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) Jamestown/Virginia Company: London Entrepreneurs were sent to the Americas to establish a settlement however they did not find gold. The colony was mostly men at first, they had many attacks from the Indians, thrived on tobacco plantations. 26.) Tobacco - John Rolfe/Sir Walter Raleigh: Began the first successful plantation, Walter Raleigh was accredited with the introduction of tobacco use. 27.) Barbados Slave Codes 28.) Chesapeake as a geographic region: Low and swampy 29.) House of Burgesses: first assembly of elected English colonists 30.) Act of Toleration (1649) : Religious tolerance towards Christians 31.) Squatter: person who settles on land and occupies property without title right or payment of rent; person who settles on land under government regulation in order to acquire the title 32.) Restoration (effect on U.S.): More English colonies 33.) Indentured servant/"headright" system: Servants who worked for a period of time and then later released with basic items to start their own life 34.) Bacon's Rebellion (1676) 35.) Joint stock: share of stocks 36.) primogeniture: first born to inherit the state 37.) John Smith + Pocahontas (Powhatan Indians): Created peace between the Indians 38.) James Oglethorpe: Founder of the colony of Georgia, military hero 39.) Lord Baltimore: Founder of Maryland 40.) Predestination: Destiny/fate 41.) Town meeting 42.) Visible saint/"elect" 43.) Blue laws: enforce religious standards 44.) Congregational church: organizations chose its own ministers and regulated its own affairs 45.) Puritan vs. Pilgrim: 46.) Mayflower Compact: Contract to establish order in this new colony slating their allegiance to England

47.) Fundamental orders of Connecticut: 48.) Quakers: All people had divinity in themselves to guide them on the path to righteousness , women were generally equal to men 49.) William Bradford: Governer of the Plymouth colony 50.) John Winthrop: carried with him the charter of the Massachusetts bay company 51.) Roger Williams: Called for separation of church and state 52.) Anne Hutchinson: woman who began her own bible discussion group eventually banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony 53.) New English confederacy vs. Dominion of New England (compare & contrast) 54.) William Penn + Pennsylvania: Quakerism, 55.) New York/New Amsterdam: Diversity, had Dutch, English, French, Africans 56.) Glorious Revolution: Take power from James II 57.) Proprietary vs. Royal colony vs. Charter Colony 58.) Plymouth Colony 59.) Massachusetts Bay Colony: Established by puritan merchants, they would not be responsible to any country in England only themselves 60.) Pequot War/King Phillip's War: Conflict between natives and settlers 61.) Restoration Colonies: Colonies launched by England 62.) Leisler's Rebellion: German American merchant took control of the Lower New York

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