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Final 150 Part 1 Flashcards

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Why did Europeans come to America to colonize?

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To practice religion

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Virginia company

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Joint stock company that established Jamestown

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Jamestown

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First Colony in America

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John smith

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Governer of Jamestown for its first 2 years

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Pocahontas

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Daughter of chief of Powhatan which married John Rolfe

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John Rolfe

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Husband of Pocahontas

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Tobacco

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Crop that saved Jamestown

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Bacons rebellion

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Showed that the settlers weren’t consent with being restricted to the coast

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Plymouth Colony

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Colony of the pilgrims

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Pilgrims

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Separatist who came to colonies for freedom

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Mayflower

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Ship pilgrims came on

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Mayflower Compact

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First governing document of the pilgrims

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William Bradford

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Leader of pilgrims

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Squanto and samoset

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Showed pilgrims how to grow corn beans and squash and hunt and fish

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Puritans

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Protestants that wanted to reform

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Massachusetts bay Colony

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Puritans Colony based on bible

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John Winthrop

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Massachusetts Bay Colony Governer

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Anne Hutchinson Roger Williams

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Taken to trial for disagreeing with puritans

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Salem Witch Trials

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Series of hearing and prosecution of people accused of witchcraft

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William Penn

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Founded Pennsylvania

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Quakers

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Pacifist that were tolerant of other people’s views

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Pacifist

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People that refused to fight

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James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony

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Set up Georgia as a buffer state between stinger English colonies and Spanish attacks

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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
System where slaves, crops, and manufactured goods where 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
Poor Richard's Almanack- collection of sayings such as "a penny saved is a penny earned" Albany Plan of Union-called for one government for the 13 colonies Join or Die cartoon-first political cartoon
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John Peter Zenger Trial
He accused government of corruption he was found not guilty which helped freedom of press
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What caused French and Indian war
Both French and British wanted to extend territory west of Appalachian mountains
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Proclamation of 1763
Stopped all settlement by line of Appalachian mountains made by King George III
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Sugar act
Lowers taxes on molasses trying to stop smuggling
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Stamp act
Placed tax on almost all printed goods in the colonies
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The Boston massacre
A fight between townspeople and British soldiers used successfully as propaganda
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Boston tea party
Sons of liberty board a ship and destroy tea by throwing it into the ocean
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Intolerable acts
Harsh laws to punish Massachusetts citizens as a reaction the the Boston tea party
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Patrick Henry
Said "I'm not a Virginian I'm and American!"
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Samuel Adams and the sons of liberty
Secret society to protect rights of colonist and fight taxation
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John Hancock
First person to sign the Declaration of Independence signed his name the biggest
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Thomas Paines "Common Sense"
Called for colonist to be free from Great Britain
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Declaration of Independence-Year, location, author, significance
July 4th 1776 Philadelphia Thomas Jefferson States that the government exists by the consent of the governed
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Cause of American Revolutionary War
Colonist wanted to be free from Great Britain
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Loyalist
People who stayed with Great Britain
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Patriots
People that fought for freedom
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
Battle of Lexington was the shot heard around the world battle of concord first battle
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Battle of Saratoga
Turning point in the war
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Winter at valley forge
A time of terrible suffering
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Battle of Yorktown
Last battle
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Benedict Arnold
Hero of Saratoga
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Lead commander of patriots
George Washington
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Marquis De Lafayette
Believed future of America had a influence on man kind
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Friedrich Von Stueben
Prussian born officer that drilled troops at valley forge
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Francis Marion
Thought of Guerilla warfare
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Geurrilla warfare
Hit and run tactic
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Treaty of Paris 1783
Ended the American revolutionary
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Northwest ordinance 1787
Regulate settlement of northwest territory
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Articles of confederation
First constitution of America which failed
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Shays rebellion
Uprising by Massachusetts farmers to fight the government taxes in poor farmers
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Great compromise
Established model for congress used today
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Three fifths compromise
Allowed south to count slaves as 3/5 of free person
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Constitution father year and purpose
James Madison Supreme law 1787
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Bill of rights
First ten amendments
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First amendment
Freedom of speech assembly press and petition the government
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Second amendment
Right to bear arms
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4th amendment
Protects against unreasonable searches
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Fifth amendment
Natural rights can't be deprived without process of law
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Sixth amendment
Speedy public trial
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Three branches of government and purpose
Legislative-makes laws Executive- carries out laws Judicial-interprets and declares laws
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Whiskey rebellion
A civil uprising against taxing power of federal government
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Alexander Hamilton
Proposed plan to have federal government take care of states debt from war
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Alien and sedition acts
Alien- allowed president to deport aliens | Sedition-a crime to speak or write false criticism to weaken the government
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John sevier
American soldier and politician from Tennessee
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Natchez trace
Forest trail that linked to Cumberland gap
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Marbury v Madison
Court case that Established judicial review
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Judicial review
Court can nullify actions of other branches
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Mcculloh v Maryland
Supreme Court case over states rights

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