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History of the U.S. #3
flashcards for the HUGE test on chapters 30-36
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6th Grade
02/10/2009

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Calvert Family
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had many generations of goveners and founders of colonies
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John Culpepper
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was a minister and a congrigational representitive
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Blackbeard
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a pirate who was known for his agressiveness and his black hair and beard which was put into braids and, when he was fighting, had candles in it to make him look more scary, was killed on a ship in a battle
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Mary Read
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a woman pirate who lived through a death sentence
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Anne Bonney
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a woman pirate who lived through a death sentence
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Toleration Act
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law passed that let christians have freedom of religion, this law was passed for maryland
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Indian Act
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made by a virginian governer so indians could be taught how to read and write and colonists could trade with them peacfully, was don eofr three years, then was not followed anymore
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Navigation Acts
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england made this act up so that whenever colonies traded with each other, they would have to pay a tax to the english
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apprentice
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a person who works for anyother person in order to learn a trade, not free to leave the job or quit untill (usually) 18 years old
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indigo
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a cash crop that was used to make blue dye
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Gullah
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a language spoken by african americans in order to communicate, was a combonation or french, english, and african
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list three different features of how the southern colonies were different from the middle and new england colonies
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were aristocratic, had slaves, the blacks there had fewer rights, if any, than the middle and new emgland colonies
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why did the north carolinains rebell against england in 1677
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because they were sick and tired of the crazy taxes they had to pay, they rebelled simply by not paying the taxes they were given
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this colony has the busiest port in the southern colonies
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pennsylvania
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this coast of this colony was a hideout for pirates
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north carolina
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this colony's capital rang about government in America
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this colony practiced religious freedom for Christians only
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maryland
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