3 English Colonies

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John Smith

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Leader of Jamestown that encouraged hard work and helped relationship with Powhatan

Question 1

Jamestown

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the first permanent English settlement in North America

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Pocahontas

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Daughter of Powhatan chief who married colonist John Rolfe and journeyed to England

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indentured servants

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a colonist who received free passage to America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years

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Bacon’s Rebellion

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an attack led by Nathaniel Bacon against American Indians and the colonial government in Virginia resulting in the burning of Jamestown

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Toleration Act of 1649

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first law supporting religious tolerance in the colonies

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Olaudah Equiano

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Purchasing his freedom, Equiano wrote an autobiography telling of his experiences as a slave

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slave codes

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laws to control slaves

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Puritans

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Protestant who wanted to purify, or reform, the Church of England

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Pilgrims

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A group that wanted to separate from the Church of England; Left England in the early 1600s to eventually settle in America

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immigrants

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people who have left the country of their birth to settle in another country

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Mayflower Compact

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a legal contract in which the pilgrims agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good

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Squanto

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A Native American that befriended Plymouth colony helping the Pilgrims with farming techniques and aiding relations with the local Indians

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John Winthrop

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Leader of the Puritan colonists leaving England in 1630 to seek religious freedom and build an ideal Christian community

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Anne Hutchinson

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Banned from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for speaking out her belief that people’s relationship with God did not need guidance from ministers; Eventually settled in Rhode Island

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Peter Stuyvesant

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Director of New Netherlands who surrendered to the English in 1664

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Quakers

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Also called the Society of Friends; Support non-violence and religious tolerance for all people

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William Penn

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Founded Pennsylvania as a safe haven for Quakers

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staple crops

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crops that are always needed such as wheat, barley, and oats

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town meetings

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Gathering in the colonies to discuss issues of local interest

Question 20

English Bill of Rights

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1689 Reduced the power of the English monarch giving more power to Parliament

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triangular trade

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A system in which goods and slaves were traded among the Americas, Britain, and Africa

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Great Awakening

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A religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s

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Jonathan Edwards

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An important leader of the Great Awakening

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Enlightenment

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A movement that spread the idea that reason and logic could improve society

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John Locke

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An enlightenment philosopher that believed people had natural rights such as equality and liberty

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Chief Pontiac

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Opposed British settlement and led a series of attacks on British forts on the frontier

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Samuel Adams

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Believed Parliament could not tax the colonists without their consent and helped organize the Boston Tea Party

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Committees of Correspondence

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A communication system between colonies that existed to share ideas and information about new British laws and ways to challenge them

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Stamp Act of 1765

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Required colonists to pay for an official stamp when they purchased paper items

Question 30

Boston Massacre

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An incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists killing five; caused great resentment toward Britain

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Tea Act

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1773 Allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists

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Boston Tea Party

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Colonists dumped over 340 tea chests into Boston harbor protesting the Tea Act

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Intolerable Acts

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1774 Passed to punish Boston as a result of the Tea Party; Called Coercive Acts by Britain; Among other things, closed Boston Harbor and passed the Quartering Act