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1
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Why did Europeans come to America to colonize?

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To practice religion

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2
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Virginia company

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Joint stock company that established Jamestown

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3
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Jamestown

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First Colony in America

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4
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John smith

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Governer of Jamestown for its first 2 years

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5
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Pocahontas

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Daughter of chief of Powhatan which married John Rolfe

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6
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John Rolfe

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Husband of Pocahontas

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7
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Tobacco

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Crop that saved Jamestown

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8
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Bacons rebellion

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Showed that the settlers weren’t consent with being restricted to the coast

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9
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Plymouth Colony

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Colony of the pilgrims

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Pilgrims

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Separatist who came to colonies for freedom

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11
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Mayflower

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Ship pilgrims came on

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12
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Mayflower Compact

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First governing document of the pilgrims

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13
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William Bradford

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Leader of pilgrims

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14
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Squanto and samoset

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Showed pilgrims how to grow corn beans and squash and hunt and fish

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15
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Puritans

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Protestants that wanted to reform

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16
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Massachusetts bay Colony

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Puritans Colony based on bible

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17
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John Winthrop

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Massachusetts Bay Colony Governer

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18
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Anne Hutchinson Roger Williams

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Taken to trial for disagreeing with puritans

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19
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Salem Witch Trials

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Series of hearing and prosecution of people accused of witchcraft

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20
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William Penn

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Founded Pennsylvania

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21
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Quakers

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Pacifist that were tolerant of other people’s views

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22
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Pacifist

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People that refused to fight

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23
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James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony

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Set up Georgia as a buffer state between stinger English colonies and Spanish attacks

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24
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First great awakening

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A religious revival that swept through the colonies

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25
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Triangular trade

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System where slaves, crops, and manufactured goods where traded between Africa, the Caribbean, and American colonies

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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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Poor Richard’s Almanack- collection of sayings such as “a penny saved is a penny earned”
Albany Plan of Union-called for one government for the 13 colonies
Join or Die cartoon-first political cartoon

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27
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John Peter Zenger Trial

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He accused government of corruption he was found not guilty which helped freedom of press

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28
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What caused French and Indian war

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Both French and British wanted to extend territory west of Appalachian mountains

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29
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Proclamation of 1763

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Stopped all settlement by line of Appalachian mountains made by King George III

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30
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Sugar act

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Lowers taxes on molasses trying to stop smuggling

31
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Stamp act

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Placed tax on almost all printed goods in the colonies

32
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The Boston massacre

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A fight between townspeople and British soldiers used successfully as propaganda

33
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Boston tea party

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Sons of liberty board a ship and destroy tea by throwing it into the ocean

34
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Intolerable acts

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Harsh laws to punish Massachusetts citizens as a reaction the the Boston tea party

35
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Patrick Henry

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Said “I’m not a Virginian I’m and American!”

36
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Samuel Adams and the sons of liberty

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Secret society to protect rights of colonist and fight taxation

37
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John Hancock

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First person to sign the Declaration of Independence signed his name the biggest

38
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Thomas Paines “Common Sense”

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Called for colonist to be free from Great Britain

39
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Declaration of Independence-Year, location, author, significance

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July 4th 1776
Philadelphia
Thomas Jefferson
States that the government exists by the consent of the governed

40
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Cause of American Revolutionary War

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Colonist wanted to be free from Great Britain

41
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Loyalist

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People who stayed with Great Britain

42
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Patriots

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People that fought for freedom

43
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Battles of Lexington and Concord

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Battle of Lexington was the shot heard around the world battle of concord first battle

44
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Battle of Saratoga

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Turning point in the war

45
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Winter at valley forge

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A time of terrible suffering

46
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Battle of Yorktown

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Last battle

47
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Benedict Arnold

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Hero of Saratoga

48
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Lead commander of patriots

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George Washington

49
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Marquis De Lafayette

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Believed future of America had a influence on man kind

50
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Friedrich Von Stueben

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Prussian born officer that drilled troops at valley forge

51
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Francis Marion

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Thought of Guerilla warfare

52
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Geurrilla warfare

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Hit and run tactic

53
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Treaty of Paris 1783

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Ended the American revolutionary

54
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Northwest ordinance 1787

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Regulate settlement of northwest territory

55
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Articles of confederation

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First constitution of America which failed

56
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Shays rebellion

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Uprising by Massachusetts farmers to fight the government taxes in poor farmers

57
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Great compromise

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Established model for congress used today

58
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Three fifths compromise

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Allowed south to count slaves as 3/5 of free person

59
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Constitution father year and purpose

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James Madison
Supreme law
1787

60
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Bill of rights

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First ten amendments

61
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First amendment

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Freedom of speech assembly press and petition the government

62
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Second amendment

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Right to bear arms

63
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4th amendment

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Protects against unreasonable searches

64
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Fifth amendment

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Natural rights can’t be deprived without process of law

65
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Sixth amendment

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Speedy public trial

66
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Three branches of government and purpose

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Legislative-makes laws
Executive- carries out laws
Judicial-interprets and declares laws

67
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Whiskey rebellion

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A civil uprising against taxing power of federal government

68
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Alexander Hamilton

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Proposed plan to have federal government take care of states debt from war

69
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Alien and sedition acts

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Alien- allowed president to deport aliens

Sedition-a crime to speak or write false criticism to weaken the government

70
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John sevier

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American soldier and politician from Tennessee

71
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Natchez trace

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Forest trail that linked to Cumberland gap

72
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Marbury v Madison

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Court case that Established judicial review

73
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Judicial review

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Court can nullify actions of other branches

74
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Mcculloh v Maryland

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Supreme Court case over states rights

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