CHAPTER 3 SECTION 1

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CHAPTER 3 SECTION 1
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1. What is a colony?

• Land settled by immigrants who follow the
  governing rules of the mother country.

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2. What is a charter?

• A legal document signed by a king or queen giving
  permission to settle in a given place along with
  a set of rules.

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3. What is a joint stock company?

• A company owned by 2 or more people who share in
  the cost and risk of establishing a colony.

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4. What was Jamestown?

• The first permanent English settlement in North
  America.

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5. When was Jamestown founded and where was it
located?

• 1607 , 40 miles up the James River in Virginia

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6. Who was John Smith?

• Captain John Smith took control of Jamestown in
  1608.
• Began Martial Law, which made the colonists
  follow a set of rules in order to maintain order
  within the colony.

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7. Who was Pocahontas?

• Powhatan princess and wife of John Rolfe.
• Kept John Smith from being killed

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8. Who was John Rolfe?

• Refined tobacco so it could be smoked.
• Husband to Pocahontas

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9. What does authority mean?

• Power, the right to rule

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10. Relationship between Powhatan Indians and
settlers?

• At first relations very good
• Strengthened by marriage of John Rolfe and
  Pocahontas
• Conflict erupted after settlers murdered a
  Powhatan leader.

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11. What was the main cash crop in VA?

• Tobacco

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12. What is a plantation?

• Large farms in the south

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13. Why did plantation system develop in VA?

• In part because of the headright system, under
  which colonists who paid their way received 50
  acres of land plus 50 more for each person they
  brought.

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14. Difference between indentured servants and
slaves?

• Indentured servant worked voluntarily under a
  contract for a number of year usually 5-7 years.
• Slavery was involuntary and permanent condition.
• Both worked hard, worked for others, and farmed.

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15. What does the word factors mean?

• Causes

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16. What was Bacons Rebellion?

• Uprising led by Nathaniel Bacon to protest not
  being able to take Indian land.
• Burned down Jamestown
• Died with fever and rebellion died too.

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17. What is a proprietary colony?

• Colony controlled by proprietors or owners who
  controlled the government.

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18. What is a royal colony?

• Colony ruled by the King or Queen

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19. Why did English colonies settle in the colony
of Maryland?

• To escape religious persecution

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20.What is the Toleration Act of 1649?

• Bill that made it a crime to restrict the
  religious rights of Christians.
• First law passed to support religious tolerance
  in the colonies.
• state of maryland united streaming

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21. How was the colony of Maryland different
than Jamestown?

• Jamestown founded to make a profit and became a
  royal colony
• Maryland was founded for religious reasons and
  was a proprietary colony

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22. Why did the Carolina colony separate into
North and South Carolina

• They were far apart and it made them hard to
  govern.

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23. How did James Oglethorpe hope to make Georgia
different from the other colonies?

• Not have large plantations owned by a few
  wealthy people.
• Wanted to give the poor and debtors a fresh start
• He outlawed slavery and kept land grants small.

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24. Who was Olaudah Equiano?

• Former slave who recorded his viciously brutal
  experiences as a slave.

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25. What were main cash crops and how did
contribute to slavery?

• Tobacco, rice, indigo
• Required lots of manual labor and large work
  force.

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26. What were the slave codes?

• Laws to control slaves.

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27. Why was geography suitable for farming?

• Warm climate and long growing season

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28. Why did settlers come to America?

• Riches, religion

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29. What is mercantilism?

• Economic system in which countries want a
  favorable balance of trade
• In other words they want more exports than
  imports.

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30. What are push-pull factors?

• Push factors push people from a country
• Pull factors pull people to another country.