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Why did Europeans come to America to colonize?

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To acquire new land or to convert to Christianity

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Virginia Company

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The joint stock company that established Jamestown/also gained a charter

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Jamestown

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The first surviving civilization of the American Colonies, was founded by the Virginia Company. Also the first permanent establishment

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John Smith

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The Captain who helped Jamestown survive by making ties with the Indians in order to get food. Was the first Governor of Jamestown.

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Pocahontas

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Daughter of the Powhatan chief that helped establish relations between the pilgrims and the Indians

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John Rolfe

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The husband of Pocahontas. Learned hiw to grow and sell tobacco to England.

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Tobacco

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A largely found and popular crop that was wildly wanted by the British. Helped the Americans survive

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Bacons Rebellion

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Was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. They set Jamestown on fire and showed that they weren’t content on being restricted to the East Coast

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Plymouth Colony

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First American Colony. The name of the region where the pilgrims settled. Was the home of the First Thanksgiving

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Pilgrims

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The settlers that came from the Mayflower to the Americas

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Mayflower

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The ship that was made by pilgrims to come the Americas in September of 1620

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Mayflower Compact

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Compact signed by pilgrims to follow rules for the good of the colony
Helped develop government in America

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William Bradford

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The governor of the Plymouth Company in 1621 and was leader of the Pilgrims for 50 years. He wrote Plymouth Plantation

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Squanto and Samoset

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Native America s that showed the colonists how to grow corn beans and pumpkins. They couldn’t have survived without them

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Puritans

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Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church and had little tolerance for other religions

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Early American colony based off of the Bible, formed by Puritans

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John Winthrop

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The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams

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Banished Puritans who were kicked out. They went on to form Rhode Island

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Bill of Rights

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The first five amendments in the Constitution of the United States of America

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1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendments

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eedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment II
Right to bear arms

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Amendment III
Quartering of soldiers

No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment IV
Search and arrest

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Three Branches of Government and their purpose

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President of the United States administers the Executive Branch of our government. He enforces the laws that the Legislative Branch (Congress) makes. The President is elected by United States citizens, 18 years of age and older, who vote in the presidential elections in their states. These votes are tallied by states and form the Electoral College system. States have the number of electoral votes which equal the number of senators and representatives they have. It is possible to have the most popular votes throughout the nation and NOT win the electoral vote of the Electoral College.

The Legislative part of our government is called Congress. Congress makes our laws. Congress is divided into 2 parts. One part is called the Senate. There are 100 Senators–2 from each of our states. Another part is called the House of Representatives. Representatives meet together to discuss ideas and decide if these ideas (bills) should become laws. There are 435 Representatives. The number of representatives each state gets is determined by its population. Some states have just 2 representatives. Others have as many as 40. Both senators and representatives are elected by the eligible voters in their states.

The Judicial part of our federal government includes the Supreme Court and 9 Justices. They are special judges who interpret laws according to the Constitution. These justices only hear cases that pertain to issues related to the Constitution. They are the highest court in our country. The federal judicial system also has lower courts located in each state to hear cases involving federal issues.

All three parts of our federal government have their main headquarters in the city of Washington D.C.

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Whiskey Rebellion

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The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called “whiskey tax” was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government

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Alexander Hamilton

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I DON’T EFFING KNOW

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Alien and Sedition Acts

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Allowed the president to jail and deport aliens or FRICKEN MEXICANS WHO CANT JUMP A WALL!!!!!

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John Sevier

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A Tennessee leader of the Western expansion. Nobody likes him because Zane plays on his team

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Marbury v Madison

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Court case that declared if something was unconstitutional it could lead to inprisonment

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William Penn

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A wealthy English Quaker who received land he named Pennsylvania. He wrote the Quakers “Constitution”

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Quakers

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Sought religious freedom, was very tolerant of religion, we’re Pacifists, and they believed everybody was equal

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Pacifists

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Don’t believe in mental or physical conflict, believed everyone was equal

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Triangular Trade

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Trade that gave America slaves and Africa/Carribeans, manufactured goods from America

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

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Poor Richards Almanac- Collection of sayings by Benjamin Franklin
Albany Plan of Union- Called for a single government for the 13 colonies to protect themselves from the French and the British
Join or Die- First political cartoon

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John Peter Zenger Trial

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In 1733 Zenger accused the Government of corruption. He was found not guilty and helped lead to freedom of speech,press etc

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Proclamation of 1763

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Ended the French and Indian War and ended the power of the French in North America

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The Intolerable/Coercive Acts

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Harsh laws made to punish the Mass. citizens in reaction to the Boston Tea Party. Attempted and failed to close the Boston Harbor until tea was payed for

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Patrick Henry

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A delegate from Virginia that started a strong sense of Nationalism

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Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty

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Secret society formed to protect the rights of the citizens

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Declaration of Independence – Year, location, author, significance

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John Adams, Benny Frank Jefferson, Rob Livvy, and Rog Sherman

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Loyalist

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The Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War.

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Lead commander of the Patriots troops in the war

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George Washington

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Benedict Arnold

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Hero of the Battle of Saratoga

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Marquis de La Fayette

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was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War.

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Fried rich Van Stewben

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Taught the continental basics of war

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Treaty of Paris 1783

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GB recognized America as free nation

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Patriots

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Team that beat the Holy KACHOW! out of the Falcons

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James Oglethorpes buffer colony

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Georgia

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The Sugar Act

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Tax on Molasses

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Cause of French and Indian War

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Colonies wanted to expand West

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The Boston Massacre

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When troops and peeps fought and the troops murdered 5 hole colonialists

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Judicial Review

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Let’s court look at the cases and decide it

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Whiskey Rebellion

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A civil uprising against taxing powers of the government

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Alexander Hamiltoe

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Made national bank

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Cause of the Revolutionary War

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Wot In Taxation Without Representation

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Salem Witch Trials

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Series of killings and prosecutions of people who were accused of using witchcraft.

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The First Great Awakening

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The Great Movement of the Americas that led it to be the great disaster filled nation of the day

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The Boston Tea Party

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Millions of British Tea was thrown in the Boston Harbor as a protest against British taxes

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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

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Inspired the American people to rebel against British rule

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Battles of Lexington and Concord

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Where the minutemen “fired” the shot heard around the world

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The 3/5 Compromise

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Where slaves where counted as 3/5 of a person in order to raise population for states electoral votes

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Battle of Saratoga

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The turning point of the Revolution War. France and Spain then back me allies of the colonies

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Winter at Valley Forge

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Winter of struggle for General Washington and his peeps

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guerrilla warfare

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Popular hit and run style war tactic

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Battle of Yorktown

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Battle of Yorktown-The last major battle of the American Revolution, where Washington leads troops to Yorktown and forces Cornwallis to surrender October 15,1781

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Benedict Arnold-

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War hero of Saratoga and did not get a promotion he thought he deserved so his wife(a Tory) was able to find him a higher position in the British Military

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Marquis De La Fayette

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Believed that the future of America had a great influence on the future of mankind

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Francis Marion

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Francis Marion-Known as the “Swamp Fox” for outwitting the British in the swamps also the father of guerrilla warfare

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Northwest Ordinance

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Created one territory out of the lands North of the Ohio River Vally and East of the Mississippi River (to deal with the issue of western expansion)

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Shay’s Rebellion

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An uprising by Massachusetts’s Farmers to fight the government taxes on poor farmers….Revealed the need for a stronger central government to regulate taxation and provide a central military force

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