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| founder of Road Island |
Roger Williams |
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laurenloveshorses99 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:43:14 GMT |
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| Founder of Virginia |
Sir Walter Raleigh but John White actually came in 1606 |
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laurenloveshorses99 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:43:14 GMT |
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| Founder of Georgia |
James Olgethorpe in 1732 |
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laurenloveshorses99 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:43:14 GMT |
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| founder of Maryland |
Sir George Calvert, but his son came over who was Lord Baltimore in 1632 |
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laurenloveshorses99 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:43:14 GMT |
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| founder of Delaware |
Colonists of Pennsylvania (delegates) in 1704 |
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laurenloveshorses99 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:43:14 GMT |
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| founder of North and south carolina |
8 nobles |
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laurenloveshorses99 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:43:14 GMT |
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| founder of Connecticut |
Thomas Hooker in 1636 |
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laurenloveshorses99 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:43:14 GMT |
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| founder of Pennsylvania |
William Penn in 1681 |
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laurenloveshorses99 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:43:14 GMT |
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| founder of New York |
Duke of York in 1664 |
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laurenloveshorses99 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:43:14 GMT |
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| founder of New Jersey |
Sir George Carteret in 1664 |
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laurenloveshorses99 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:43:14 GMT |
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| who founded New Hampshire? |
David Thomson in 1623 |
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laurenloveshorses99 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:43:14 GMT |
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| What are the 13 colonies??? |
massachusetts, new Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, connecticut, North Carolina, South Carolina, Delaware, Maryland Georgia, Virginia, Road Island |
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laurenloveshorses99 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:43:14 GMT |
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| Libel |
the act of publishing a statement that may unjustly damage a person's reputation |
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laurenloveshorses99 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:05 GMT |
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| enlightenment |
what people believed the light of human reason, it's the movement that they started |
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laurenloveshorses99 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:05 GMT |
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| Dame school |
private schools run by women in their own homes, for girls |
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laurenloveshorses99 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:05 GMT |
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| apprentice |
boys whose parents wished them to learn a trade or craft |
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laurenloveshorses99 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:05 GMT |
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| tutor |
a private teacher |
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laurenloveshorses99 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:05 GMT |
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| public school |
schools supported by taxes, they allowed both rich and poor children to receive and education |
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laurenloveshorses99 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:05 GMT |
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| great awakening |
a religious movement |
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laurenloveshorses99 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:05 GMT |
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| gullah |
a combination of English and west African languages |
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laurenloveshorses99 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:05 GMT |
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| Indentured servant |
white people who signed contracts to work without wages for a period of 4-7 years, they got free transportation to the colonies |
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laurenloveshorses99 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:05 GMT |
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| Middle class |
below the gentry, farmers who worked their own land, skilled craft workers, and some trades people |
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laurenloveshorses99 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:05 GMT |
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| Gentry |
top of the social class, included wealthy planters, merchants, ministers, successful lawyers and royal officials |
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laurenloveshorses99 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:05 GMT |
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| john Peter Zenger |
he wrote the weekly journal in New York city, but was arrested for publishing stories that criticized the governor |
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laurenloveshorses99 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:04 GMT |
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| Poor Richard's almanack |
written by Benjamin Franklin, it contained useful information and clever quotes |
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laurenloveshorses99 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:04 GMT |
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| Benjamin Franklin |
he built a printing business, he published poor Richard's almanack, and he was also an inventor |
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laurenloveshorses99 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:04 GMT |
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| John Locke |
an English philosopher wrote works that were widely read in the colonies, he said people could gain knowledge of the world by observing and by experimenting |
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laurenloveshorses99 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:04 GMT |
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| George Whitefield |
am English minister, he arrived in the colonies and drew big crowds to outdoor meetings, he called on sinners to repent |
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laurenloveshorses99 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:04 GMT |
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| Jonathan Edwards |
A new England preacher, who helped set off the great awakening |
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laurenloveshorses99 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:04 GMT |
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| Negro Election day |
the day where Africans both slaves and free ones would elect a leader of their community |
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laurenloveshorses99 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:43:04 GMT |
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| English bill of rights |
protected the rights on individuals and gave anyone accused of a crime the right to a trial by jury, it also said that the ruler could not raise taxes or an army without the approval of parliament |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Bill of Rights |
written list of freedoms the government promises to protect |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Glorious Rebolution |
1688, parliament removed King James II from the throne and Asked William and Mary of the Netherlands to rule |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Legislature |
