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13 Colonies Key Terms and Facts
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01/08/2012

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Pilgrims
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English settlers who founded Plymouth for religious freedom
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established church
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chosen religion of a state
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persecution
Definition
the mistreatment or punishment of certain people because of their beliefs
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Mayflower Compact
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a 1620 agreement for ruling Plymouth
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precedent
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example for others to follow in the future
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Thanksgiving
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day at the end of the harvest season set aside by the pilgrims to give thanks to God
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Puritans
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wanted to purify the chuch by making it simpler
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General Court
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elected representative assembly in the Massachusetts Bay colony
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Fundamental Orders of Conneticut
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a 1639 plan of governmentin the Puritan colony of Connecticut
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religious tolerance
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a willingness to let others practice thier own beliefs
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Sabbath
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holy day of rest
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town meetings
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when settlers discussed and voted on many issues
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patroon
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owner of a large estate in a dutch colony
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proprietary colony
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land given to one or more people by the king in return for a yearly payment
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royal colony
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a colony under the direct control of the English Crown
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Quakers
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protestant reformers believed in equality for all people, also called the Society of Friends
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Pennsylvania Dutch
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German speaking protestants who settled in Pennsylvania
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cash crop
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crop sold for money at market
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Mason-Dixon Line
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boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that divided the Middle Colonies (free states)and the Southern Colonies (slave states)
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Act of Toleration
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a 1649 Maryland law that provided religious freedom for all Christians
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Bacon's Rebellion
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a 1676 raid led by Nathaniel Bacon against the governor and Native Americans in Virginia
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indigo
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a plant used to make a valuable blue dye
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debtors
Definition
people who owed money they could not pay back
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slave codes
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laws that treated enslaved Africas not as human beings but as property
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racism
Definition
the belief that one race is superior to another
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Plymouth
Definition
founded in 1620, for religious freedom for Seperatists, by William Bradford, government was Mayflower Compact
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New England
Definition
Area whose economic base was fishing, whaling, iron, lumber, and ship building, and included Plymouth, Mass. Bay, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire
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Massachusetts Bay
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founded in 1630, for religious freedom of Puritans, by John Winthrop, government was general court
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Connecticut
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founded in 1636, for free-er Puritans, by Thomas Hooker, government was Fundamental Orders Of Connecticut
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Rhode Island
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founded in 1636, for religious tolerence, by Rodger Williams
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New Hampshire
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founded in 1622, by John Mason and Fernando Georges, government was an assembly, religion was varied
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Middle Colonies
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area whose economic base was Grains, and included New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
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New York
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founded in 1664, by Peter Minuet, government was assebly of representatives, religion was varied
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New Jersey
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founded in 1664, by Cateret and Berkely, government was an assembly, and there was religious freedom
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Pennsylvania
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founded in 1681, by William Penn, governmaent was elected assembly, religion was Quaker/varied
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Delaware
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founded in 1638, by Gov. De La Ware, representative government, religion was varied
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Southern Colonies
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area whose economic base was rice, indigo, and tobacco and included Virginia(Jamestown), Maryland,Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina
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Virginia(Jamestown)
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first colony, founded in 1607, by John Smith, government was House of Burgesses, religion was Anglican
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Maryland
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founded in 1634, by Lord Baltimore, government was elected assembly, founded for freedom for Christians
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Georgia
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last colony, founded in 1732, by James Oglethorpe, in Savannah
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North Carolina
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founded in 1712, by 8 proprietors
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South Carolina
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founded in 1719, by 8 proprietors
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