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Original 13 Colonies Flashcards

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Who was the leader of Connecticut?

Why?

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Thomas Hooker- because he disagreed with Massachusetts and wanted the people to have more power

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Who was the leaders of Massachusetts? Why? 2 colonies

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William Bradford and Joh Winthrop- religious freedom for puritans and pilgrims- Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay

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Who was the leader of Rhode Island? Why?

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Roger Williams- growth of population and more indentured servants

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Who was the leader of New Hampshire? Why?

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Settlers of Massachusetts- population growth and economic opportunities

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Leader of New York- Why

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Henry Hudson, Dutch and Peter Stuyvesant- trading post, religious freedom

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Leader of New Jersey- Why

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John Berkley and George Carteret- economic opportunities and religious freedom

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Pennsylvania- Why

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William Penn- religious freedom for Quakers and other religions- “holy Experiment”

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Delaware- Why

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Swedish people- growth of population, was too far from Pennsylvania capital

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Maryland- Why

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Lord Baltimore- religious freedom for Catholics

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Virginia- why

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John Smith- economic opportunities

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South and North Carolina- why

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Eight nobles- economic opportunities

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Georgia- why

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James Oglethorpe- economic opportunities for debtors

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New England Colonies

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Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire

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Middle Colonies

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New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania

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Southern Colonies

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Virginia, Maryland, South and North Carolina, Georgia

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What are the bread colonies?

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Middle Colonies- New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

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What is the Enlightenment?

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Movement in 1700s- rejected traditional ways of life (religion)- emphasized Science and Reason- “The Great Clockmaker”- Rational God

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What is a indentured servant?

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A free person who worked for another person for an amount of time

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What was the Great Awakening?

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Americans had fallen asleep religiously- more emotionally connected- personal bible interpretings

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What is a charter?

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Official permission given by the king to start a new colony

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What was the starving times?

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Hostility for Indians- little food- no work no food policy

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Mercantilism

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More exporting than importing

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Deism

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Rational God- great clockmaker

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Quakers

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People who valued spiritual communication with God- equality of man- no one holy book

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Puritans

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Wanted to purify the Angelica’s church

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Separatists

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Pilgrims- wanted to branch off away from Angelican church and start anew

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