a group of people who have the power to make laws |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Triangular trade |
a 3 way trade, England -Americas and Africa had one |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Yankee |
a nickname that implied they were clever and hardworking |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Navigation Acts |
A law that ensured that only england benefited from the colonial trade, it controlled what ships could carry goods and where they could go, only colonial and english ships could carry goods to and from the colonies |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Import |
are goods brought into a country |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Export |
goods sent to markets outside a country |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Mercantilism |
a belief that the colonies of a country should benefit the home country, it was part of a theory, a nation came strong by keeping strict control over its trade |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Racism |
belief that one race is superior to another |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| slave codes |
Laws set for the slaves that denied slaves their basic rights, it treated them not as humans but more as property |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Debtors |
people who were in debt, they owed money but couldn't pay it off |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Indigo |
a plant used to make a valuable blue dye, it was a cash crop |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Bacon's Rebellion |
was lead by Nathaniel Bacon, he raided the natives with a group of followers |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Act of Toleration |
this law provided religious freedom for Christians |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Mason-Dixon Line |
Was more than just the boundary between Pennsylvania and MAryland, it divided the middle colonies from the southern colonies |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| the middle passage |
the passage, of the triangular trade between the Americas, England and Africa, that the Slaves would be brought over on |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| The Backcountry |
West of the tidewater, had rich soil, more democratic than the tidewater, people formed there |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| The Tidewater |
large farms, employed 20-200 slaves on this land close to the ocean shores. |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Savannah |
Georgia's first settlement town |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| James Oglethorpe |
settled Georgia because he wanted it to be a place where debtors could have a fresh stat |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Charles town |
Became South Carolina |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Nathaniel Bacon |
in 1676 he was angry over the virginia governor's lack of action against Indian attacks on settlers, he led his followers to Jamestown and burned the capital |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Margaret and Mary Brent |
Two women that took advantage of Lord Baltimore's offer, they set up 2 plantations of about 1,000 acres each, margaret helped prevent a rebellion among the governor's soldiers |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| St. Mary's |
the first town built in Maryland |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Chesapeake Bay |
Separated Virginia and maryland |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Lord Baltimore |
Was Sir George Calvert's Son, he settled Maryland because his father died before he could come over |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Sir George Calvert |
Planned to build a colony, naming it Maryland, where Catholics could practice there religion freely, unfortunately he died before he could realize his dream and it was up to his son |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Cash Crop |
crops that are sold for money at market, really important crops that get grown within a colony |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Pennsylvania Dutch |
The german speaking Protestants, they were called that because people couldn't say the word Deutsch |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Quakers |
One of the most despised religious groups in ENgland |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Royal colony |
A colony under the direct control of the English Crown |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Proprietary colony |
The king gave land to one or more people in return for a yearly payment |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Patroons |
owners of huge estates |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| The Great Wagon Road |
An old Iroquois trail followed by many European settlers leading them into the backcountry of Pennsylvania |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Philadelphia |
THe capital among the Delaware River, Capital of Pennsylvania |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| The "Holy Experiment" |
Pennsylvania - William Penn |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| The duke of York |
owner of the New Netherland (New York) made it a propietary colony |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Peter Stuyvesant |
governor of New Netherland |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| William Penn |
Was a Quaker that founded Pennsylvania |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Town meeting |
where settlers discussed and voted on many issues, and what should be done for the settlement |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Sabbath |
the holy day of rest |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| Religious Tolerance |
a willingness to let others practice their own beliefs, the tolerance of religious practice |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:59 GMT |
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| fundamental orders of Connecticut |
the government of connecticut, close to the one of massachusetts, but different in 2 ways |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:08:11 GMT |
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| Puritans |
a religious group who didn't want to separate entirely from the church of England |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:08:11 GMT |
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| Meeting house |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:08:11 GMT |
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| the common |
and open field where cattle grazed |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:08:11 GMT |
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| King Philip |
also know as Metacom |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:08:11 GMT |
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| Metacom |
Also know as king Philip, who was chief of the Wampanoag lands, his people attacked villages throughout New England |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:08:11 GMT |
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| Anne Hutchinson |
she said that god had talked to her, and they drover her out of town |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:08:11 GMT |
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| roger Williams |
founded Rhode Island |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:08:11 GMT |
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| hartford |
a town on the Connecticut River |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:08:11 GMT |
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| Thomas Hooker |
he founded connecticut |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:08:11 GMT |
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| Boston |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:08:11 GMT |
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| Great Migration |
The journey of About 15,000 Men, women, and Children from England to Mass. |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:08:10 GMT |
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| John Winthrop |
Was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:08:10 GMT |
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| Massachusetts Bay Colony |
A colony that the puritans Made in 1630 |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:08:10 GMT |
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| Charles 1st |
became king in 1625, disapproved of the puritans and their ideas |
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laurenloveshorses99 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:08:10 GMT |
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