Colonial America Flashcards

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Jamestown

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The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia

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Mayflower Compact

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An early attempt at self-government in the English Colonies

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Puritans

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English Protestants who wanted to 'purify' the Anglican Church of Catholic elements

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Source of Labor in the Colonies

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Indentured Servants & Slaves

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Powhatan Confederacy

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Taught colonists to grow North American crops like corn

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Mayflower Compact Significance

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Ideas led to Constitution

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Three 'G's'

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God, Gold, Glory

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Middle Colonies

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New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

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Southern Colonies

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Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

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New England Colonies

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Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire