Final 150 Flashcards

1
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Why did Europeans come to America to colonize

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They were searching for gold and silver

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2
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Virginia Company

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A joint stock company that gained a chapter to establish Jamestown

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3
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Jamestown

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James town

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4
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John Smith

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Captain john smith governor to Jamestown for its 1st year

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5
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Pocahontas

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Pocahontas was a Native American woman notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia

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6
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John Rolfe

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John Rolfe married the daughter of chief Powhatan , Pocahontas’s

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7
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Tobacco

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Tobacco saved Jamestown

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8
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Bacon’s Rebellion

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Had shown that the settlers were not content with being restricted to the coast

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9
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Plymouth Colony

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A settlement a New Plymouth

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10
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Pilgrims

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1st settler in American

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11
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Mayflower

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The ship that bought the pilgrim

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12
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Mayflower Compact

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First government documents

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13
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William Bradford

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Govener of the Plymouth

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14
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Squanto and Samoset

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Squanto had 1st think giving

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15
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Puritans

A

Wanted to puffery the crunches

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16
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Massachusetts Bay Colony

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A colony based on investment

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17
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John Winthrop

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Founder of Massachusetts

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18
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Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams

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They both work together on government

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19
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Salem Witch Trials

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A time when people being witch and killed a lot of music

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20
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William Penn

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He has people believed the government

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21
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Quakers

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Quaker that found Pennsylvania

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22
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Pacifists

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Study about religion

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23
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James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony

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He was about to colony

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24
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First Great Awakening

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The time of invention

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25
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Triangular Trade

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Traded run to Africa slavery to American

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26
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Poor Richard’s Almanack, Albany Plan of Union and Join or Die Cartoon

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They were persistent

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27
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John Peter Zenger Trial

A

Unfare Texas

28
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Cause of French and Indian War

A

Warblers to sath

29
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Proclamation of 1763

A

End of frach and ianidn war

30
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The Sugar Act

A

A tax sugar to get money for war

31
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The Stamp Act

A

The stamp act was passed by the British parliament

32
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The Boston Massacre

A

It has Massachusetts

33
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The Boston Tea Party

A

The Boston had tea party

34
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The Intolerable/Coercive Acts

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Acts placed on Conley

35
Q

Patrick Henry

A

Served as a delegation to first

36
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Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty

A

People who took in our importan

37
Q

John Hancock

A

Had the largest signature

38
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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

A

Trueurge people who got in to fight

39
Q

Declaration of Independence – Year, location, author, significance

A

July 1776, Washington DC , Thomas Jefferson

40
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Cause of American Revolutionary War

A

The British government decided to make the American colonies pay a large share or war

41
Q

Loyalists

A

The people want to be loyal

42
Q

Patriots

A

People who indpeadend

43
Q

Battles of Lexington and Concord

A

Final battle of American

44
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Battle of Saratoga

A

Turning of the revaluation

45
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Winter at Valley Forge

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People start dying of starvation

46
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Battle of Yorktown

A

Last manger battle

47
Q

Benedict Arnold

A

Led battle of soara sofa

48
Q

Lead commander of the Patriots troops in the war

A

Gorge Washington

49
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Marquis de La Fayette

A

He was known as layfayette was a French

50
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Friedrich von Steuben

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former captain in the Prussian army, presented himself to George Washington

51
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Francis Marion

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Francis Marion was a military officer who served in the American Revolutionary War.

52
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guerrilla warfare

A

guerrillas were everywhere and South Vietnamese and allied soldiers had to maintain constant

53
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Treaty of Paris 1783

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The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.

54
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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Northwest Ordinance, adopted July 13, 1787, by the Second Continental

55
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Articles of Confederation

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The Articles of Confederation, formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union

56
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Shays’ Rebellion

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Shays’ Rebellion was an armed uprising in Massachusetts during 1786 and 1787

57
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The Great Compromise

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Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure

58
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The 3/5 Compromise

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compromise they reached would arbitrarily count each slave as 3/5 of a person

59
Q

The US Constitution – Father of, year, and purpose

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James Madison,1787

60
Q

Bill of Rights

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English constitutional settlement of 1689, confirming the deposition of James II and the accession of William

61
Q

1st Amendment

A

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion

62
Q

2

nd Amendment

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A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state

63
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4th Amendment

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The right of the people to be secure in their persons

64
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5th Amendment

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No person shall be held to answer for a capital

65
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6th Amendment

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In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial

66
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Three Branches of Government and their purpose

A

To ensure a separation of powers, the U.S. Federal Government is made up of three branches: legislative, executive and judicial

67
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Whiskey Rebellion

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The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791