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"Ap World Ch10" - source change

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:09:14 +0000

Page: Ap World Ch10 (ap-world-ch10)
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What impact did Christianity have on polytheistic religions in Western Europe? Missionaries —> converted polytheists, who mixed new faith with animist faith. After Rome fell where was the...

"TNO Chatters List" - source change

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:59:23 +0000

Page: TNO Chatters List (tnochatters)
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Warning Posting your AIM username here means that anyone can see it. If you don't want it here, feel free to remove it. foldunfold Table of Contents Warning Intro The Big List Adding Your...

"Virginia Company" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:31:36 +0000

Page: Virginia Company (virginia-company)
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Background The Virginia Company was a joint-stock company of England which was chartered by King James I. Its founders went to find gold, never intendeding to actually settle and become the colony...

"Barbados Slave Code" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:26:41 +0000

Page: Barbados Slave Code (barbados-slave-code)
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Background 1661: One of the most notorious slave codes is the Barbados Slave Code of 1661 which gave almost complete control of the “slave” to their “owner”, including the right to hurt...

"Act of Toleration" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:23:48 +0000

Page: Act of Toleration (act-of-toleration)
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Background In 1649 the Act of Toleration was passed by Maryland’s local representative assembly. It guaranteed religious toleration for all Christians, but said that all others should be given...

"Anglo-Powhatan War" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:20:32 +0000

Page: Anglo-Powhatan War (anglo-powhatan-war)
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First Anglo-Powhatan War The First Anglo-Powhatan War occurred in 1614 because of the new leader of Virginia's, Lord De La Warr’s actions against the Natives. The settlers were very destructive...

"Starving Time" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:13:04 +0000

Page: Starving Time (starving-time)
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Background (1609 - 1610) The starving time was in the colony of Virginia during the winter of 1609-10. Only sixty of the four hundred settlers survived this time because there was not enough food...

"Indentured Servitude" - source change

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:08:31 +0000

Page: Indentured Servitude (indentured-servitude)
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Background Indentured servants were settlers who had no money. To pay for their voyage they would have to work as servants in other settlers’ houses until their debt was paid. There were many in...

"Indentured Servitude" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:08:19 +0000

Page: Indentured Servitude (indentured-servitude)
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Background Indentured servants were settlers who had no money. To pay for their voyage they would have to work as servants in other settlers’ houses until their debt was paid. There were many in...

"Joint-Stock Company" - source change

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:05:14 +0000

Page: Joint-Stock Company (joint-stock-company)
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Background Joint-stock companies provided the financial means for the English to explore the New World. They were many investors who pooled their money together to support an exploration team in...

"Primogeniture" - source change

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:05:00 +0000

Page: Primogeniture (primogeniture)
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Background Primogeniture is a concept that says the first-born male of a household should inherit everything. England had laws of primogeniture so all of the sons who were not first-born needed...

"Primogeniture" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:04:19 +0000

Page: Primogeniture (primogeniture)
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Background Primogeniture is a concept that says the first-born male of a household should inherit everything. England had laws of primogeniture so all of the sons who were not first-born needed...

"slave code" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:02:15 +0000

Page: slave code (slave-code)
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Background English authorities made slave codes in order to control all of their slaves. The codes defined a slave’s legal status. One of the most notorious slave codes is the Barbados Slave Code...

"Royal Charter" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:00:46 +0000

Page: Royal Charter (royal-charter)
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Background A royal charter was the sovereign’s way of giving permission to companies to go and explore the new world, or people to go and colonize.  This falls into foreign and domestic policy...

"House of Burgesses" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:54:22 +0000

Page: House of Burgesses (house-of-burgesses)
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Background The House of Burgesses was the first hint of representative self-government in America. The Virginians assembled with the permission of the London Company in 1619. After James I dislike...

"Enclosure" - source change

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:47:12 +0000

Page: Enclosure (enclosure)
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Background Enclosures were what people in England were converting their farmlands to. Because of this, they did not need farm workers anymore so they were many displaced farmers. These people...

"Enclosure" - source change

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:46:32 +0000

Page: Enclosure (enclosure)
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Background Enclosures were what people in England were converting their farmlands to. Because of this, they did not need farm workers anymore so they were many displaced farmers. These people...

"Enclosure" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:45:43 +0000

Page: Enclosure (enclosure)
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Background Enclosures were what people in England were converting their farmlands to. Because of this, they did not need farm workers anymore so they were many displaced farmers. These people...

"Joint-Stock Company" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:34:11 +0000

Page: Joint-Stock Company (joint-stock-company)
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Background Joint-stock companies provided the financial means for the English to explore the New World. They were many investors who pooled their money together to support an exploration team in...

"Nation-state" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:31:10 +0000

Page: Nation-state (nation-state)
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+Background The colonies began to think if themselves as nation-states, more independent from the old world.  Because they began to think of themselves differently this falls under “changes in...

"John Smith" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:28:47 +0000

Page: John Smith (john-smith)
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Background John Smith took over the dying Virginia colony in 1608. All the men there were not working and he fixed this and revived the entire colony. He also acted as a prop for the Powhatan...

"Pocahontas" - source change

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:27:03 +0000

Page: Pocahontas (pocahontas)
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Pocahontas was the daughter of the Indian chieftain Powhatan, whose tribe interacted with early settlers of the Virginia Company. The Indian tribe took the settlers’ leader, John Smith, and held...

"Oliver Cromwell" - source change

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:19:13 +0000

Page: Oliver Cromwell (oliver-cromwell)
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Background When King Charles I recalled Parliament in 1640 after dismissing it 11 years earlier, the members were angry and worked under Oliver Cromwell to behead him in 1649. After this, Cromwell...

"Oliver Cromwell" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:17:48 +0000

Page: Oliver Cromwell (oliver-cromwell)
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Background When King Charles I recalled Parliament in 1640 after dismissing it 11 years earlier, the members were angry and worked under Oliver Cromwell to behead him in 1649. After this, Cromwell...

"James Oglethorpe" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:13:05 +0000

Page: James Oglethorpe (james-oglethorpe)
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Background James Oglethorpe was one of the founders of Georgia. His cause was prison reform because a friend of his died in a debtors’ jail. He was great for Georgia because of his militaristic...

"Walter Raleigh" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:09:50 +0000

Page: Walter Raleigh (walter-raleigh)
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(1552-1618) Motivated by his lack of inheritance due to the laws of primogeniture, Walter Raleigh led England’s second attempt at colonization of the Americas in Virginia. He was preceded by his...

"John Rolfe" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:05:14 +0000

Page: John Rolfe (john-rolfe)
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John Rolfe was a settler in Jamestown who married the Native American, Pocahontas. Their marriage was not only the first interracial union in Virginia, but also a seal on the peace settlement which...

"Pocahontas" - source change

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:04:00 +0000

Page: Pocahontas (pocahontas)
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Pocahontas was the daughter of the Indian chieftain Powhatan, whose tribe interacted with early settlers of the Virginia Company. The Indian tribe took the settlers’ leader, John Smith, and held...

"Powhatan" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:01:52 +0000

Page: Powhatan (powhatan)
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Powhatan was a chieftain who had taken over several dozen small tribes in the James River area in 1607. He was who the settlers from the Virginia Company met and they called all of his tribes...

"Pocahontas" - new page

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:58:39 +0000

Page: Pocahontas (pocahontas)
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Pocahontas was the daughter of the Indian chieftain Powhatan, whose tribe interacted with early settlers of the Virginia Company. The Indian tribe took the settlers’ leader, John Smith, and held...