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Chesapeake
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The Chesapeake wasthe common term for the two colonies of Maryland and Virginia, both of which...
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Church of England
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The Protestant church established in the sixteenth century by King Henry VIII as England's...
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Parliament
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The lawmaking branch of the English government, composed of the House of Lords, representing...
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Commonwealth
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The republic established after the victory of Oliver Cromwell in the English civil war; the...
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Restoration
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The era following the return of monarchy to England, beginning in 1660 with King Charles II...
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Glorious Revolution
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A term used to describe the removal of James II from the English throne and the crowning of...
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entrepreneur
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A person who organizes and manages a business enterprise that involves risk and requires initiative.
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joint-stock company
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A business financed through the sale of shares of stock to investors;the investors share in...
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Jamestown
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First permanent English settlement in mainland America, established in 1607by the Virginia...
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head right system
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The grant of 50 acres of landf or each settler brought over to Virginia by a colonist.
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House of Burgesses
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The elected lawmaking body of Virginia, established by the Virginia Company in 1618; the assembly...
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staple crop
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A basic of necessary agricultural item, produced for sale or export.
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John Coode
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Leader of a rebel army, the Protestant Association, that won control of Maryland in 1691.
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indentured servants
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People working out their compulsory service for a fixed period of time, usually from four to...
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demographic disaster
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The outcome of a high death rate and an unbalanced ratio of men to women in the Chesapeake...
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separatists
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English Protestants who chose to leave the Church of England because they believed it was corrupt.
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Pilgrims
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A small group of separatists who left England in search of religious freedom and sailed to...
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William Bradford
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The separatist who lef the Pilgroms to America; he became the first governor of Plymouth Plantations.
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Mayflower Compact
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An agreement drafted in 1620when the Pilgrims reached America that granted political rights...
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Squanto
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A Patuxet Indian who taught the Pilgrims survival techniques in America and acted as translator...
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John Winthrop
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One of the founders of Massachusetts bay Colony and the colony's first governor.
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Great Migration
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Themovement of Puritans from England toAmericain the 1630s, caused by political and religious...
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original sin
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In Christian doctrine, the condition of sinfulness that all humans share because of Adam and...
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heirarchy
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A system in which people or things are ranked above one another.
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femme couverte
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From the French for "covered woman"; a legal term for amarried woman; this legal status limited...
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sainthood
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Full membership in a Puritan church.
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Quakers
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Members of the Society of Friends, a radical Protestant sect that believed in the equality...
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heretic
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A person who does not behave in accordance with an established attitude, doctrine, or principle,...
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Roger Williams
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Puritan minister banishedfrom Massachusetts for criticizing its religious rules and government...
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magistrates
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Civil officers charged with adminstering the law.
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Pequot War
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Conflist in 1636 between the Pequot Indians inhabiting eastern Connecticut and the colonists...
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Metacomet
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A Wampanoag chief, known to the English as King Philip, who led the Indian resistance to colonial...
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guerrilla tactics
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A method of warfare in which small bands offighters in occupied territory harass and attack...
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Half-Way Covenant
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An agreement (1662) that game partial membership in Puritan churches to the children of church...
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Dominion of New England
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A megacolony created in 1686 by James II that brought Massachusetts, Plymouth Plantations,...
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patronage
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Jobs or favors distributed on a politicalbasis,usually as rewards for loyalty or service.
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suffrage
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The right to vote.
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property requirement
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The limitation of voting rights to citizens who owned certain kinds or amounts of property.
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Presbyterians
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Members of a Protestant sect that eventually became the established church of Scotland...
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Jacob Leisler
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German merchant who led a revoltin New York in 1689 against royal officials representing the...
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William Penn
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English Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681.
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egalitarianism
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A belief in human equality
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pacifism
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Opposition to war or violence of any kind.
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yeoman
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Independent landownerentitled to suffrage.
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James Oglethorpe
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English philanthropist who established the colony of Georgia in 1732 as a refuge for debtors.
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