Final 150 Part 1 Flashcards
(99 cards)
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Why did Europeans come to America to colonize?
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Acquire new land and spreading Christianity
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Virginia Company
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The joint stock company that established Jamestown
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Jamestown
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The land that the Virginia Company established.
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John Smith
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Governor of Jamestown for its first two years
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Pocahontas
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Woman that married John Rolf and was the daughter of Chief Powhatan
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John Rolfe
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Learned how to grow and sell tobacco and husband to Pocahontas
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Tobacco
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Saved Jamestown
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Bacon’s Rebellion
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Showed that the settlers didn’t want to stay on the coast
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Plymouth Colony
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The colony of the pilgrims
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Pilgrims
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Separatists who came to the colonies for religious freedom
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Mayflower
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The ship the the pilgrims came to America on
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Mayflower Compact
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What the pilgrims followed
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William Bradford
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Led the pilgrims for over 30 years and is responsible for Thanksgiving
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Squanto and Samoset
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Befriended some Pilgrims and showed them how to grow corn, beans, and squash and showed them how to hunt and fish
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Puritans
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Protestants who wanted reform
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Colony based on the bible established by The Massachusetts Bay Company
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John Winthrop
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Massachusetts Bay Colony’s governor
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Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams
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Taken to trial over disagreeing with Puritans and were kicked out of Massachusetts
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Salem Witch Trials
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Series of trials for people accused of witchcraft
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William Penn
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Founded New York
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Quakers
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Tolerant of other people’s views
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Pacifists
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People who refuse to fight in wars or use force
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James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony
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First governor of Georgia, which was set up as a buffer colony and a place for English debtors
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First Great Awakening
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A religious revival that swept through the colonies
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Triangular Trade
A system in which slaves, crops, and manufactured goods were traded between Africa, the Caribbean, and American Colonies
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Why did Europeans come to America to colonize?
Acquire new land and spreading Christianity
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Virginia Company
The joint stock company that established Jamestown
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Jamestown
The land that the Virginia Company established.
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John Smith
Governor of Jamestown for its first two years
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Pocahontas
Woman that married John Rolf and was the daughter of Chief Powhatan
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John Rolfe
Learned how to grow and sell tobacco and husband to Pocahontas
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Tobacco
Saved Jamestown
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Bacon’s Rebellion
Showed that the settlers didn't want to stay on the coast
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Plymouth Colony
The colony of the pilgrims
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Pilgrims
Separatists who came to the colonies for religious freedom
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Mayflower
The ship the the pilgrims came to America on
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Mayflower Compact
What the pilgrims followed
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William Bradford
Led the pilgrims for over 30 years and is responsible for Thanksgiving
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Squanto and Samoset
Befriended some Pilgrims and showed them how to grow corn, beans, and squash and showed them how to hunt and fish
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Puritans
Protestants who wanted reform
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Colony based on the bible established by The Massachusetts Bay Company
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John Winthrop
Massachusetts Bay Colony's governor
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Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams
Taken to trial over disagreeing with Puritans and were kicked out of Massachusetts
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Salem Witch Trials
Series of trials for people accused of witchcraft
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William Penn
Founded New York
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Quakers
Tolerant of other people's views
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Pacifists
People who refuse to fight in wars or use force
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James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony
First governor of Georgia, which was set up as a buffer colony and a place for English debtors
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First Great Awakening
A religious revival that swept through the colonies
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Triangular Trade
A system in which slaves, crops, and manufactured goods were traded between Africa, the Caribbean, and American Colonies
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Poor Richard’s Almanack, Albany Plan of Union and Join or Die Cartoon
Written by Ben Franklin
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John Peter Zenger Trial
John Peter Zenger accused the governor of New York of corruption in the New York Weekly Journal
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Cause of French and Indian War
Ohio River Valley
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Proclamation of 1763
Halted western expansion by the settlers west of the Appalachian Mountains
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The Sugar Act
Lowered the tax on molasses to try and convince people to stop smuggling
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The Stamp Act
Placed a tax on almost all printed material in the colonies
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The Boston Massacre
A fight breaks out between townspeople and British soldiers
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The Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists board an East Indian Trading Company ship and they destroy the tea by throwing it into the Boston Harbor
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The Intolerable/Coercive Acts
Harsh laws intended to punish Massachusetts citizens as a reaction to the Boston Tea Party
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Patrick Henry
"I am not a Virginian, but an American"
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Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty
Founded The Sons Of Liberty, which was a secret society formed to protect the rights of the colonists mad fight taxation by the British
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John Hancock
Owned The Liberty
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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
Showed that the colonies should be a refuge from tyrants and persecution
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Declaration of Independence – Year, location, author, significance
July 4, 1776, Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson, and it explained why the colonies chose to form a new nation
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Cause of American Revolutionary War
Taxation without representation
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Loyalists
Didn't think these taxes were enough of a reason to fight
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Patriots
Determined to fight until Independence was won
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Minutemen fired the "shot heard around the world"
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Battle of Saratoga
Turning point of the American Revolutionary War
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Winter at Valley Forge
A time of terrible suffering without decent food, clothing, or shelter for Washington and his troops
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Battle of Yorktown
Last major battle of the American Revolution
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Benedict Arnold
The hero of the battle of Saratoga
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Lead commander of the Patriots troops in the war
George Washington
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Marquis de La Fayette
Believed that the future of America had a great influence on he future of mankind
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Friedrich von Steuben
Drilled the troops at Valley Forge
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Francis Marion
Known as the Swamp Fox
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guerrilla warfare
A hit and run war technique
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Treaty of Paris 1783
Ended the American Revolution
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Created one territory out of the lands North of the Ohio River Valley and East of the Mississippi River
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Articles of Confederation
America's first constitution
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Shays’ Rebellion
Uprising by Massachusetts farmers to fight the governments taxes on poor farmers
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The Great Compromise
Established the model for Congress used to this day
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The 3/5 Compromise
Allowed Southern states to count slaves as 3/5 of one free person for representation
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The US Constitution – Father of, year, and purpose
James Madison, 1787, and supreme law of the land
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Bill of Rights
1st 10 Amendments to the Constitution
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1st Amendment
Guarantees freedom of speech, religion, assembly, press, and petition the government
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2nd Amendment
The right to bare arms
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4th Amendment
Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures without probable cause
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5th Amendment
Natural rights can not be deprived without due process of law
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6th Amendment
You have the right to a speedy, public trial by an impartial jury
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Three Branches of Government and their purpose
Legislative: law making branch- congress (Senate and House of Representatives)
Executive: carries out the laws- President- Chief Executive
Judicial: interprets laws and declares laws or Presidential Acts Unconstitutional- Supreme Court and Federal Courts
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Whiskey Rebellion
A civil uprising against the taxing power of the federal government
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Alexander Hamilton
Proposed a plan that would have the federal government take care of the state debts from the war
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Alien and Sedition Acts
Alien- allowed President to deport aliens
| Sedition- a crime to speak or write false criticisms to try and weaken the government
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John Sevier
First governor of Tennessee
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Natchez Trace
Became an important route for trade between Mississippi and Nashville
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Marbury v Madison
Marbury didn't get his job because his Supreme Court decided that it would be unconstitutional for a new president to be forced to accept propositions not finalized.
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Judicial review
The court can nullify actions of other branches
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McCulloch v Maryland
Supreme Court case over state's rights
