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Exam 1 Flashcards

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Mayflower Compact

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First form of gov
“Civil Body Politick”
102 passengers, only 41 signed the Compact (women excluded)
Arrived for it to be about God

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The Cambridge Agreement

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Success of Plymouth led to more migration
A group of 1000 settlers
Building on what was before the Mayflower Compact (larger version)

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John Winthrop his “City on a Hill”

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God has blessed us with this land, and rule by example not by force

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The Visible Saints

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Believed that individuals could prove in their daily lives that were chosen by God
Display that well through example
This example made you deemed a ‘visible saint’

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Roger Williams

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New England’s pure souls, believed with religious freedom, separation of church and state
Made fair dealings with the Natives
Expelled from the colony
Moved to Rhode Island ‘Rogue Island’
Founded the Baptist church
Forced worship stinks in God’s nostrils

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Anne Hutchinson

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Religious women, with 13 kids
Put on trial
Questioned the puritans teachings about salvation
She had to go, went to Rhode Island

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The Killing of John Oldham and the Pequot War (1637)

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Uncas and the Mohegan (was the leader)
War started with the killing of John Oldham, and English trader

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The Pequot War

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5% of New England was wiped out
War was the struggle to control the region’s
fur and wampum trade. Tensions were
further heightened by Uncas, the
leader of the Mohegan, who sought to
increase his own stature among his
people. Long in the works, the war was
sparked by the killing of John Oldham,

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Uncas and Miantonomo

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“This is the Best meat I have ever eaten”

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King Philip’s War

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Metacomet (King Philp)
Bloodiest war, Native’s last effort to drive the colonists out of New England
5% of New England white pop was killed, 40% of indian losses
It took decades for the region to recover
King Philp’s head was chopped off and stuck to a post.

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Triangular Trade

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Connection in trade between North America, Europe, and Africa
Salt cod was involved- food source for millions
‘The Sacred Cod’

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Restoration Colonies

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Charles II to the throne, King rewarded his supporters with grants
Bankrupt himself
Grants marked the resumption of English colonization of North America after a 30-year hiatus

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The Carolinas

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First of those was the Province of Carolina granted as a reward to its 8 proprietors for their help in restoring Charles II to the throne
Split in 1729 when the Lords Proprietors were brought out by the crown

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A Siege Mentality Develops

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Problems with St. Augustine

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Stono Rebellion

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Largest slave revolt
Rebellion started when a group of slaves were arrived and then killed their gaurds (beheaded)
took off towards Spanish Florida
50 slaves and twenty whites killed

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New Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant

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Dutch West India Company
Bought Manhattan

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The Anglo Dutch Wars

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Fought over trade
War ended in 1674
Forced the dutch to return all of the New Newtherland to the English, including New Sweden

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Slavery and New York

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Second to Charlestown to the slave population
6800 slaves imported to NY ⅓ of whom came from Arfica

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Slave Revolts

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1712: slaves wanted freedom set fire to the outhose fired on the firefighters, executed the slaves after in central park
1741:17 blacks and 4 whites hanged, 13 black burned at the stake 70 blacks and 7 whites banished

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William Penn

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Son of admiral and politician
Protected from persecution on his beliefs
King Charles II granted him lands in North America

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Penn’s Charter of Religious Liberty

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Can’t go after someone for their practice or lack thereof of religion

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The 1688 Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery

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Slavery is wrong, maybe not for civil rights
Believed one should not be stolen from their home and forced to work because of skin color

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The Quakers and Anthony Benezet

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School for black kids tutored them
‘Fill out’ classes
Convinced Quakers to help him build a school for free blacks

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Benezet’s “Obervations”

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Approached it for blacks
Knowing the genius of Africans

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Oglethorpe

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Encouraged slavery in Georgia

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Mose

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African village down in North Florida
Reflected the origins of its inhabitants

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Franciso Menendez “The Cursed Seed of Cain”

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Escaped Slave, Menendez quickly rose through the ranks, earned freedom
Persian war against the British colony of South Carolina

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“Bloody Mose”

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Oglethorpe fed up, Carolina militia 170 in all attacked Mose quickly overrunning its defenses
It was a trap

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The Capture of Franciso Menedez

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Whipped with 200 lashes and then soaked him in juice
Escaped and started it again in
Banished from florida 1763 then moved to Cuba to do it again

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The Founding of Georgia

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Founded without slavery
Nomads land
Banned slavery in hopes of creating free fire zone
Impossible to enforce

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Sir Wiliam Berkeley

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Former playwright, Virginia’s longest serving colonial governor

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Nathaniel Bacon

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Wife’s cousin to come over
Was a natural leader and quickly emerged as the head of the local militia

33
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Caste v. Class

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Caste= Social Standing
Class= Economic Standing
Herrenvolk Democracy

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Racially Based Slavery

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Property rights limited and firearms
Travel required written permission
Slave marriages not legally recognized
Set punishments for theft, arson, rape, and murder
Blacks both enslaved and free, could not testify against

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“feed fights”

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colonists would steal food/food sources from the natives

36
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“a widowed land”

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Native population of north america- 1492 4 million 1800 1 million

37
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John Cabot

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born Giovanni, Caboto was a venetian explorer and navigator who gave the English claims to North America - voyage was commissioned by Henry VII who sought gold
2nd voyage- claimed land 3rd- 5 ships lost at sea

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Reasons for British Colonization

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-religous conflicts -gold -trade maximized -raw material

39
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Roanke Island (1585)

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115 settlers, John White returns to see the colony abandoned

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Sir Walter

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“Strike man Strike” Raleigh was eventually executed for treason under Elizabeth’s successor James I

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London Company

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King James I granted a royal charter to a group of investors to colonize the New War

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Jamestown

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May 4, 1607 founded Jamestown 1s permeant colony access to Chesapeake Bay

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John Smith

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“he who does not work, will not eat”

44
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John Wolfe

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Rafe (husband of Pocahontas) introduced a better variety of tobacco 1st cash crop

45
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Components of Plantation Agriculture

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1) clear land 2)crop 3) hang/curing 4)pack hogshead -large available land -cash crop -dependable supply for cheap labor

46
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Indentures

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brought for labor, 40% of immigrants linked through “freedom dues”

47
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Headrights

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as means of spurring settlements colonial authorities offered incentives for each person brought into Virginia

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Cecil Calvert

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Lord Balitmore fave of both kings, James and Charles, rewarded w/a royal charter to establish a refuge for English Catholics

49
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Maryland Toleration Act (1649)

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religious freedom

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