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Enumerated Commodities

Question: enumerated commodities

Answer: in 1660 Parliament listed specific colonial products that could be shipped only to Britain. These items included tobacco; cotton; indigo; and sugar

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Question: mercantilism

Answer: an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests

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Question: lord of trade

Answer: look up

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Question: toleration act of 1689

Answer: granted Puritans, but not Catholics, the right of free public worship

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Question: vale of york

Answer: the Vale of York is an area of flat land in the north-east of England. The vale is a major agricultural area and serves as the main north-south transport corridor for northern England.

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Question: sir edward Andro

Answer: British colonial governor in America, b. Guernsey. As governor of New York (1674-81) he was bitterly criticized for his high-handed methods, and he was embroiled in disputes over boundaries and duties (see New Jersey ), going so far as to arrest Philip Carteret .

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Question: dominion of new england

Answer: 1686-The British government combined the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut into a single province headed by a royal governor (Andros). Ended in 1692, when the colonists revolted and drove out Governor Andros

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Question: metacom

Answer: Native American chief who fought against English colonists in the King Philip's War

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Question: metacom's war

Answer: war fought between chief metacom, and the english colonists

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Question: five nations

Answer: a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations)

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Question: navigation act of 1651

Answer: prohibited Dutch merchants from the colonial trade and gave English traders a monopoly by requiring that goods importated into England or its American settlements be carried on English ships.

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Question: glorious revolution

Answer: In this bloodless revolution, the English Parliament and William and Mary agreed to overthrow James II for the sake of Protestantism. This led to a constitutional monarchy and the drafting of the English Bill of Rights.

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Question: iroquis league

Answer: This confederation or alliance was established by the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca

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Question: salem witch trials

Answer: Several accusations of witchcraft led to sensational trials in Salem, Massachusetts at which Cotton Mather presided as the chief judge. 18 people were hanged as witches. Afterwards, most of the people involved admitted that the trials and executions had been a terrible mistake.

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Question: primogeniture

Answer: right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son

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Question: torries

Answer: Conservative Party in Britian

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Question: wigs

Answer: second party that was formed and was an anti-democratic party

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Question: jacob leister

Answer: look up

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Question: sir william berkley

Answer: governor who controlled the legislature through his appointments to the colony's governing council and gifts of land to member of the House of Burgesses. Once all in the House of Burgesses he exempted himself and companions from paying taxes and set a strict rule that only people who had property of land could vote.

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Question: william of orange

Answer: King of England and Scotland and Ireland

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