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Virginia Company

Joint joint stock company that gained charter to establish Jamestown

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Jamestown

Swamp
Infested with misquotes
Lack of farmland
River

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John Smith

Governor for 12 years
Forced settlers to work and explore
Built a strong relationship with chief Powhatan to get corn

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Pocahontas

Daughter of Powhatan
Married John Rolfe
Saved Johns life and brought some peace to the British/Native American relations after marrying Rolfe

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John Rolfe

Learned how to grow tobacco and sold the first crop in 1614

Married Pocahontas

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Tobacco

Saved Jamestown because there wasn’t any gold or silver

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Bacon’s Rebellion

Nathaniel Bacon led a group to Jamestown and was gonna set it on fire, but he got sick and passed away

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Plymouth Colony

Colony of the pilgrims

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Pilgrims

Separatists who came to the colonies for religious freedom
Made with the VA company that they could settle in the Hudson River in exchange for a share of many profits made
Came to America on the Mayflower on Sept 1620

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Mayflower

Document provided the laws and helped develop govts in America

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William Bradford

Led the pilgrims for over 30 years
Responsible for designating the thanksgiving holiday in American culture
Most famous for writing “Plymouth Plantation” story of the pilgrims

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Squanto and Samoset

Native Americans that befriended some pilgrims and showed them how to grow corn, beans, and squash. + hunt and fish
Wampanoag tribe

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Puritans

Protestants who wanted to reform 
Were strict 
Believed in a form of theocracy 
Formed the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Little tolerance for any other religious beliefs

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

Based on the Bible

Formed by puritans

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John Winthrop

Puritans governor

Led many to live in Boston (modern day)

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Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams

Taken to trail over disagreeing with puritans and were kicked out of mass.
Formed Rgode island

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Salem Witch Trials

Series of hearings and prosecutions of ppl accused of witchcraft where many were falsely accused were killed

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William Penn

founded PA
Quaker that wrote their constitution
(Everyone is equal in gods sight)

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Quakers

Tolerant of other ppl view
Didn’t have churches bc they believed in a direct experience with god
Refused to fight in wars or use force

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Pacifists

Ppl who refused to fight in wars of use force

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James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony

Oglethorpe, the first governor of GA, founded GA and set it up as a buffer state between the strong English colonies and Spanish attacks and where English debtors and the lowers class could get a fresh start

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First Great Awakening

Religious revival that swept through the colonies

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Triangular Trade

System in which slaves, crops, and manufactured goods were traded between Africa, the Caribbean, and the American colonies

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Poor Richard’s Almanack, Albany Plan of Union and Join or Die Cartoon

Poor Richards almanac was written by Benjamin Franklin, a collect of witty sayings such as “ A penny saved is a penny earned”
Albany plan of union called for one general govt for the 13 colonies. Designed the help defend the colonies against the French.
“Join or die” was the first political cartoon in America by Franklin

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John Peter Zenger Trial

John Peter Zenger accused the governor of New York of corruption in the NY Weekly Journal and was thrown in jail. Zenger was not found guilty and this helped lead us to freedom of press

Cause of French and Indian War

Wanted Ohio River Valley bc they wanted to control the fur trade

Proclamation of 1763

Halted Western Expansion by the settlers west of the Appalachian mountain to appease the NAs

The Sugar Act

Lowering taxes on molasses to try to get ppl to stop smuggling

The stamp act

Placed a tax on almost every printed material

The Boston Massacre

A fight that broke out between GB and towns ppl that left 5 ppl dead

The Boston Tea Party

A group of colonists threw tea off a sip while disguised as Indians

The intolerable/coercive acts

Harsh laws that were passed to punish MA citizens

Patrick Henry

Made a famous quote " give me liberty or give me death"

Samuel Adams and the sins of liberty

Group of ppl who didn't like gb and Samuel was there leader

John Hancock

First to sign Declaration of Independence

Thomas Paines common sense

D of I - year, location, author, significance

1176, PA, Thomas Jefferson, gave ppl rights

Cause of American Revolutionary War

GB kept imprisoning colonists

Loyalists

Loyal to GB

Patriots

Rebels that fought GB

Battles of Lexington and Concord

First battles of the American Revolution

Battle of Saratoga

Turning point of the war

Winter at valley forge

A time of terrible suffering fort he colonies without decent food or clothing

Battle of Yorktown

Battle that Cornwallis surrenders at

Benedict Arnold

The hero of Saratoga

Lead commander of the patriots troops in the war

Washington

Marquis de La Fayette

Fresh military officer in the American Revolution

Friedrich Von Steuben

Drilled the troops at valley forge

Francis Marion

Swamp fox | Father of guerilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare

A hit and run tactic

Treaty of Paris 1783

Officially ended the war

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Added new states to the union

Articles of confederation

A government that wasn't strong enough and couldn't raise taxes

Shays rebellion

Uprising by MA farmers to fight the governments taxes on poor farmers

The great Compromise

Established the model for congress used to this day

3/5 Compromise

Slaves that voted only counted 3/5

The US Constitution- father of, year, and purpose

James Madison, 1788, for a national government

Bill of rights

First ten amendments of the Constitution

1st amendment

Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, petition

2nd amendment

Citizens have the right to own firearms

4th amendment

Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures without probable cause

5th

Natural rights can not be deprived without due process of law

6th amendment

You have the rights to a speedy, public trial by an impartial jury

Three branches of govt and their purpose

Legislative- makes the laws Judicial- judges laws Executive- confirms

Whiskey Rebellion

A civil uprising against the taxing power of the federal govt

Alexander Hamilton

first secretary of the treasury | wrote 51 of 85 essays under the collective title The Federalist (later known as The Federalist Papers)

Alien and sedition acts

Naturalization Act- allowed president to imprison and deport non citizens (aliens)

John Sevier

First governor of Tennessee

Judicial review

review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.

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