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Ch.2 Sect.4
Review - US History - WBHS
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History
11th Grade
09/01/2008

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Term
What are the 3 main events in the English Civil War?
Definition
Charles I sends army to Parliament to arrest the Puritans;
Parliament ticked off, forms own army with Oliver Cromwell leader;
kills king and takes control
Term
Who in Maryland supports the king? Because of this, who was mad? Because these people were mad, what did the leader do?
Definition
Lord Baltimore; Maryland Protestants; appointed a Protestant to be Gov.
Term
What was the Maryland Toleration Act?
Definition
religious tolerance to all Christians
Term
What was the Restoration?
Definition
when Parliament puts Charles II on the throne
Term
What was the Dutch colony explored by Henry Hudson? What was its capital?
Definition
New Netherland; New Amsterdam
Term
When captured by the English from the Dutch, what was New Netherland renamed?
Definition
New York
Term
How was New Jersey created?
Definition
King gives chunk of New York to 8 of his friends
Term
How was Pennsylvania created?
Definition
King gives land to William Penn because he owed his dad money;
Term
William Penn belonged to what religion?
Definition
Quakers (who were Pacifists)
Term
What do Quakers believe?
Definition
everyone has an inner light from God and therefore don't need churches, ministers or Bibles
Term
What did William Penn want?
Definition
political and religious freedom for everyone
Term
What colony had a slow growth because it was hard for ships?
Definition
North Carolina
Term
What did North Carolina export?
Definition
tobacco, tar, pitch and turpentine
Term
What colony was originally called Charles Town?
Definition
South Carolina
Term
What was South Carolina's major export? Of what culture were S.C.'s slaves? Where were they captured?
Definition
deerskin; Native Americans; Carribean
Term
Why was Georgia started? Who started it? What three things were not allowed in the new colony?
Definition
as a colony for people in debter's prison; James Oglethorpe; no slavery, brandy or rum
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