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Final 150 Part 1** Flashcards

1
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Why did the Europeans come to America to colonize?

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To seek riches(gold), and to find freedom in religion

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Virginia Company

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A joint-stock company that gained a charter to create Jamestown

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Jamestown

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The first successful colony in America

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John Smith

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The first Governor of Jamestown. Was a friend of the Powhatan tribe of Native Americans.

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Pocahontas

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The daughter of the Powhatan chief. Married John Rolfe.

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John Rolfe

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Taught the people of Jamestown how to grow Tobacco. Married Pocahontas.

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Tobacco

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Saved Jamestown

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Bacon’s Rebellion

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Shows that settlers were not content to stay on the coast

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Plymouth Colony

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Colony of the pilgrims

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Pilgrims

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Separatists who came to the colonies for religious freedom

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Mayflower

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Ship the pilgrims came on

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12
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Mayflower Compact

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The rules and regulations of Plymouth

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William Bradford

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Leader of the pilgrims

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Squanto and Samoset

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Showed the pilgrims how to grow corn, beans, and squash.

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15
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Puritans

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Protestants who wanted reform

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

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A puritan colony lead by John Winthrop

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John Winthrop

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Leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams

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Disagreed with puritans and kicked out of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Formed Rhode Island

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19
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Salem Witch Trials

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People accused of witchcraft killed on false pretenses

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20
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William Penn

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Founder of Pennsylvania

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21
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Quakers

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Tolerant of other religions and were pacifists

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Pacifists

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Someone that would not fight

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23
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James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony

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Georgia

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24
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First Great Awakening

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A religious revival in the colonies

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Triangular Trade

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System by which slaves, crops, and manufactured goods were traded between Africa, the Caribbean, and the American colonies

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

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Benjamin Franklin created all of them

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27
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John Peter Zenger Trial

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John accused the governor of New York of corruption and was thrown in jail

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28
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Cause of French and Indian War

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Great Britain and France both wanting to control the fur trade

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29
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Proclamation of 1763

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Halted expansion west of the Appalachian mountains

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30
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The Sugar Act

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Lowered tax on molasses

31
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The Stamp Act

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Placed tax on most printed materials in the colonies

32
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The Boston Massacre

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A fight between townspeople and British soldiers. Five people are killed

33
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The Boston Tea Party

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A group of colonists destroy tea to protest the Tea Act

34
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The Intolerable/Coercive Acts

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Closed the Boston Harber until the tea was paid for

35
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Patrick Henry

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Talks the House of a Burgess in to rebelling against the stamp act this Is one of the most anti British political actions from the colonies. He says “I am not a Virginian, but an American.”

36
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Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty

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Fought against British tyranny.

37
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John Hancock

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First person to sign the Declaration of Independence

38
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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

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Calle for the colonies to have complete independence 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, explained why the colonies were forming a new nation

40
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Cause of American Revolutionary War

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Britain putting unfair taxations on the colonies

41
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Loyalists

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Colonists for Great Britain

42
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Patriots

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Colonists for America

43
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Battles of Lexington and Concord

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First battles of the revolutionary war. Shot heard around the world

44
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Battle of Saratoga

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Great Britain surrenders to America. Turning point of the war

45
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Winter at Valley Forge

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George Washington and troops are sick and hungry. Many died

46
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Battle of Yorktown

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Last major battle of the American Revolution

47
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Benedict Arnold

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Was a spy of Great Britain

48
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Lead commander of the Patriots troops in the war

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George Washington

49
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Marquis de La Fayette

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French noble who lead troops to help America

50
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Friedrich von Steuben

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Trilled troops at Valley Forge

51
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Francis Marion

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Father of guerrilla warfare

52
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guerrilla warfare

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A hit and run war technique

53
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Treaty of Paris 1783

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Treaty that ended the American Revolution

54
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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Created one territory north of the Ohio River and a East of the Mississippi River

55
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Articles of Confederation

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America’s 1st constitution. Didn’t work

56
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Shays’ Rebellion

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Uprising against taxation on poor farmers

57
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The Great Compromise

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Established the model for Congress

58
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The 3/5 Compromise

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Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person for representation

59
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The US Constitution – Father of, year, and purpose

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James Madison, 1787, outline American laws and government

60
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Bill of Rights

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1st 10 amendments of the Constitution

61
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1st Amendment

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Freedom of speech, religion, assembly, petition, and press

62
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2nd Amendment

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Right to carry firearms.

“John Hilemon Amendment”

63
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4th Amendment

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Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures without due course of law

64
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5th Amendment

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Right to not give self incriminating evidence

65
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6th Amendment

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Protects against excessive bail

66
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Three Branches of Government and their purpose

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Legislative– makes laws
Executive– carries out laws
Judicial– upholds laws (is it constitutional?)

67
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Whiskey Rebellion

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Uprising against taxation powers of the federal government

68
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Alexander Hamilton

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Create the national bank. Create a plan to pay off war debts

69
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Alien and Sedition Acts

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Alien– allowed President to deport aliens

Sedition– crime to speak false criticism against the government

70
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John Sevier

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Tennessee’s first governor

71
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Natchez Trace

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Route for trade between Mississippi and Nashville

72
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Marbury v Madison

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Landmark court case that established judicial review.

73
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Judicial review

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Court nullify actions of other branches

74
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McCulloch v Maryland

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Maryland put a tax on the bank. Ruled unconstitutional. States had less power then the federal government.

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