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| the act, which made restricting the religious rights of Christians a crime, was the first law supporting religious tolerance passed in the English Colonies. Also was passed to stop tension between Catholics and Protestant in Maryland? |
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| London Company saw VA as and opportunity for homeless and land |
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| Virginia's elected assembly called...they raised the taxes to make more money |
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| He started Pennsylvania. He believed that people should promote good discipline |
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| Proprietors or owners controlled the goverment |
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| Town Meetings are for what? |
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| Town meetings are for each seetlement to discussed and decided issues of local interest such as schools and regulations on timber cutting or cattle grazing. The were also the centerpieces of New England gov't. |
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| people who have left the country of their birth to live in anoter country |
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| A covenant or saced agreement with God to build a Christian community |
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| How did the headright system work? |
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| Under the headright system each colonist who paid his or her own way to Virginia received 50 acres of land plus 50 more acres for each additional person brought from England. |
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| The purtans were a group of Protestants that wanted to reform or purify, the Church of England. |
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| Who were the separatists? |
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| Separatists developed their own churches and cut all ties from the Church of England. |
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| George Foxand other religious leaders set up the Quakers. The Quakers beleived that all people were worthy of divine salvation and had inner goodness. The largest groups of Quakers were in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. |
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| Who were the pilgrims and where did the attempt to live before come to VA? |
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| The pilgrims where people who wanted religious freedom. They tried to live in the Netherlands before coming VA. The were considered separatists that started in Massachusetts. |
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| What did the Duke of York do? |
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| The duke of York organized a large Englis force. He renamed New Netherlands to New York. |
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| How did NC and SC start out as a colony? |
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| At first the Carolinas was one colony over widespread area. |
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| Nathaniel Bacon was someone who started a revolution and burned down Jamestown. His rebellion made peace with Indains difficult. |
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| What was the Mayflower Compact? |
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| The entire colony agreed such just and equal laws. The made the laws and social rules that would govern the colony...made them on the boat. |
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| How many people moved to the English Colonies? |
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| 80,000 people moved to the English Colonies. |
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| Who founded the Plymouth colony? |
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| William Bradford and he was a Pilgrim. |
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| Why was the colony of Georgia founded? |
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| In name of King George the 1. He made it for those who were jailed for debt...this state outlawed slavery. |
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| What was the role of the Africans in VA? |
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| The role of the Africans was to work on the plantations for th white man. Sometimes they started as indentured servants but the white men liked having them as slaved because then they wouldn't have to be freed. |
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Extra:
Massachussetts Bay Colony:
Powhatan Confederacy: |
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Puritans were in charge.
Indian helped them grow food. |
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