Midterm Flashcards

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Possibly a land bridge between Asia and North America

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Berinigia

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He was a famous pirate that attack the Carolinas

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Black beard

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A great traveler that wonder from Europe to China and back

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Marco Polo

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A agreement between God and his people

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Covenant

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Was the leader of the pilgrims (mayflower compact)

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William Bradford

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They were one of the two largest groups of non-English settlers in the colonies

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Scots-Irish

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They name given to a certain group of German-settlers

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Pennsylvania Dutch

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Steep gabled roof and tall brick chimneys

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Colonial style

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Served as the standard educational text through out the colonial period

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The New England primer

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One room school house where classes we taught by a widow or a village spinster

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Dame schools

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A board shaped like a paddle with the ABCs and the Lord’s Prayer on it

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Hornbook

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A old Iroquois trail that the settlers used to move around the country

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Great wagon road

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A powerful social, political, and religious revival in America

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The great awakening

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Dutch reformed pastor that helped kick off the great awakening

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Theodore frelinghuysen

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Was another great awakening emphasized the need for conversion and holy living

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Gilbert tennet

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The greatest theologian of the great awakening

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Jonathan Edwards

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The greatest evangelist of the great awakening

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George Whitfield

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A French trapper who explored the Mississippi with Jacques Marquette

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Louis Joliet

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Resourceful component French leader during King Philip’s war

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Comte de Frontenac

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He was a American leader who proposed he’s Albany plan for centralized colonial rule

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Benjamin Franklin

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British general who was defeated and killed by the French at fort Duquesne

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Edward Braddock

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Young and energetic British General appointed by William Pitt

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James Wolfe

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When the British routed the French just outside Quebec during the French and Indian war

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Battle of the plains of Abraham

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The official patrol of salary for Royal officials, military appropriations, and taxes

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Power of the purse

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A tariff placed on certain goods in the colony enforced by the British parliament
Sugar act
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The first tax on goods produced and consumed entirely inside the colonies
Internal act
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The beginning of violence between the British and American colonist
Boston massacre
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The acknowledged that the colonies were now independent and the revolutionary war was over
Treaty of Paris
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Location of a empty British victory in North Carolina Cornwallis and green
Guilford courthouse
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A major American victory Morgan vs tarleton
Battle of cowpens
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Was a general on the American side, his nickname was "the swamp fox"
Francis Marion
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Lead a victory over the British at Vincennes
George Rodgers Clark
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Took over Boston as a military governor letting Americans know that the city was a under a army of occupation
General Thomas Gage
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"The British are coming!!"
Paul revere
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A American that commanded the free mountain boys
Ethan Allen
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American leader who helped force the British to evacuate Boston by bring ping in cannons from fort Ticonderoga
Colonel Henry Knox
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Part of a community of five that created the Declaration of Independence
John Adams
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The turning point of the revolutionary war in favor of the American colonies
Battle of Saratoga
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America's worst defeat of the revolutionary war
Siege of Charleston
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American victory in the Carolinas that strengthened patriot resolve
Battles of kings mountains
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The cite of the battle the was the end of the revolutionary war
Yorktown
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The site of a daring winter raid that lifted the morale of a young continental army
Trenton
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Cite of continental army headquarters during the dark winter of 1777-1778
Valley forge
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Sir Walter Raleigh tried to establish a colony in the new world and it mysteriously disappeared. What was it called?
Roanoke island
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What political document guaranteed certain basic rights to some Englishmen?
Magna carta
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What were the three basic groups of American Indians and where were they located?
1. Pueblos-southwest 2. Moundbuilders-Midwest 3. Eastern woodland Indians- southeast
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Name 2 technological inventions that helped sailors in their
- Astrolabe | - Compass
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Why was the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English such a big deal?
Spanish was the world power, they had the strongest navy, but the English had so much luck to bet them
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Why did so many colonists prefer large families?
Large families provided a important labor source for the home
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List at least four of the Native American foods that Europeans found in the new world
``` Corn Beans Tomatoes Pumpkins Peppers Sweet potatoes ```
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Describe the order of a Typical service in a colonial church
A drum or a bell called members to service then the pastor would pray, then there would be a reading from the bible, then the singing, then the sermon
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List three toys and games of colonial children
- marbles - dolls - shuffle board
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Where was the first public library in America established?
Charleston, South Carolina
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Why did parliament establish the proclamation line of 1763?
Parliament hoped that the line would reduce conflict between the colonists and the Indians, the colonist thought that the line intruded on there local government because there colonial charters had granted them those lands
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What was the chief British disadvantage in the French and Indian war?
The lack of unity in the colonies
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What were the American names for the four wars fought by Britain and France between 1689 and 1763?
1. King Williams war 2. Queen Anne's war 3. King George's war 4. French and Indian war
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What was William pitt's three-part plan to win the French and Indian war?
1. Let Prussia bear the brunt of fighting in Europe 2. used the British navy to isolate French forces in America and India 3. replaced old and incompetent commanders with young and energetic soldiers
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Name three of the acts of parliament after the French and Indian war that created tension between Great Britain and its colonies
Proclamation line Sugar act Quartering act Townshend act
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What admiral helped trap Cornwallis at Yorktown? What nationality was he?
Admiral degrass, he was French
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What did the committees of correspondence provide to the colonies?
Info and a model of intercolonial cooperation
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Name and describe two or | Of the four coercive acts?
Boston port act-closed the Boston harbor until the value of the tea was remberisd The act of the impartial administration of justice-it provide that British officials accused of committing crime were triad in different colonies or in Britain instead of Massachusetts
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Who was largely responsible for the original draft of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
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Why were George Rodger Clark's Victories in the northwest strategically important?
George Rodger Clark's victories reduced Indian attacks and he's presence helped lay claim for the usto the territory north of the Ohio river
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A device that inabled sailors to know which direction they were heading
Compass
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The _____________ wanted to purify the Anglican Church
Puritans
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________ what was america's first college
Harvard
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__________ was on a quest to find the fountain of youth
Juan Ponce de Leon
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The pilgrims landed in what is now the state of _________________
Massachusetts