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Colonial Era Power Point review By Miss D
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The immigrants from England who were blown off course by a storm and landed in Cape Cod were called the Pilgrims
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The Colony established by Roger Williams and a woman for reasons of religious freedom was Rhode Island
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The man who “saved” Jamestown from extinction by saying only those who worked could eat was John Smith
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The theory that if a country’s wealth increased, all other country’s wealth decreased was called Mercantilism
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The war between the Native Americans and the Puritans was called King Philip’s War
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The portion of the triangular trade that brought slaves to the New World was called the Middle Passage
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New York 1.The English take the city of New Amsterdam away from the Dutch and call it New York city 2.Bread basket of the colonies along with Philadelphia
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The Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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The English seized the island at the base of the Hudson River’s mouth and called it New York city
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Indian tribal chief who gave the Jamestown colonists food and helped them survive was called Powhatan
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Why were the Puritans called Dissenters? Because they disagreed or dissented with the Church of England and wanted to change or purify its worship practices
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The breadbasket of the colonies New York and Philadelphia
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Montesquieu and Locke Two Enlightenment philosophers who greatly influenced the colonists and especially Thomas Jefferson in writing the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
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Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield Two men who preached a religious revival across the colonies that changed the Puritan face of the New England colonies and started the movement towards freedom from Britain Called the Great Awakening
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The Americas, Africa, England The trading points of the triangular trade The Colonies Africa Europe
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Proprietary Colony Georgia Delaware
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Royal colony Massachusetts Bay Colony Jamestown
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Joint stock company Economic tool just like stocks on Wall Street Used by Virginia Company to raise money by selling shares to fund the journey to Virginia
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Tobacco The crop that saved Jamestown from starvation and extinction when they could not find gold
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first elected legislative assembly in the New World House of Burgesses
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Religious colonies Massachusetts Bay Colony Plymouth Maryland
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House of Burgesses Located in Virginia
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Middle Passage The middle portion or passage of the triangular trade that carried slaves from Africa to the New World
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Peter Stuyvesant Cranky, Stubborn last Dutch governor of New Netherlands who found he was going to be fighting the English almost single handed so he surrendered New Amsterdam to them without a fight and they changed the name to New York and everyone ate donuts and was happy
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New Amsterdam Name for the Dutch city at base of Hudson river. Later English take it without a fight and called it New York city.
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first permanent English settlement in the New World Jamestown
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Mercantilism Countries wealth is measured in gold and silver Country with the most gold and silver is the richest Colonies are the way to increase wealth Use colonies’ resources to increase mother country’s wealth
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Buffer colony Georgia buffer or bumper between South Carolina’s great port of Charleston and Spanish Florida’s pirates and raiders
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Nathaniel Bacon He led a group of indentured servants against the Indians and took away their land for themselves but then he got greedy and tried to take away the plantation owner’s lands in Jamestown His bacon was fried after he led an unsuccessful revolt against Jamestown’s landowners Did burn some of Jamestown down ( can you smell that bacon burning?) After Bacon’s rebellion, Jamestown colonists began to buy slaves. No more indentured servants
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Mayflower compact established what? Pilgrims made it on the Mayflower ship Beginning of rule or laws made by the governed which is the beginning of representative government
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Why did the English colonists begin to use slaves Bacon’s rebellion scared them against indentured servants Slaves never get their freedom like indentured servants and so believed less likely to revolt
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Two founders of Rhode Island? Roger Williams Anne Hutchinson
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John Cabot Explorer working for England who explored Canada, the Northwest passage and Chesapeake Bay Gave England their first claim to North America
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Vespucci Gave his name to America (Amerigo)
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The Holy Experiment Philadelphia founded, by William Penn, the Quaker, on principle of brotherly love
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group that settled Maryland to escape religious persecution English Roman Catholics
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Group settled Pennsylvania Quakers
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Dutch colony in North America New Netherlands
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Resources What colonies send to the mother country so she can use them to increase her wealth of gold and silver by selling them to others or making items with them that she can sell for gold and silver Part of the theory of mercantilism Example-timber from New England to make ships in Britain
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John Locke Enlightenment philosopher that influenced the colonists and especially Thomas Jefferson by saying that people had a right to revolt if they were being abused by their mother country Rights to life, liberty and property
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Three ways that representative democracy grew in colonies Mayflower compact House of Burgesses Town meetings
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Three steps toward democracy in colonies House of Burgesses Town meetings Mayflower compact
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Who limited colonies’ trade with other nations and why? The mother country because she wanted all the colonies’ riches for herself. Mercantilism said that there was only so much wealth in the world and a country had to keep as much of it,as it could, to itself
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Great Awakening Great religious revival that changed the religious face of the colonies with its emphasis on freedom and free will Led by Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield
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Where did the Puritans settle New England
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Colony Built on Smoke Jamestown
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Ben Franklin Symbol of the ideal colonist Symbol of American ingenuity and social mobility Scientist, inventor, printer, politician, printer, diplomat, writer, Invented bifocals, lightening rod, swim fins One of the main leaders of the American Revolution
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Who had more peaceful relations with Native Americans and why Quebec and fur trade Philadelphia and concept of brotherly love
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Joint stock company How the colony at Jamestown was funded Virginia Company
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Florida Ponce de Leon explored and claimed for Spain Not part of the 13 colonies
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symbol of social mobility and individualism Ben Franklin
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Colony originally based on search for gold Jamestown
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In what year was Jamestown settled 1607
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What year did the Pilgrims land in Cape Cod? 1620
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Magellan Magellan and his men are the first to circumvent or sail around the world
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William Penn Quaker who founded Philadelphia that later becomes the state of Pennsylvania
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Quakers Religious group that does not believe in war or slavery Their leader in America, William Penn, founds the colony of Philadelphia. Penn calls his colony the “Holy Experiment”
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Philadelphia City of brotherly love
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New Amsterdam City established by the Dutch colony of New Netherlands on an island at the mouth of the Hudson river Later called Manhattan or New York city
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New Netherlands Dutch colony in North America
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Know the Locations of Jamestown, New Amsterdam, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth, New York city, Philadelphia, Rhode Island and Savannah on the 13 colonies map
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Separatists The Pilgrims who wanted to separate from the Church of England and make their own church
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Town meetings in New England are one of the steps towards what? Representative Government and democracy. Rule by the people
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First British colony that fails because it disappeared without a trace
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19 hung before it was over Salem Witch trials
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Main export of Quebec Fur
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Main exports of New England Rum Timber/lumber Fish Manufacturing
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Main exports of Southern colonies Cotton Tobacco Agricultural products
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Slave class Develops in Southern colonies
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Loss of charter for Massachusetts Puritans lose charter (license from the King) to govern that was based on the Puritan religion in 1684 and included all men Instead the Massachusetts colony became a royal colony where some colonists participated in governing the colony but not in town meetings which were outlawed. Instead a royal governor ruled with help from richer colonists. Loss of town meetings really ticked off the colonists Royal Governor Andros the cross dresser, also made them pretty hot
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Examples of religious tension in New England colonies People exiled like Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson Salem With trials Half way covenant
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Terms to know better House of Burgesses Joint Stock Company Tobacco Maryland New Netherlands Representative government
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