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Why did Europeans come to America to colonize?

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Religious freedom

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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 first permanent settlement in America.
Started to run out of food.
Marshy area.
Wanted to work in mines.

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John Smith

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Was Cap’n of the ship that brought the settlers over.
Was governor for 2 years.
Forced colonists to work.
Built strong relationships with Powhatan tribe for corn

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Pocahontas

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Saved john Smith

Married john Rolfe

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John Rolfe

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Grew tobacco in America to sell to England became governor of Jamestown

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Tobacco

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Saved Jamestown

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Bacon’s rebellion

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Wanted to burn Jamestown but died shortly before

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Plymouth colony

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Second colony in America

Comprised of pilgrims

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Mayflower

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Ship the pilgrims came over on

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Mayflower compact

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First Constitution in America

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William Bradford

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Squanto and Samoset

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Befriended pilgrims.

Showed pilgrims how to hunt and fish and how to grow food

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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 run by puritans based on the Bible

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John Winthrop

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Governor of Massachusetts bay colony

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Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams

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Were kicked out of Massachusetts for not agreeing with puritans and formed Rhode Island

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Salem witch trials

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Series of court cases in Salem Massachusetts that falsely accused people of witchcraft.

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William Penn

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Founded Pennsylvania

Was a Quaker

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Quakers

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Tolerant group of people who were pacifists and believed in equality

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Pacifists

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People who don’t resort to violence

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James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony

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Named Georgia
Buffer in between the Spanish colonies and the English colonies
A place where people in debt and the lower class could get a fresh start

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First great awakening

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A time where religion became more important in the colonies

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Triangular trade

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A trade system where crops,manufactured goods,and slaves could be traded

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Poor Richard's almanac, Albany plan of union, and join or die cartoon
Things created by Benjamin Franklin to unite the colonies
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John peter zinger
Dealt with the freedom of the press
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Cause of French Indian war
Fighting in the Ohio river valley over fur
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Proclamation of 1763
Prevented settling west of the Appalachian mountain
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The sugar act
Lowered the tax on mollasas
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The stamp act
Placed a tax on almost all printed materials in the colonies
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The Boston massacre
A fight that broke out in Boston where five people died
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The Boston tea party
The sons of liberty dumped a shipload of tea in the Boston harbor
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The intolerable acts
Acts placed on Boston to punish them for the Boston tea party
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Patrick Henry
Said," I am not a Virginian, but an American | Persuaded the house of burgessesses to take action against the stamp act
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Samuel Adams and sons of liberty
Samuel Adams was the leader | The sons of liberty were a group of people who rebelled against Great Britain
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John Hancock
A man who's ship was searched and had his illegally imported goods taken
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Thomas Paine's common sense
Called for the colonies to be independent from England
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Declaration of Independence - year, location,author,and significance
Written by Thomas Jefferson Signed in 1776 in Philadelphia Was formed so America would become its own country
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Cause of the revolutionary war
Unfair laws and taxes placed on the colonies
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Loyalists
Did not want to separate from England
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Patriots
Wanted to fight to separate from England
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Battles of Lexington and concord
First battles of the revolutionary war | Surprised the British
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Battle of Saratoga
Turning point of the war
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Winter at valley forge
Time of great suffering for the American army
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Battle of Yorktown
Victory battle of the revolutionary war
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Benedict Arnold
Hero of the battle of Saratoga
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Lead commander of patriot troops
George Washington
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Marquis de la Fayette
Believed the future of America would influence the future of the world
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Fredrick von Steuben
Trained patriot soldiers at valley forge
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Francis Marion
Swamp fox | Father of guerrilla warfare
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Guerrilla
A hit and run technique
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Treaty of Paris 1783
Ended the revolutionary war
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Northwest ordinance of 1787
Created one territory out of the lands north of the Ohio river and east of the Mississippi River
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Articles of confederation
First constitution of America | Failed
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Shay's rebellion
Fought the gov. taxing 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
Said a slave counted as 3/5 of a person going towards members of the House of Representatives
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US constitution - father,year, and purpose
James Madison was the father of the Constitution Created a better gov. Approved in 1787
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Bill of rights
First 10 amendments of the constitution
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1st amendments
Freedom of speech, religion,press,petition, and protest
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2nd amendment
Right to bear arms
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4th amendment
Protection from unreasonable search and seizure
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5th amendment
Natural rights can not be taken away with due course of law
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6th amendment
Right to a speedy public trial by an impartial jury
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Three branches of government and their purpose
Judicial-interprets laws Executive-carries out laws Legislative-makes laws
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Whiskey rebellion
Uprising against taxing power of the federal gov.
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Alexander Hamilton
Sec. of treasury
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Alien and sedition acts
Alien act, allowed president to deport aliens | Sedition act, made it a crime to write bad about the gov.
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John sevier
First governor of Tennessee
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Natchez trace
Trade route between Mississippi and Nashville
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Marbury v. Madison
Landmark court case that established judicial review
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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 states' rights | The state of Maryland imposed a tax over the second bank of the United States a federal bank

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