans journeyed to Massachusetts to escape religious persecution and economic hard times |
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The Calverts |
started colony of Maryland |
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gentry |
A class of powerful, well-to-do people who enjoy a high social status. |
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Puritans |
Protestant sect in England hoping to "purify" the Anglican church of Roman Catholic traces in practice and organization. |
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Mayflower Compact |
An agreement by those on the Mayflower to make and obey laws for their colony. This is the first example of self-rule by American colonists. (p. 175) |
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Anne Hutchinson |
American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643) |
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King James I |
Was a very controversial King because he did not follow the rules of parliment and showed very little concern or interest for the English people |
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William Penn |
Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania |
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Roger Williams |
Puritan minister who founded the colony of Rhode Island in 1636. |
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John Rolfe |
Leader of Jamestown colony who grew a new kind of tobaco that could be sold for a lot of money |
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Queen Elizabeth I |
Queen of England who unofficially fought with Spain to keep control of England |
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House of Burgesses |
Elected representatives that made laws for the colony |
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cash crop |
Tobacco |
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Tituba |
is the first person that Abigail claims practiced witchcraft |
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Quakers |
one of the most despised religious groups in England. Were Protestant reformers. Believed all people were equal in Gods sight. |
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Merchantilism |
Economic concept-world's wealth was finite so must take from foreign lands and export as little wealth as possible, lead to the establishment of colonies |
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John Winthrop |
puritan, minister and governor of massachusettes bay colony. |
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Magna Carta |
This document, signed by King John of Endland in 1215, is the cornerstone of English justice and law. It declared that the king and government were bound by the same laws as other citizens of England. It contained the antecedents of the ideas of due process and the right to a fair and speedy trial that are included in the protection offered by the U.S. Bill of Rights, the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215 |
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Mason & Dixon |
American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792) |
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William Bradford |
the Pilgrim leader chosen to be the second governor after John Carver died |
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John Smith |
English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia |
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James Oglethrope |
one of the founders of Georgia, limited the size of the landholdings, prohibited Africans and rum |
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Francis Drake |
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596) |
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Thomas Hooker |
religious freedom and government follower & established Connecticut as a colony |
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Walter Raleigh |
set up a colony on Roanoke Isl. |
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Charles I |
son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland |
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charter |
a contract to hire or lease transportation |
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Navigation Acts |
Trade laws which forced English colonies to onl trade with Great Britain. |
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Jonathan Edwards |
Puritan clergy who led the Great Awakening |
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