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Quest of Hemisph 5
Quest of A Hemisphere CH 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sir Walter Raleigh's most significant accomplishment | to convince the British to invest in America |
| What laid the foundation for government on this new continent? | Asking each plantation and village to send delegates to a general assembly to help frame laws for the colony |
| Separatists | Quit the Church of England and broke all ties |
| Puritans | Wanted to reform the Church of England but remain in it |
| Mayflower Compact | Document that established self-government in an English colony |
| Roger Williams | Founded Providence, RI. Preached no government had the right to establish a "state" religion. Each man had right to worsip in his own way |
| Thomas Hooker | Founded Hartford, CT. Declared that people had the right to choose their own officials & to limit their power |
| George Calvert | AKA Lord Baltimore. Founded Maryland. Established a colony of various religious beliefs. All people had the right to vote & hold office regardless of religious beliefs |
| William Penn | A Quaker, Founded Pennsylvania .Believed in religious freedom & the right to take part in government. Welcomed persecuted religious groups |
| John Cabot | Explorer for England. Claimed Cape Breton Island for England |
| Virginia Dare | 1st child born of English parents in the New World |
| Captain John Smith | A trained soldier, chained on voyage over. Later elected to Council and then President of colony |
| Myles Standish | A soldier who signed the Mayflower Compact |
| Sir Francis Drake | An English "sea dog" who attacked Spanish ships & helped defeat the Spanish Armada |
| Spanish Armada | A Spanish fleet of 130 warships |
| London Trading Company | Formed by B.Gosnold, a navigator. Most investors were not wealthy, but merchant adventurers |
| House of Burgess | Governing body of 22 representatives elected by plantation & villages to serve with the governor Council |
| Bill of Adventure | 1st stock certificate in US history. Buyer would earn % proportionate to what he invested into the expedition |
| Baltic Company | Provided timber, pitch & tar from Russia & Poland to build English ships |
| divine right | Belief that the right to the throne was given by God |
| Separation of Church & State | Government had no right to create the "laws" of the Church |
| Union of Church & State | Government leaders had the right to make laws for the "land" & the Church |
| forfeiture | loss of something as a punishment for wrong doing |
| doctrine | Set of beliefs held by a church |
| customs | "Duties" (taxes) collected by a government on goods |
| Charter Colony | A colony granted the most local control |
| Proprietary Colony | Power of government granted to 1 man |
| Constitutional Republic | Government that believed "The human rights of a man are above the rights of the government" |
| Roanoke Island | 1st English attempt at a settlement. Lead by Sir Walter Raleigh |
| Plymouth | Settlement made by Pilgrims for purpose of religious freedom |
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