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December Test Flashcards

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Royal Colony

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Under king control
Each colony had its own legislator which later made them believe they were self governing and made the royal government break away

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John Winthrop

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Was head of Puritan
Started colony in ma and made people want to come
Set up government

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James Town

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First successful colony in America held by the English

Economical- became self sufficient with tobacco

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Puritan

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Wanted to talk to god themselves
Translate bible to English 
England isn't go isn't well so move to holland where the children become more Dutch so they move to mass and set up mass bay co.
Family:
Make and grow everything to survive 
Lived long
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Half way Convent

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Non puritans who are in government
All stated because there were more non puritans so it made people spread out and find ct
if father or grandfather was puritan you could vote, bringing in more puritans who would convert maybe and not have the non puritans overthrow the government

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Head Right System

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Gave every person who payed for passage 50 acres of land per a person.
Landowners were people who had more power

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Mercantilism

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Holds that trade or commerce equals war by peaceful means
Made alliances in America and makes the country self sufficient which means that they bring in less then they export
Beat the person economically

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John Rolfe

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Found tobacco
It made money
Brought labor and slaves
Made owners powerful

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Richard Hakluyt

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Was part of the church and said that he wanted to colonize
Made a economic and self sufficient colony-Jamestown
Export more than import
Economical- Farther of mercantilism

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Virginia Company and Mass Bay co

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Virginia-
Joint stock company that funded Jamestown but it was English money funding it and the founders stayed in England and ran colonies from England
Mass-
Funded colony but also lived in that colony
Puritans
Worked harder because it was for themselves
Roles- to make a profit and to govern and take control

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House of Burgesses

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Government system that would help with self government
Helps with roads, bridges, buildings, ect
Also starts taxes

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Indentured Servant

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People payed for the indentured servants to come to America to work and once the servant could pay off the price they could leave
Bacons rebellion- when the house of burgesses won’t protect them lawfully
Economy- Made more tobacco

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Thomas Harriot

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Documents the new wold “a brief and future report”
Makes people want to come with documentation
Wanted to know natives
Convicted people to come
community was easy to control

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Navigation Acts

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Parliament that regulates trade to make everything self sufficient
Economic- the countries were gaining money
Colonist felt like they were self governing

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Molasses act

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Tariff on molasses (regulates trade)
Economic- raises money for things the country needs
Political- still part of English empire

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Sugar Act

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Tax on colonial imports (specific things)
Economic- the English gained money
political-no tax without representation
Social- money used to defended and secure colonies

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Stamp Act

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Increasing cost of everything from England, actual stamp
Economic- British got more money
Political- it was illegal because it was tax without representation
Social- stamp act congress (rebel)

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Townshend Acts

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Taxing common items in sneaky ways and British soldiers live in colonist house and take out everything non British
Social- Boston massacre

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Proclamation act and what year

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Net letting settlers settle west of the Appalachians
Economic- people are squishing into land
Political- more land=more power
Social- try not to get in way of Indians
1763

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Quartering Acts

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Colonist are forced to let British into their homes
Economic- British are taking out “non British things” and they can only buy British things ( more expensive)
Social-
Political- colonist are still being controlled by English

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Stamp Act Congress

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Colonist discuses taxation
Social- first time colonist refer to themselves as something other than English
Political- going behind English back

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Sons of Liberty

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Group that goes against stamp act because not taxation without representation. Lead by Sam Adams
Social- hang dolls of tax collectors to scare them
Political-stamp act congress is formed

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Declaratory Act

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English say they have the right to tax
Social- colonist want to move away from English ruling
Political- taxation without representation( illegal)

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Tea Act

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Eliminating the middle man and selling things for less

Economic- colonist are spending too much money on something not that expensive

25
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Boston Tea Party

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When tea is thrown over bored to make a point but colonist have to pay by not having any imports or exports in until tea is payed off
Economic- no gaining money only losing
Social- point that British can’t eliminate companies

26
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Boston massacre

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When colonist are killed by British soldiers in town

Social- people calm down for a little and take a step back, things settle down

27
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Intolerable acts

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After Boston tea party
Shut down Boston harbor
Outlawed town meetings
Brought in more troops and made colonist house them
All trials for British were back in England

Towns people made militia (mini armies)
Everyone going against British which then made continental congress which then elected George Washington for general

28
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John Adams

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Leader of continental congress

29
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Thomas Jefferson

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Writes the Declaration of Independence
Said that kings way was wrong based off of John Locke
Leader of continental congress

30
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John Locke

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Philosopher and made theory that said everyone was born equal and has a natural right
Limited government- the people have the right to take the government out, government has specific jobs to do

31
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Writ of assistance

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One of the first things that got the colonist angry (when british were in their houses taking out “smuggled things”) this was then put in the Declaration of Independence to avoid it

32
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Salutary Neglect

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Tariff

English only put regulation on trade, self governing almost

33
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Federal

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Shared government, each has some sort of power that nether can take over or overthrow, everything is equal

34
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Shay’s Rebellion

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Farm is foreclosed because he can not pay for it because money doesn’t have value.
organizes farmers to circle courthouse in ma to protest the only way to get rid of them is to kill them but government cant pay for soldiers, federalist say we have to fix this- federal government

35
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Declaration of independence and date

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1776
written by thomas jefferson based off of john locke
limited government and everyone born has natural rights

36
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Plymouth Colony

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Colony in Plymouth started by puritans and there was more religion and small farm workers. A lot about families.First northern colony, different environment and different kind of colonist compared to southern

37
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George Washington

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Head corneal for the group of soldiers in boston after the first continental congress

38
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Utopia written by

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Thomas more

39
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Theocracy

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Government controlled by religion. Only puritans could vote in Boston, but then got over flowed with non puritans.

40
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Salvation by grace

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Predetermined to go to heaven or hell- puritans idea, it started to really take place when they got to MA

41
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Constitutional Convention- why was it called – what was the result- how was it ratified?

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Why- constitution not working out because too much power was in states and not enough in the central government. What- constitutional congress and new constitution all states had to agree on. How- By all the states agreeing to it

42
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3 forms of government

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Unitary, confederation, federal

43
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William Bradford

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Leader of the pilgrims in plymouth and wrote the may flower compact

44
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Enumerated List

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navigation acts, one of the first ones, items not allowed to be sold anywhere except England

45
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Jamestown is settled

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1608

46
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end of French and Indian war

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1763

47
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the declaration made

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1776

48
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ratification of the constitution

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1789

49
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Northwest Ordinance

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what determines how new territory will be excepted into the country, when a state wants to come into the US then they automatically get the same rights and privileges then the original 13 states.

50
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Bacons Rebellion

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an indentured servant who is mad about his rights and goes and burns down james town because he is so mad. Colonist think indentured servants are crazy and go into slavery

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