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Democracy

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The majority of people rule

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Republic

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People are represented by elect officials. The right of the minority are protected.

Government of LAWS
NOT by man

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Economics

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Production distribution // consumption of goods // services in a free market system

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Mercantilism

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Economic theory.

Nations power is based on its wealth

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Presentism

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Attitude towards the past based on your experiences today

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Disinterestedness

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Free from self interest.. having no person advantage in a question or affair.
“We the people”

Examples are a judge or sport referee

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What drives capitalism??

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Profit

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Charter Colony

Who elects the governor, upper house ( council), Lower house (assembly)

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The people elect them all

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What colonies are Charter colonies

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Connecticut and Rhode Island

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Proprietary Colony

Who elects the Governor, upper house, lower house??

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Proprietors appoint elects the govern and upper house.

The people elect the lower house

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What colonies are Proprietary Colonies??

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Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland

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Royal colonies

Who elects the governor, upper house, and lower house?

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The King appoints the governor and the upper house. The people elect the lower house

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What are the Royal colonies??

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New Hampshire 
Massachusetts 
New York 
New Jersey 
Virginia 
Georgia 
North & South Carolina
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The best form of Representation??

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Charter Colonies

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What is the worst form of representation??

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The royal colonies

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The people ALWAYS elect which house no matter what 13 colony

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The lower house ( assembly)

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What was the main crop export to Europe?

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Tabasco

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Tabasco was the main cash crop in what colonies

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Maryland and Virginia

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Rice was the main cash crop in what colonies

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Georgia and South Carolina

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Which colonies has the fastest growing economics

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Georgia and South Carolina

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What is the main economic activity in the colonies?

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What religious group was in the north

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Dominion of New England

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1686-1689
Royal government taxed residents in all New England, NY and east and west jersey

Sir Edmund Andros taxed residence without consent and strictly enforced navigation laws

This stopped when king James was replaced in 1688-1689

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Salutary Neglect

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1688-1763
The royals relax the colonial trade rules and navigation laws. This lasted from the glorious revolution to the French and Indian war in 1763

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Navigation Laws
Series of laws passed in 1651 to regulate colonial shipping. Only English ships would be allowed to trade in English and colonial ports. All good design for the colonist would first pass for England
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Sugar act
1764 The first law passed by Parliament to raise tax revenue in the colonies for England. This was made by Prime Minister George Grenville. The act was lowered and died down after protests from the colonists
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Stamp Act
1765 Greenville imposed a stamp act on the colonies to raise revenue to support the new military force. The stamp act required colonist to use stamp paper to clarify payment of taxes on goods breaking news paper legal documents and diplomas
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Why did colonists start to rebel the stamp act
They thought it was iminging on their liberties
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Stamp act of Congress 1765
27 delegates from nine colonies met in New York City for the stamp act Congress of 1765. The members drew up a statement of their rights and grievances and requested Parliament to repeal. The meeting was ignored by England but it was a step towards revolutionary claims
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The stamp act was repealed in.. by..
In 1766 by Parliament
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Christopher Columbus
1492-1502 Columbus persuaded the Spanish monarchs to provide him with three ships He sailed westward. He landed on the Bahamas and Caribbean islands in October 1492
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Americo Vespucci
1499-1502 Sailed from Spain - destination was South Africa. Corrected Columbus and founded America
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Vaso Nunez De Balboa
1513 Sail from Spain. First to see the pacific ocean from the Americas
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Columbian exchange
Increase of globalization. The transfer of goods crops and diseases between the new and old world societies after 1492
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In 1500s who became the dominant exploring and colonizing power
Spain
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The Treaty of Tordesillas
1494 Divided the Americas between Spain and the Portuguese
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The Spanish conquers came to America in the service of
God and search of gold and glory
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Encomienda
Spanish government allowed Indians to be enslaved by colonist as long as the colonists promised to Christianize them
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Roanoke island
The first English attempt at colonization. Promoter sir Humphrey Gilbert died at sea in 1583. His half brother took over Landed in NC island in 1585 by sir Walter Raleigh. Failed colonial settlement of North Carolina
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Virginia company
1606 Received a charter from king James 1 for a settlement in the new world. This is a significant document because it granted oversea settlers the same rights of Englishmen if they stayed home
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Jamestown
First permanent English settlement in North America founded by the Virginia company May 24, 1607
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In 1619, house of burgesses, self government was made in...
Virginia
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Virginia because a royal colony because
kKing James didn’t trust the house of burgesses so in 1624 he made Virginia a colony of England directly under his control
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Mayflower compact
1620 Was an agreement to create a foundation for self government in the colony. Had to be signed before boarding the mayflower compact
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Massachusetts bay colony
1630s Established by non-separating puritans. It soon grew to be the largest and influential colony of the New England colonies
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Great English Migration
1630-1642 Migration of 70k refugees From England to North America colonies. 20,000 came to Massachusetts wanted to establish a model Christian settlement in the New World. The rest went to the Caribbean for the warmth and fertile soil

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