quiz Flashcards

(21 cards)

1
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A system that allowed powerful nations of Europe to accumulate wealth from New World colonies

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Mercantilism

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2
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crops grown primarily fro profit

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cash crops

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3
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slaves who agreed to work for a landowner for 4-7 years for food/home

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Indentured servants

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4
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state allowing different forms of worship

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Separation of church and state

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5
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A town in Virginia, founded in 1607, was the first successful colony in America

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Jamestown

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6
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boarded mayflower, landed and founded Massachussets in 1630

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Pilgrims

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7
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persecuted those who believed in something other than what was taught in the Church of England

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Puritans

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8
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slaves become property of land owners and are not paid for their labor

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plantation system

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9
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settled in PA in 1862 under their leader, William Pen

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Quakers

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10
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religious group that found MD as a havem

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Catholics

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11
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People who did not agree with the church of England

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Religious Dissenter

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12
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High taxes and low tobacco prices caused resentment in the colony. Bacon and his men burned Jamestown in what became known as..

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Bacon’s Rebellion

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13
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male landowning residents in New England would hold these, one of the earliest forms of democracies

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Town Meetings

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14
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of 1962, in MA caused 19(women mostly) to be hung because their behavior didn’t conform to religious/ political convention

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Salem Witch Trials

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In mid-1700s this was very big, where religious leaders preached to those who needed a spiritual rebirth

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First Great Awakening

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16
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New England colonies

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MA, CT, NH, RI`

17
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Middle Colonies

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NY, NJ, PA, DE

18
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Southern Colonies

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SC, NC, GA, VA, MD

19
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Middle Colonies

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  • good relationship with Native Americans
  • religious toleration(Quakes came for religious freedom)
  • most diverse colony
  • transportation of goods with rivers
  • cash crops- farm for $$
20
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New England Colonies

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  • terrible rocky soil & harsh weather
  • depended on fishing, lumber, fur trade and metal work to nourish economy
  • luxury goods from England
  • sold goods to other colonies & England
  • sold slaves to Southern Colonies
  • people grew their own food
21
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Southern Colonies

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  • First english colonists settled in Jamestown, VA
  • wanted to find gold for quick $$$
  • ^failed and abandoned Jamestown
  • John Rolfe discovered tobacco growing
  • Tobacco & rice became major cash crops
  • cash crops grown on huge plantations and tons of workers
  • slaves and indentured servants did this work^
  • small amt of people had large land
  • religion wasn’t a big deal
  • 1619 House of Burgesses (first ex of Representative gov)