History of the United Kingdom

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Cornell Notes Guided Notes ? ?The 13 Colonies? Glue onto Page: ______ Introduction England?s ___________ ___________ were located on the Atlantic Coast in-between French ___________ and Spanish ___________. The Thirteen Colonies can be divided into three regions. Each region was unique and gave the English a wide variety of opportunities and ?personalities.? New England ? Climate, Resources & People Long ___________ & rocky soils ? Fishing, ___________, Trade, and ___________ ? Heavy reliance on the Atlantic Ocean ? people relied on ___________ Farming ? produced enough for themselves + a little extra for trading ? settlers from England made up the largest groups of the region?s population ? John ___________, Benjamin ___________, ___________ Rush African Americans

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7/8/13 12:03 PM The ?original 13 colonies? is not true. Britain had 32 colonies, but the saying comes from the fact that those 13 colonies were the ones to rebel for independence against Britain Conquest by the Cradle Large populations was what the rebellious settlements shared Colonists were doubling their numbers every 25 years Average age of Americans was 16 A Mingling of the Races Many Germans fled to America because of religious persecution, economic oppression, and war Mostly in Pennsylvania The South held 90% of the African American population The variety of Europeans coming to America (Dutch, Swedes, Jews, Irish, etc) contributed to a new mixture of blood that is the present day American

Virginia Colony Essay (Contributions)

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The Virginia Colony

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Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

Middle Colonies

Maryland Toleration Act

William Penn

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Colony and Date Founded Massachusetts 1621---Pilgrims---Plymouth Colony 1630?Puritans--Mass. Bay Colony Rhode Island---1644 Connecticut---1662 New Hampshire---1679 New Netherland---1609 New York---1664 New Jersey---1702 Pennsylvania---1681 Delaware---1682 Maryland---1634 North/South Carolina---1663 Virginia---1607 Georgia---1732 Persons Responsible William Bradford---Pilgrims John Winthrop---Puritans Plymouth colony merges with Mass. In 1691 Roger Williams Anne Hutchison Rev. Thomas Hooker John Mason Sir Ferdinando Gorges Came from Mass. Bay Colony Henry Hudson for Netherlands Duke of York of England named it New York

Chapter 4: The Bonds of Empire

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CHAPTER 4: The Bonds of Empire, 1660-1750 Rebellion and War, 1660-1713 Before Restoration (1660), England made little attempt to weld colonies Royal Centralization, 1660-1688 Restoration monarchs disliked representative government Charles II rarely called parliament into session after 1674, and none after 1681 James II wanted to rule as absolute monarch Meant he would never face an elected legislation These 2 kings had little sympathy for Am. Colonial assemblies Charles II?s brother, James (Duke of York) considered elected assemblies ?of dangerous consequence? and forbade them to meet in NY New Eng. tried to resist crown policies and defend self-gov. Mass. 1661= citizens free from laws & decrees from Eng. except for war Colony ignored Navigation Acts

1630-1774 important things that cause independence

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

Nonconsumption agreements

Continental Association

GROUP D TIMELINE(1607-1776) 1630: Massachusetts Bay Colony Founded: - Influential people such as John Winthrop and Roger Williams resided there - Great Migration: Mass numbers of Puritans migrated to the Bay Colony to find religious freedom - Mayflower compact - social contract government which was influential in the American ideal and government - Founded because of religious reasons from Puritans 1686: Dominion Of New England: - Goals were to strengthen defense of the colonies against Indians and to also enforce the Navigation Acts, thereby regaining control over the colonies - Created increased resentment from the colonists towards the Crown because of the sudden disestablishment of local legislatures

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Province of New Jersey

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Textbook 108-112 Peter Stuyvesant was the governor of New Netherland during 1664. Stuyvesant swore that he would defend the city during the quarrel with England but had few weapons, gunpowder and respect to do so. He had no respect because of his harsh rule and heavy taxes so therefore refused to help him. This held him back from keeping his word of defending the city.

New England and Chesapeke DBQ Essay

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New England Chesapeake DBQ The New England and Chesapeake colonies both started off about the same being ruled by the English. However by the 1700?s the similarities between the two colonies were quite minimal and both colonies had evolved. Each settlement had different intensions of why they wanted to settle in the New World. New England and Chesapeake had social, economic, religious and political differences between one another.

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King Philip's War

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American Revolution

Chapter 2 Questions THE EARLY CHESAPEAKE (34-40) 1. What conditions and circumstances characterized the first permanent English settlements? 2. What serious difficulties did the Virginia colonists suffer from the moment they landed? 3. After the colony was established, what efforts did the Virginia Company make to attract settlers and make the colonists more happy and productive? 4. Explain the importance of tobacco in the development of the Virginia colony. 5. What led Virginia to become a royal colony? 6. The survival of Jamestown was, in the end, largely the result of what? 7. What were the origins of the colony of Maryland? How did Maryland's early development differ from that of Virginia?

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