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When was Jamestown founded?
1617
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How many ships and people did the Virginia Comp. Of London (London Company) have?
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What was the VA Comp. Of Plymouth looking for?
- Gold
- Northwest passage to China
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What did John Smith tell the men to do?
To work
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Who is John Rolfe and what did he do?
- Brought tobacco to colonies
- Married Pocahantes
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What was Pocahontas son's name?
Baby Thomas
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What was Pocahontas renamed?
Lady Rebecca
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What was the time of great illness?
Seasoning period
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What was the headlight system?
For every head counted 50 acres was getting given to them.
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What were the people who payed off debts?
Indentured servants
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At first, how were Africans admitted to the Americas?
As indentured servants
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What was the Barbados Slave Code?
The carribean slave trade
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Who was Nathaniel Bacon and what did he do?
A colonial man who became dissatisfied with the government not protecting the outer land owners.
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What rebellion did Bacon end up causing?
- The Bacon rebellion which burned down Jamestown
- Lead to an increase in slavery
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What was the Stono rebellion?
A slave rebellion to fight for freedom (unsucessful)
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What did the Stono rebellion cause?
- A harsher slave code was enforced
- No education
- No extra money
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What was the 1st VA legislature?
The House on Burgesses in 1618
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What were the causes of House of Burgesses?
- Made money from tobacco
- The people in charge were
- Aristocratic
- They used factors
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What is a factor?
A middleman who deals with money
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Who founded Maryland?
Lord Baltimore
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For whom was Maryland a refuge for?
Catholics
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Why did Lord Baltimore what a new feudal system?
To expand B/c nobody wanted to come to the colonies
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What "Act" did Lord Baltimore create?
- The Religious Toleration Act
- Only for Protestant and Catholics
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Whom was the Carolinas names after?
King Charles 2nd
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What did the Carolinas bring to the colonies?
The Barnados Slave code (indians were traded as slaves early on)
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What was the major export of of the Carolinas?
Rice
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Why was there a division in the Carolinas?
- N. Carolina didn't fit in well with VA because they were more "common ppl"
- S. Carolina was Aristocratic and had a better harbor
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What were S. Carolina's major crops?
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What was the last of the 13 colonies?
Georgia
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What kind of colony was Georgia?
A buffer colony to protect S. Carolina
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Who was Georgia named after?
Goerge 3rd
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Who was the founder of Georgia?
John Ogelthorpe
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At first, what two things were outlawed in Georgia?
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Who was the founder of the Methodist church?
John Wesley
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