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Final 150 Part 1 Flashcards

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Why did Europeans come to America to colonize?

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Religious freedom

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Virginia company

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The joint stock company that established Jamestown

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Jamestown

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The first permanent settlement in America.
Started to run out of food.
Marshy area.
Wanted to work in mines.

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John Smith

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Was Cap’n of the ship that brought the settlers over.
Was governor for 2 years.
Forced colonists to work.
Built strong relationships with Powhatan tribe for corn

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Pocahontas

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Saved john Smith

Married john Rolfe

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John Rolfe

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Grew tobacco in America to sell to England became governor of Jamestown

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Tobacco

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Saved Jamestown

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Bacon’s rebellion

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Wanted to burn Jamestown but died shortly before

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Plymouth colony

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Second colony in America

Comprised of pilgrims

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Mayflower

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Ship the pilgrims came over on

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Mayflower compact

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First Constitution in America

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William Bradford

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Squanto and Samoset

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Befriended pilgrims.

Showed pilgrims how to hunt and fish and how to grow food

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Puritans

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Protestants who wanted reform

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Colony run by puritans based on the Bible

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John Winthrop

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Governor of Massachusetts bay colony

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Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams

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Were kicked out of Massachusetts for not agreeing with puritans and formed Rhode Island

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Salem witch trials

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Series of court cases in Salem Massachusetts that falsely accused people of witchcraft.

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William Penn

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Founded Pennsylvania

Was a Quaker

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Quakers

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Tolerant group of people who were pacifists and believed in equality

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Pacifists

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People who don’t resort to violence

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James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony

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Named Georgia
Buffer in between the Spanish colonies and the English colonies
A place where people in debt and the lower class could get a fresh start

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First great awakening

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A time where religion became more important in the colonies

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Triangular trade

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A trade system where crops,manufactured goods,and slaves could be traded

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Poor Richard’s almanac, Albany plan of union, and join or die cartoon

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Things created by Benjamin Franklin to unite the colonies

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John peter zinger

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Dealt with the freedom of the press

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Cause of French Indian war

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Fighting in the Ohio river valley over fur

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Proclamation of 1763

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Prevented settling west of the Appalachian mountain

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The sugar act

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Lowered the tax on mollasas

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The stamp act

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Placed a tax on almost all printed materials in the colonies

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The Boston massacre

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A fight that broke out in Boston where five people died

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The Boston tea party

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The sons of liberty dumped a shipload of tea in the Boston harbor

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The intolerable acts

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Acts placed on Boston to punish them for the Boston tea party

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Patrick Henry

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Said,” I am not a Virginian, but an American

Persuaded the house of burgessesses to take action against the stamp act

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Samuel Adams and sons of liberty

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Samuel Adams was the leader

The sons of liberty were a group of people who rebelled against Great Britain

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John Hancock

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A man who’s ship was searched and had his illegally imported goods taken

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Thomas Paine’s common sense

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Called for the colonies to be independent from England

38
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Declaration of Independence - year, location,author,and significance

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Written by Thomas Jefferson
Signed in 1776 in Philadelphia
Was formed so America would become its own country

39
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Cause of the revolutionary war

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Unfair laws and taxes placed on the colonies

40
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Loyalists

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Did not want to separate from England

41
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Patriots

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Wanted to fight to separate from England

42
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Battles of Lexington and concord

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First battles of the revolutionary war

Surprised the British

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Battle of Saratoga

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Turning point of the war

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Winter at valley forge

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Time of great suffering for the American army

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Battle of Yorktown

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Victory battle of the revolutionary war

46
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Benedict Arnold

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Hero of the battle of Saratoga

47
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Lead commander of patriot troops

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George Washington

48
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Marquis de la Fayette

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Believed the future of America would influence the future of the world

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Fredrick von Steuben

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Trained patriot soldiers at valley forge

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Francis Marion

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Swamp fox

Father of guerrilla warfare

51
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Guerrilla

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A hit and run technique

52
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Treaty of Paris 1783

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Ended the revolutionary war

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Northwest ordinance of 1787

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Created one territory out of the lands north of the Ohio river and east of the Mississippi River

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Articles of confederation

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First constitution of America

Failed

55
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Shay’s rebellion

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Fought the gov. taxing poor farmers

56
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The great compromise

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Established the model for congress used to this day

57
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The 3/5 compromise

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Said a slave counted as 3/5 of a person going towards members of the House of Representatives

58
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US constitution - father,year, and purpose

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James Madison was the father of the Constitution
Created a better gov.
Approved in 1787

59
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Bill of rights

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First 10 amendments of the constitution

60
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1st amendments

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

61
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2nd amendment

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Right to bear arms

62
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4th amendment

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Protection from unreasonable search and seizure

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5th amendment

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Natural rights can not be taken away with due course of law

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6th amendment

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Right to a speedy public trial by an impartial jury

65
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Three branches of government and their purpose

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

66
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Whiskey rebellion

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Uprising against taxing power of the federal gov.

67
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Alexander Hamilton

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Sec. of treasury

68
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Alien and sedition acts

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Alien act, allowed president to deport aliens

Sedition act, made it a crime to write bad about the gov.

69
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John sevier

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First governor of Tennessee

70
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Natchez trace

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Trade route between Mississippi and Nashville

71
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Marbury v. Madison

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Landmark court case that established judicial review

72
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Judicial review

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The court can nullify actions of other branches

73
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Mcculloch v Maryland

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Supreme Court case over states’ rights

The state of Maryland imposed a tax over the second bank of the United States a federal bank

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