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Problems between the colonists and the Native Americans about land:
Colonists took over land that belonged to Native Americans for 1,000 years. Native Americans didn’t think people could own land. It belonged to God. Colonists bought and sold land.
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Impact of colonists on Native Americans' health:
Colonists brought diseases that hit the Native Americans hard. Colonists brought alcohol which had a negative effect on the Native Americans.
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Colonists impact on Native Americans' social structure:
Colonists encouraged fighting between tribes. Native Americans were encouraged to convert to Christianity and leave their native belief systems. About 1,000 Native Americans were sold into slavery in the West Indies.
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Describe how the Puritan School System was the first public school system in America:
For every town that had 50 households or more got a teacher. Everyone in town helped pay for the teacher.
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What was the New England Primer?
A textbook that was based on rhyming to learn ABCs and the bible, used in the Puritan School System.
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Who founded Harvard University?
The Puritans.
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What role did sermons play in Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Last for hour, sometimes with an intermission or break in the middle. There was no TV and few books. Sermons were entertainment and news. Everyone talked about sermon during the following week.
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What were Blue Laws?
Things you could and couldn’t do on Sundays.
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What were Roger Williams' beliefs?
He believed in a separation of church and state. He questioned Puritanism and later refused to be a part of any church.
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What did Roger Williams do?
Roger Williams founded R.I. after being banished from the MA Bay colony. He guaranteed religious freedom for all.
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How was Rhode Island founded?
Roger Williams was supposed to go back to England but escaped and lived with the Narragansett Native Americans. They sold him the land for Rhode Island. He guaranteed religious freedom for all. People who didn’t like the strict Puritan lifestyle started coming to Rhode Island.
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What is Freedom of Conscience?
The right to a person’s individual beliefs.
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What is a Tenet?
a belief held by all members of a group.
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How did Anne Hutchinsons’s beliefs affect her life?
She believed God spoke directly to her. Puritans thought that was wrong. Puritans believed God spoke only through the bible. She was kicked out of MA after a trial and went to Rhode Island.
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What were the causes of the Salem Witch Trials?
Started by a group of young girls in Salem who claimed to be possessed by the devil. They accused others of witchcraft. Puritans were opposed to any devil worship and starting arresting and hanging any woman that was suspicious. Later most women were released from prison.
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Name 3 women accused of being witches:
Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba.
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How was Connecticut founded?
Puritan Minister Thomas Hooker got permission from the King of England to settle CT in 1636. Hooker wanted a colony that would limit the power of the government. Created the Fundamental Orders of CT.
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Who founded Maine?
King of England gave Ferdinando Gorges land for ME. It was technically part of MA.
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Define "atheist".
A person who does not believe in God.
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Who founded New Hampshire?
The King gave John Mason the land for NH.
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How did the founding of the New England colonies affect the Native Americans?
Native Americans were forced off of their land and had to compete with colonists for trading and hunting
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What was the colony of New York originally called? And New York City?
New Netherlands. New Amsterdam.
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When did the British take over New Netherlands and what did they rename it?
1664; New York, for the Duke of York.
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What was New Sweden and what happened to it?
A group of Swedish that settled in New Jersey along the Delaware River. It was eventually taken over by New Netherlands.
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Who was Peter Minuit?
He was a representative of the Dutch West India Company and bought Manhattan, NY (New Netherlands) from local Native Americans for $24 in beads.
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What made New Jersey the most democratic of all the colonies?
NJ set up a charter that set up an assembly to represent all settlers. All white men were allowed to vote no matter what religion.
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How was New Jersey founded?
The Duke of York gave the land to his friends. One of them was from Jersey in England, so they called it New Jersey.
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Who was Peter Stuyvesant?
Dutch governor of New Netherlands. "Old Silvernails"
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Where did the Dutch come from (2 names)?
The Netherlands, also called Holland.
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Who was Henry Hudson?
An explorer who claimed the lands of New York and New Jersey for the Dutch in 1606.
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Who was "Big Tub"?
Johan Printz, Governor of New Sweden.
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