1ST SEMESTER REVIEW Flashcards
(121 cards)
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Funded Columbus’s voyages
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Ferdinand and Isabella
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First person to circumvent navigate the earth
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Magellan
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Founded Florida
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Ponce de Leon
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Founded by Ponce de Leon; oldest city in the United State
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St. Augustine
5
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Founded the Pacific Ocean; crosses Panama
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Balboa
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Conquered the Aztecs
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Cortez
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Conquered the Incas
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Pizarro
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Mississippi River; discovered Arkansas
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Desoto
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When Desoto discovered the Mississippi River
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1541
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England v. Spain; England won
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Spanish Armada
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When the Spanish Armada occurred; makes the decline the of Spain and the rise of England.
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1588
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Settled Quebec; Father of New France
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Champlain
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First permanent French settlement
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Quebec
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Claims Louisiana
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LaSalle
15
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Bought from Napoleon-France
In 1603
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Louisiana
16
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Settles Virginia
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Walter Raleigh
17
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First English colony; it failed
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Roanoke
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First permanent English settlement
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Jamestown
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When Jamestown was settled
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1607
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Created the “No Work, No Food” policy
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John Smith
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Developed Tobacco in Jamestown and married Pocahontas
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John Rolfe
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Most important industry in Jamestown
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Tobacco
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Helped the Jamestown settlers
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Pocahontas
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1st representative government in the U.S. Jamestown representative government
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House of Burgesses
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“Separatist”
Pilgrims
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When the Pilgrims settled in Plymouth
1620
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What the Pilgrims sailed on
Mayflower
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Helped the pilgrims with their first winter
Squanto
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Wrote history of Plymouth plantation; governor of the Pilgrims
William Bradford
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Wanted to purify the Church of England
Puritans
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Massachusetts
1630
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Established in 1636
Harvard
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Duke of York
James II
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Was called New York
New Netherlands
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King of England during the French and Indian war
George III
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Prime minister of England that passed the stamp act
George Grenville
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Tax on legal documents
Stamp act
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What the colonists wanted in England
No Taxation without representation
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Leader of the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
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Group in Massachusetts that led boycotts
Sons of Liberty
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What the colonists did to get “No taxation without Representation”
Boycotts
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Head of treasury; passes a tax on paper, lead, paints, and glass
Charles Townsend
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Occurred March 5th; 5 were killed
Boston Massacre
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Sons of Liberty threw 340 chests of tea into the harbor
Boston tea Party
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Also known as the coercive acts; passed after Boston Tea Party; put Thomas gage in royal government; closed the Boston harbor; sent more troops
Intolerable Acts
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Said “Give me Liberty or Give me Death”
Patrick Henry
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When the shot heard round the world was
Lexington and Concord
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First major battle of the American Revolution
Bunker hill
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Commander of the continental army
George Washington
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Wrote common sense
Thomas Paine
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Declared the war for independence
Declaration of Independence
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
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When the Declaration of Independence was signed
July 4th, 1776
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President over the continental congress
John Hancock
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George Washington’s aid
La feat
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When was Lexington and Concord
1775
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Hero of Saratoga who later was a traitor
Benedict Arnold
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Christmas Day when George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River and captured the hessians
Trenton
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Turning point of the American Revolution
Saratoga
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American commander at Saratoga
Horario Gates
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Government the Americans lived under during the critical period ; 1st constitution in the United States
Articles of Confederation
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Weaknesses of the articles of Confederation
- 9/13 states had to approve everything
- no execution branch (no president)
- no judicial branch (no courts)
- congress could not tax
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Shows the weaknesses of the article,es of Confederation
Shays rebellion
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Held in Philadelphia; made to make a new constitution
Constitutional convention
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When the constitutional convention was held
1787
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Commander of the constitutional convention
George Washington
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“Father of the Constitution”
James Madison
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Oldest member of the continental convention
Benjamin Franklin
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Large population states; rep. based on population
Virginia plan
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Small population states; equal representation
New Jersey plan
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Combined both the New Jersey plan and the Virginia plan
Great compromise
72
Pro-constitution
Federalist paper
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Shawnee chief; led the largest Native American uprising in U.S. history
Tecumseh
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Led the U.S. into prophet town
William Henry Harrison
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Leads the U.S. into the battle of Lake Erie
Oliver perry
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Wrote the star spangled banner
Francis Scott key
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Largest battle that marked the end of war of 1812
Battle of New Orleans
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When the United States forbid European settlement in Latin America
Monroe doctrine
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Mississippi River valley; claimed for Louis XIV by la salle
Louisiana
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Who Virginia was named after
Queen Elizabeth
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Lead the Roanoke expedition
John white
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Founder of Rhode Island
Roger Williams
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Founder of Pennsylvania
William penn
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Founder of Georgia
James Oglethorpe
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Where Washington and his men stayed for the winter
Valley forge
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Final battle of the Revolutionary war
Yorktown
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French general during the Revolutionary war
Degrassi
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British general at Yorktown who surrendered
Cornwallis
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Ended the Revolutionary war
Treaty of Paris
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Washington’s aid
La feat
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“We will meet again”
1st continental congress
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Key figure to the great awakening
Jonathan Edwards
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Founder of Pennsylvania
William penn
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Founder of Georgia
James Oglethorpe
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Took 7 trips to US to preach
George whitefield
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World wide revival; Methodist revival
Great awakening
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Why was Georgia settled
So debt prisoners could pay off their debt
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Founder of Rhode Island
Roger Williams
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Led the Roanoke expedition
John white
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Who Virginia was named after
Queen Elizabeth
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Washington’s Secretary of State
Thomas Jefferson
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Washington’s Secretary of treasury
Alexander Hamilton
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Pay foreign, domestic, and state debt
Hamilton’s financial plan
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John Marshall goes to France to them to stop shooting at our ships
XYZ affair
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Caused us to have judicial review
Marburgy v. Madison
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Doubled the size of the US; $14 million; bought from Napoleon-France
Louisiana purchase
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1803
Louisiana purchase
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Sent up the Mississippi River to explore the new land
Lewis and Clark
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Helped Lewis and Clark; shosoni
Sacegewea
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Jefferson’s VP; killed Alexander Hamilton
Aaron burr
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During Madison’s presidency; British tried to control US sea trade
War of 1812
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Famous Warhawk
Henry clay
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US v. Prophet town; led by William Henry Harrison
Battle at tippicanoe
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Largest battle that Marked the end of war of 1812
Battle of New Orleans
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When the war of 1812 ended
1815
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Led the US at battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
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Monroe was the last of...
Virginia dynasty
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During Monroe’s presidency; wide spread of nationalism
Era of good feelings
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When the US forbid European settlement in Latin America
Monroe doctrine
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Made Maine a state; didn’t know to make it a slave state or not
Missouri compromise
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Who made the Missouri compromise
Henry clay
