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Paleo Indians

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the first Americans; followed animal herds through North America; hunted animals for food and clothing and gathered edible plants

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Maya

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created a number system and wrote with glyphs; found in southern Mexico and Guatemala

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Aztec

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invaded central Mexico in A.D. 1200; empire ruled millions; society was organized with a strict class system; capital city has a canal system

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Inca

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a farming culture in the Andes; most populated empire in the Americas (12 million)

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What advances did early civilizations in the Americas make?

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  • agriculture
  • numbering system
  • glyphs (symbols/images)
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feudalism

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a system where feudal nobles pledged loyalty/military assistance to more powerful leaders in return for land and protection from invasion

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Crusades

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religious wars between Christians and Muslims for control of Jerusalem

  • opened trading routes for European merchants
  • gave people ideas about art, philosophy, and science
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Christopher Columbus

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tried to reach Asia in October 1492 by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean, landed in San Salvador

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Hernan Cortes

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conquered the Aztec Empire in 1519; built Mexico City

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Jamestown, Virginia

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first settlement in America; founded in 1607 by 100 men recruited by the London Company; near Chesapeake Bay

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Mayflower Compact

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a document that established a self-governing colony based on the majority rule of male church members

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Starting in 1630, in the _____ ________ 60,000 Puritans left England for the Americas.

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Great Migration

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John Winthrop

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helped settle the Massachusetts Bay Colony; a leader of the Puritan movement; led a fleet of 11 ships with 1,000 settlers

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James Oglethorpe

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in 1732, he established Georgia as a settlement

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What effect did colonial settlement have on Native Americans?

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  • threatened their hunting grounds and farms
  • gave them diseases
  • death
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How did religion influence the founding of the New England colonies?

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they were founded to gain religious freedom

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Proclamation of 1763

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banned settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

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Stamp Act

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levied a tax on printed matter of all kinds

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The Shot Heard Round The World

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fired at a battle between Redcoats and Patriots in Lexington near Concord (where the war started)

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George Washington

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Virginian general of the Continental Army

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Battle of Bunker Hill

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Revolutionary War battle near Boston that resulted in 1,000 British casualties and 450 Patriot casualties

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Thomas Paine

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a powerful supporter of independence; published the pamphlet Common Sense in January 1776

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Common Sense

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pamphlet that raised support for the Revolution and called for the end of British rule

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Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)

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laws that closed the port of Boston, revoked the colony’s charter, and ordered local officials to provide food and shelter for British soldiers

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Thomas Jefferson

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Virginian lawyer, planter, and slaveholder; wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence and most of the final draft

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Abigail Adams

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remarked on political affairs (discussed women’s rights and their exclusion from the Declaration of Independence); born in 1744 in MA; John Adams’s wife and the daughter of a minister

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Battle of Yorktown

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battle where the British surrendered and ended the war

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Treaty of Paris

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September 3, 1783; granted the U.S. independence + land from the Atlantic coast westward to the MS River and from the Great Lakes south to Florida

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impel

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force

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tyranny

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oppressive power exerted by a government or ruler

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relinquish

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release, yield

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annihilation

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destruction

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tenure

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term

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quartering

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lodging, housing

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republicanism

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citizens hold the ultimate authority

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Articles of Confederation

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a plan for a national government; the first written constitution of the U.S.; went into effect in 1781

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What did the Articles of Confederation grant the government the right to do?

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  • borrow and coin money
  • conduct foreign affairs
  • set policy toward Native Americans
  • settle state disputes
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Who was the leader of the British army?

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General Cornwallis

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depression

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a sharp drop in business activity and a rise in unemployment (happened in 1784)

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Federalists

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favored ratification of the Constitution

  • Alexander Hamilton
  • John Jay
  • James Madison
  • John Marshall
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Antifederalists

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feared a powerful national government

- Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, George Mason

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electors

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delegates selected by state government

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federalism

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the division of powers between a strong central government and the state governments

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