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Half-way Covenant

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Allowed partial church membership for the children and grandchildren of the original Puritans

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House of Burgesses

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First legislative assembly in America that was similar to England’s Parliament

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Virginia Company

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English company that wanted to make money by finding gold in Virginia

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Bacon’s Rebellion

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Led to passage of laws to regulate slavery so poor white colonists would no longer side with slaves against white colonists (uprising of poor farmers and slaves)

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King Phillip’s War

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Bloody war between colonists and Natives- led to major areas of New England becoming English settlements; relationship started out good with the natives

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Mercantilism

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Theory that the more gold and silver a country had, the more prosperous it was- led to establishment of colonies

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Middle Passage

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Slave passage from Africa to the Americas

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Great Awakening

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Religious revival that led to the belief that America needed to cut its ties with Great Britain

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French and Indian War

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Led to British debt-taxes- American Revolution

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1763 Treaty of Paris

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Treaty in which France lost most of its territory in North American (after the French and Indian War)

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Stamp Act

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First direct tax on colonists; taxed paper goods

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Intolerable Acts

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Punishment for Boston Tea Party, closed Boston Port, forced Bostonians to quarter troops, led to the first Continental Congress

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Committee of Correspondence

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Planned First Continental Congress; handled communication between American Patriots

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Sons of Liberty/ Daughters of Liberty

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Formed in response to the Stamp Act

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Common Sense

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Pamphlet by Thomas Paine that convinced many people to support independence from Great Britain

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John Locke

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Used his ideas to support American independence in the Declaration of Independence

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Valley Forge

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Site of intense training program under trying conditions where George Washington turned the Continental Army into a capable Army (training, vaccination,etc.) also discovered vaccinations here when soldiers were sick

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Marquis de Lafayette

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French commander who helped American troops

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Yorktown

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Last major battle of the American Revolution/ Cornwallis surrendered

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1783 Treaty of Paris

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Treaty that ended the American Revolution; US gained control to the Mississippi River

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Proclamation of 1763

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Forbid colonists from settling beyond the Appalachians, limiting conflicts with Natives