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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