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Exploring the Americas
The Voyage
Religion
Slavery
Pre-Revolution
100
this is a period of discovery when European explorers made many voyages
What is "Age of Exploration"
100
This is written permission to start a colony.
What is "a charter"
100
These people were being persecuted in England for their RELIGION.
What is "English Catholics"
100
These were laws to control the slaves.
What is "slave code"
100
This act taxed sugar and molasses.
What is "the Sugar Act"
200
This includes new books about mapmaking, improved compasses, and cannons.
What is "improvements that assisted Europeans in their exploring"
200
This was located in Roanoke Island.
What is "the Lost Colony"
200
This was put into place to assure the religious rights of all Christians.
What is "the Toleration Act of 1649"
200
This was the name of the journey from Africa to the Americas.
What is "the Middle Passage"
200
This means to be taxed/fined without having any consent in Parliament.
What is "taxation without representation"
300
They wanted Asian spices, wanted to convert more people to Christianity, and Asian culture was trendy.
What is reasons that Europeans explored America
300
These people wanted to keep the church, but purify it.
What is "Puritan"
300
This was caused by the slave trade and it means "the spreading of Africans"
What is "the African Diaspora"
300
This taxed all paper products.
What is "the Stamp Act"
400
Sugarcane, diseases, and citrus fruits
What is "an item that the Europeans brought to the Americas"
400
This is a colony whose owners control the government.
What is "a proprietary colony"
400
These people wanted to change the church; they were then punished by King James I.
What is "Pilgrim"
400
This taxed lead.
What is "Townshend Acts"
500
This is a line dividing the Atlantic Ocean.
What is "the Line of Demarcation"
500
This is a group that established Jamestown
What is "the London Company"
500
These people were considered to be "the chosen ones" and were heavily involved in both government and the church.
What is "God's elect"
500
These people weren't slaves, but might as well have been.
What is "indentured servant"
500
These occurred: drafted the Declaration of Rights, prepared colonial militias for war, encouraged colonists to boycott British goods.
What is "First Continental Congress"