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Why did Europeans come to America to colonize?

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To acquire new land and spread Christianity

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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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A town saved by the discovery of tobacco

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John Smith

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Governor of Jamestown for 1st two years

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Pocahontas

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Chief Powhatan’s daughter who married John Rolfe

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John Rolfe

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Colonist that brought Pocahontas into English was of life

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Tobacco

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Crop that saved Jamestown

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Bacon’s Rebellion

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Showed that settlers were not content 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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Separatists divided to move to america

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Mayflower

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Ship that brought the pilgrims to Americas

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Mayflower Compact

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Organization of orderly government

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William Bradford

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Governor of Plymouth colony

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Native Americans who taught the colonists to farm and hunt and fish

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Squanto and Samoset

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Puritans

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Protestants who wanted to reform

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

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A colony started by puritans in 1629

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John Winthrop

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Leader of Massachusetts bay colony

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Salem Witch Trials

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When 19 people were killed in Salem for practicing witchcraft

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William Penn

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Quaker Founder who wrote their constitution

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Quaker

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Protestant, pacifist group that had been persecuted in England

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Pacifists

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Group of People who don’t believe in violence

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James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony

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Place for English debtors to get a fresh start

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First Great Awakening

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Religious revival in colonies

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Triangular Trade

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Trade route between the colonies, Great Britain and Africa which shipped things like slaves and rice

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Poor Richard’s Almanack, Albany Plan of Union and Join or Die Cartoon
Poor Richards Almanack: by Ben Franklin caused by Age of Enlightenment Albany Plan of Union:designed to help the colonies defend themselves from French Join or die Cartoon:first political cartoon in American colonies
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John Peter Zenger Trial
Caused freedom of the press
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Cause of French and Indian War
Fighting over the Ohio River Valley
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Proclamation of 1763
Halted western expansion west of the Appalachian mountains
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Treaty of 1763
Ended French and Indian War end of power in North America for French
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The Sugar Act
Lowed tax on molasses to try and convince people to stop smuggling
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Stamp act
Placed tax on almost all printed material I the colonies
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The Boston Massacre
Propaganda designed to influence opinion
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The Boston Tea Party
Colonists Led by Sons Of Liberty unloaded tea and throwing it into Boston Harbor
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The Intolerable/Coercive Acts
laws meant to punish colonists for rebelling
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Patrick Henry
Member of House of Burgesses and got them to make resolution to say they can only tax themselves
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Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty
Made A secret society formed to protect rights of colonists and fight taxation by the British
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John Hancock
First to sign Declaration of Independence and president of Second continental congress
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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
Called for the colonies to have complete independence from Great Britain
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Declaration of Independence
July 4th 1776 written by Thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia | Purpose to explain why the colonies chose to form a new nation
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Cause of American Revolutionary War
Ask Mairead which Answer to use
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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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Battle of Lexington and Concord
Minute men fire the shot heard round the world
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Battle of Saratoga
Turning point of revolutionary war.
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Winter at valley forge
Time of terrible suffering without decent food clothing or shelter of Washington and his troops
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Battle of Yorktown
Last major battle and was beginning of the end of the revolutionary war
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Benedict Arnold
Hero of battle of Saratoga
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LaFayette
Believed the future of America had a great influence on the future of mankind
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Friedrich Von Steuben
Credited with teaching the continental army essentials of military drills and discipline
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Francis Marion: Swamp fox
Considered the father her of guerrilla warfare
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Guerrilla Warfare
Hit and run war technique
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Treaty of Paris 1783
Great Britain recognized the U.S as an independent nation
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Included a bill of rights for settlers... First attempt US history to stop the spread of slavery
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Articles of confederation
Americas first constitution... Unsuccessful because government wasn't strong enough
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Shays Rebellion
Uprising by Massachusetts farmers to fight the governments taxes in 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 the southern states to gain more delegates in the House of Representatives
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US Constitution
James Madison, NEED DATE, the system of checks and balances keeping one branch from gaining too much power
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Bill of rights
1st ten amendments of the constitution
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1st Amendment
Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Petition, And Assembly
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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't be deprived without due process of law
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6th Amendment
Right to a speedy, public trial by impartial jury
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Three branches of government and purposes
Legislative- makes the laws Executive- carries on the laws Judicial- interprets laws
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Whiskey rebellion
Civil uprising against the taxing power of federal government
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Alexander Hamilton 😍😍
First secretary of treasury... Attempted to improve Americas economy
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Alien and Sedition acts
Alien: allowed president to depart aliens Sedition: crime to speak and write false criticism to try and weaken the government
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Marbury v. Madison
First time the surpreme court decided something was unconstitutional
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Judicial Review
The court can nullify actions of other branches

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