COURSE TEST
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, VIRGINIA COMPANY - ANS FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH COLONY IN AMERICA
(JAMESTOWN)
POWHATAN - ANS NATIVE AMERICANS WHO ENCOUNTERED A CONFLICT WITH
THE JAMESTOWN SETTLERS
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HOUSE OF BURGESSES - ANS FIRST ELECTED LEGISLATURE IN COLONIAL
AMERICA (VIRGINIA)
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BACON'S REBELLION - ANS POOR FARMERS REBELLING AGAINST WEALTHY
LAWMAKERS. SHOWED THE AVERAGE POOR FARMER IN AMERICA WAS DIFFERENT
AND DID NOT MIND STANDING UP FOR HIS RIGHTS.
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SLAVERY - ANS
NEW ENGLAND - ANS
FIRST SLAVES BROUGHT TO VIRGINIA TO CULTIVATE TOBACCO
MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDED TO GAIN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
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FOR THE PURITANS FROM ENGLISH OPPRESSION. GOAL WAS TO CREATE A PERFECT
SOCIETY BASED ON OBEDIENCE TO GOD AND HARD WORK.
KING PHILIP'S WAR - ANS CONFLICT WITH NATIVE AMERICANS BY COLONISTS IN
NEW ENGLAND
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TOWN MEETINGS - ANS A FORM OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY PRACTICED IN
MASSACHUSETTS WHERE THE CITIZENS MADE THEIR OWN LAWS
RHODE ISLAND - ANS FOUNDED BY ROGER WILLIAMS WHO WAS BANISHED FROM
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MASSACHUSETTS BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IN SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
LOSS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS CHARTER - ANS THE KING OF ENGLAND TOOK
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CONTROL OF MASSACHUSETTS BECAUSE OF THE POWER OF THE PURITAN CHURCH.
MASS WAS MADE INTO A ROYAL COLONY
SALEM WITCH TRIALS - ANS CONFLICT (RICH V POOR) IN MASSACHUSETTS
SHOWING SIGNS OF SOCIAL DISCONTENT WITH THE RIGID LIFE OF PURITANS
MID-ATLANTIC COLONIES - ANS ECONOMY BASED ON COMMERCIAL INTERESTS;
LARGEST CITIES; BIRTHPLACE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION