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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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A joint-stock company that gained a charter to establish Jamestown.

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Jamestown

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One of the first American settlement located in Virginia.

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John Smith

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Governor of Jamestown for its first two years.

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Pocahontas

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Daughter of the Powhatan tribe chief.

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John Rolfe

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Found out that the soil in Jamestown was perfect for farming tobacco.

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Tobacco

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Saved Jamestown when there was no gold or silver.

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Bacon’s Rebellion

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Showed that settlers were not content with being restricted to the coast.

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Plymouth Colony

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The colony of the Pilgrims.

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Pilgrims

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Came to America on the “Mayflower”.

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Mayflower

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The cargo ship that the Pilgrims used to travel to America.

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Mayflower Compact

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A social contract in which the settlers consented to followed the compact’s rule and regulations for the sake of order and survival.

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William Bradford

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The leader of the Pilgrims for 30 years.

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Squanto and Samoset

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Taught the Pilgrims how to grow corn, beans, and squash, and where to hunt and fish.

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Puritans

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Protestants who wanted to to reform.

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

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A colony that was based on the Bible.

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John Winthrop

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The governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

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Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams

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Founders of Rhode Island.

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Salem Witch Trials

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A series of hearings and precautions of people accused of witchcraft where many who falsely accused, were killed.

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William Penn

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The founder of Pennsylvania and writer of their constitution.

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Quakers

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Settlers who were tolerant of other’s views.

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Pacifists

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People who refuse to fight in wars or use force.

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James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony

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A place were the lower class could get a fresh start and a barrier against the stronger colonies and Spanish attacks.

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First Great Awakening

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A religious revival that swept through the colonies, the belief that through God, all men are created equal.

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Triangular Trade

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A system in which crops, slaves, 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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A collection of witty sayings. Attempts to unite the colonies.

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John Peter Zenger Trial

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John Peter Zenger was put on trail after accusing the governor of New York of corrupt, but was found not guilty and lead to freedom of the press.

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Cause of French and Indian War

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The failure of the Albany Plan of Union.

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Proclamation of 1763

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Halted westward expansion by the American setters.

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The Sugar Act

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British Officers were allowed to seize goods from smugglers without going to court under this act.

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The Stamp Act

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Placed a tax on almost all printed material in the Colonies.

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The Boston Massacre

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A fight that broke out in the streets of Boston where five people were killed by British Soldiers.

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The Boston Tea Party

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A response where the Colonist destroyed hundreds of thousands worth of tea by dumping it in the Boston Harbor.

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The Intolerable/Coercive Acts

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Acts that were passed in response to the Boston Tea Party to punish the Colonists.

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Patrick Henry

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A member of the Continental Congress who famously stated that he was “not a Virginian, but an American.”

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Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty

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Founder of a secret society that protected the rights of the Colonists and fought taxation by the British.

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John Hancock

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A well known protest leader who owned the ship the “

Liberty”.

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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

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A pamphlet that stated that the Colonists should be a refuge from tyrants and prosecution.

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Declaration of Independence – Year, location, author, significance

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A document that declared America’s independence from Britain which was signed on July 4, 1776.

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Cause of American Revolutionary War

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The Colonists wanted to form a new nation that was independent from Britain.

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Loyalists

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Colonists who wanted to stay with Britain. (Tories)

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Battles of Lexington and Concord

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First battles of the American Revolutionary War.

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Battle of Saratoga

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The turning point of the American Revolutionary War.

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Winter at Valley Forge

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A time of terrible suffering without decent food, clothing, or shelter for Washington and his troops.

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Battle of Yorktown

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The final major battle of the American Revolutionary War and where the British surrendered to the Colonists.

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Benedict Arnold

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Hero of the Battle of Saratoga.

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Lead commander of the Patriots troops in the war.

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Gen. George Washington

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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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Friedrich von Steuben

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Drilled colonial troops at Valley Forge and taught them the essentials of military drill and discipline.

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Francis Marion

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Considered the father of Guerrilla Warfare. (The Swamp Fox)

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guerrilla warfare

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Hit and run War technique.

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Treaty of Paris 1783

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Ended the American Revolutionary War and made Britain recognize America was an independent nation.

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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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Created one territory out of the lands North of of the Ohio River and East of the Mississippi River.

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Articles of Confederation

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America’s first constitution.

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Shays’ Rebellion

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An uprising by Massachusetts farmers against the government’s taxes on poor farmers that revealed the need for a stronger government.

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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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Allowed Southern states to count slaves as 3/5 of one free person for representation.

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The US Constitution – Father of, year, and purpose

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Written in 1789 by James Madison to be the supreme law of the land.

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Bill of Rights

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First 10 amendments to the Constitution.

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1st Amendment

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Guarantees freedom of speech, religion, assembly, press, and petition of the government.

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2nd Amendment

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Grants the right to bare arms.

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4th Amendment

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Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures without probable cause.

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5th Amendment

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If you have committed a crime, you still have rights that can not be deprived without due process of law.

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6th Amendment

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The right to a speedy, public trail by an important jury.

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Three Branches of Government and their purpose.

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Executive-Carries out the laws.
Legislative-Makes the laws.
Judicial-Interprets laws and declares if Presidential Acts are Unconstitutional.

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Whiskey Rebellion

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A civil uprising against the taxing power of the federal government.

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Alexander Hamilton

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Founder of the Federalists. Favored a strong Federal Government that was ruled by wealthy men and loose interpretation of the constitution.

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Alien and Sedition Acts

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Alien Act-allowed the President to deport aliens.

Sedition Act-a crime to speak or write false criticisms to try and weaken the government.

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