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16 Cards in this Set
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Charles I
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Issued Charter for Massachusetts Bay company
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John Winthrop
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Puritans First Govener
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John Eliot
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Missionary to the Indians
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Thomas Mayhew
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Started Indian congregations on the island of Martha's vineyard
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Thomas Hooker
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Founded Hartford Connecticut with his Puritan Congregation.
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Roger Williams
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Founded Rhode Island
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Sir Edmond Androse |
Sent by King James to unite the New England colonies. The colonies did not want to unite. |
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William and Mary
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When King James II fled England during England's Glorious Revolution, Parliament gave the crown to ______ |
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Henry Hudson
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This human sailed down into New York Bay, and claimed it for Holland. The _____ River is named after him. |
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Peter Minuit
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was an agent for purchasing Manhattan Island for 24 dollars
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Duke of York
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The British dude who was in control of New York when the British took it form Netherland. Renamed New Netherland to New York.
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Peter Stuyvesant
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A feisty Dutch governor who did not want to surrender New Netherland to the British.(but he ended up doing so) |
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George Calvert
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The First Lord Baltimore, controlled *ready for it*, BALTIMORE!!!! He founded Maryland
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Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkley
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Founded New Jersey. Promoted Religious Freedom, and gave land on easy terms.
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William Penn
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Founded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Became a Quaker as a young man. Created a haven for Quakers.
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James Oglethorpe
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He founded Georgia as a refuge where Debtor Prisoners could work and pay off their debts. He founded Savannah.
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