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Ch 3, Colonial America 1587-1770 Flashcards

Ms. Woo's 8th grade history class

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510979651Squantoa Pawtuxet who helped the Pilgrims
510979652persecuteto treat harshly
510979653dissentto disagree with
510979654MetacometKing Philip
510979655Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican churchPuritans
510979656a law & order contract signed by the PilgrimsMayflower Compact
510979657they helped the Pilgrims to surviveSquanto & Samoset
510979658Fundamental Orders of Connecticutthe first written constitution in America
5109796591st colony in America to practice religious tolerationRhode Island
510979660charterright to organize settlements in an area
510979661Jamestown's legislative assemblyhouse of Burgesses
510979662Early colony that disappearedRoanoke
510979663Crop that saved JamestownTobacco
510979664Sir Humphrey Gilbertclaimed Newfoundland for Queen Elizabeth I
510979665New England ColoniesMA, RI, NH, CT
510979666Reason New England colonies were foundedReligious freedom
510979667PilgrimsSeparatists called themselves this because their journey had a religious purpose
510979668Pilgrims colonyPlymouth
510979669Pilgrims shipMayflower
510979670How Squanto helped the Pilgrimstaught them to grow corn
510979671Metacomet's English nameKing Philip
510979672Founder of HartfordThomas Hooker
510979673Great Migrationthe movement of 15,000 Puritans to MA
510979674Massachusetts Bay CompanyCompany the Puritans formed when they received a royal charter to establish a colony north of Plymouth
510979675Protestants who wanted to leave the Anglican Church and set up their own churchesSeparatists
510979676Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican ChurchPuritans
526874833Duke of YorkCharles II brother
526874834colony of New NetherlandsNew Amsterdam
526874835Patroonswealthy landowners
526874836Society of Friends; religion who were pacifistsQuakers
526874837"city of brotherly love"Philadelphia
526874838New Jerseynamed after an island in the English Channel
526874839William PennAmerica's 1st town planner; supervised the building of Philadelphia; wrote PA's 1st constitution
526874840Charter of Libertiesdocument that granted the PA colonists the right to elect representatives to the legislative assembly
526874841Three Lower Countiessouthernmost part of PA
526874842Middle ColoniesNY, DE, NJ, PA
526874843Pacifistspeople who refuse to use force or fight
526874844present day location of New AmsterdamNew York City
526874845How Manhattan Island was purchasedfrom Manhates for small number of beads and other goods
536347213CarolinaIn Latin, it means Charles' land.
536347215constitutiona plan of government
536347217Nathaniel Bacon"The greatest rebel that was ever in VA."
536347219Louis Jolieta French fur trader and explorer
536347221missionsreligious settlements established to convert people to a particular faith
536347222Marylandcolony established as a safe place for Catholics
536347224indigoCarolina's "blue gold"
536347226Georgiacolony that British set up as a military barrier; last British colony established in America; had the highest percentage of non-British settlers; created to that debtors and poor could start over
536347228Frenchfounded Quebec; maintained the friendliest relations with the Native Americans
536347230Junipero SerraFranciscan monk who worked for the rights of Native Americans
536347232Southern ColoniesMD, VA, NC, SC, & GA
536347234Indentured servantsagreed to work for a set amount of time in order to gain passage to America
536347235Act of TolerationIt granted Protestants & Catholics the right to worship freely in MD
536347237VirginiaColony who 1st had settlers trying to move westward away from the east coast
536347239William BerkleyVA governor who wanted settlers to stay near the east coast
536347241Carolina Constitutionthe constitution that covered subjects such as land distribution and social ranking
536347243Tenant farmerssettlers who paid annual rent and worked a fixed number of days each year
536347245Santa Fe & San Antoniosite of military Spanish post founded by missionaries, soldiers and settlers

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