Period 2 AI Summary (V2)

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Joint Stock Company

Profit

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Headright System

Encouraged indentured servant importation in exchange for land

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Bacon's Rebellion

1676 conflict between tidewater gentry and backcountry for land

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Stono Rebellion

1739 slave uprising aiming to escape to Florida for freedom

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John Winthrop

Leader of the Puritans who aimed to build a model Christian society

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Anne Hutchinson

Challenged religious norms, banished to Rhode Island for her beliefs

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Roger Williams

Founded Rhode Island, advocated for religious toleration

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Half

Way Covenant

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First Great Awakening

Religious revival in 1730s New England, spread across colonies

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William Penn

Founder of Pennsylvania, promoted religious freedom and pacifism

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Quakers

Pacifists who opposed slavery and believed in freedom of worship

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Mercantilism

England's economic philosophy aiming for balanced trade and prosperity

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Navigation Acts

Regulations under mercantilism to control colonial trade and benefit England

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Republican Government

Based on consent of the governed, representation, and private property

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Anne Bradstreet

Colonial poet, 1st woman published in the colonies

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Phyllis Wheatley

African American poet, contributed to African American literature

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Cash Crops

Easily cultivated crops for profit, like tobacco in the colonies

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Slavery Legalization

By 1700, all colonies had legalized slavery

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A City Upon a Hill

Winthrop's vision for an ideal Christian society in New England

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Scotch Irish and German Immigrants

Increased in numbers, settled in Appalachia in colonial America

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Women's Property Rights

Married women lost property control, widows and singles could own

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Religious Pluralism

Diverse religious beliefs in the 13 colonies, no dominant denomination

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Colonial Cities

Primarily mercantile centers, collected agricultural goods and distributed manufactured goods

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Irish Immigrants

Mainly singles, poor, Catholic, settled in northern cities

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German Immigrants

Came in family units, bought land, became farmers, settled in close

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