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1. The English in North America A Power Point Presentation By: Patrick Spohr For History of the Americas 140
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4. Men were vested with power over their households, or “little commonwealth”, which was considered the backbone of colonial government.
5. Above the family was the county court and parish, the provincial government in Maryland, and finally the King and Parliament.
6. The Anglican parish, responsible for churches and assisting the poor, was considered to be an important and necessary link tying together church and government.
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8. Taxes by the Colonial government inflicted additional pain
9. The best public lands were given to cronies of Governor Berkeley.
10. Led by Nathaniel Bacon, colonists marched on Jamestown, upset with the taxes as well as government refusal to go to war with the Susquehannock tribe.
11. Not a popular uprising, “Bacon's Rebellion” was a division amongst the wealthiest colonial farmers. Bacon and his followers were able to convince the common planters to join with extreme promises.
12. After Bacon's death due to illness, the rebellion died. This rebellion did, however, result in the removal of Berkeley from his post.
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14. Natives of the area were capable of high-yield horticulture.
15. Natives were nomadic, and therefore kept few material goods and shared what they did have.
16. Despite colonial assumptions, the Indian tribes did practice regular burnings to alter the wooded landscape and make it more suitable for hunting.
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20. Natives like Miantonomi suggested a Pan-Indian alliance to combat the English menace, but lacking a collective identity, the Indians were unable to unite.
21. Inabilities to unite as Indians meant Puritans were soon able to outnumber their Native counterparts in the region.
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23. A push for more English colonists started in 1671, using combination of adventure and open land lost in older colonies.
24. Large land grants not only attracted middling settlers, but also great planters.