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Maize - Who, What

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Aztects, Maya | Corn with beans and squash allowed the development of Native Americans as they had access to more food

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Maize - Where, when, why

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Europe and new world | 6000 BCE - Today | Transformed hunting to farming because they didn’t need to hunt for food

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Columbian Exchange - Who, What

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Settlers, Native Americans | Exchange of goods, animals, diseases

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Columbian Exchange - Where, when, why

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New world, old world | 1492-1500 | Disease killed tons of people, led to demand for slaves for cash crops, animals changed way of life

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Encomienda System - Who, What

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Spanish, Native Americans | Racial class system, Spanish had more priority than natives

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Encomienda System - Where, when, why

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Spanish colonies | 1512-1542 | It led to enslavement and killings of natives

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Pueblo Revolt - Who, What

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Native Americans, Spanish| Revolt against the settlers, lots of natives died, but they won and were able to have freedom from the Spanish for 12 years, 400 dead, 2K settlers gone

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Pueblo Revolt - Where, when, why

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Southwest America | 1680 | It showed that the natives had enough power to rebel against settlers, and how they were able to reject new ideas forced upon them

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Virginia Company - Who, What

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London Investors, explorers | Joint stock company to establish the Jamestown colony

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Virginia Company - Where, when, why

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Jamestown | 1607 | First successful British settlement in North America, able to sustain self governance

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Frame of Government - Who, what

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William Penn | Written constitution for Pennsylvania that supported religious tolerance and trade with Native Americans

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Frame of Government - Where, when, why

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Pennsylvania | 1682 | Laws that were supporting of Quaker beliefs, Used enlightenment beliefs, led to religious freedom, civil rights, self government

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Navigation Acts - Who, what

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Parliament, colonies, merchants | Defined colonies as suppliers of materials, no foreign merchants were allowed to trade within colonies

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Navigation Acts - Where, when, why

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British Colonies | 1651 | Mercantilism. Goods (sugar, rum, tobacco, rice) must be shipped to Britain for export. Salutary Neglect, benefits England and colonies economically

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City Upon a Hill - Who, what

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John Winthrop, Puritans | Speech given on the boat “Arbella” that stated the colonies will be a city on a hill watched by the world

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City Upon a Hill - Where, when, why

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Boston (harbor), churches (mass) | 1630 | Model of Christian charity for puritans, beginning of American Exceptionalism. Centrality of religion.

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Ann Hutchinson - Who, what

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Ann Hutchinson | Puritan banished from Mass bay for heresy in 1637. Preached that God communicates to individuals instead of church. Actual reason for banishment was gender roles

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Ann Hutchinson - Where, when, why

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Mass Bay Colony | 1637 | Fought against colonial gender roles and church authority

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King Philips War - Who, what

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British, metacom | War over land encroachment

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King Philips War - Where, when, why

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New England | 1675-1676 | It destroyed the power of tribes, the most destructive war in US history

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Covenant Chain - Who, What

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Iroquois | Alliance that gave Iroquois supremacy and favorable trading terms

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Covenant Chain - Where, when, why

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New York | 1677 | Established advantage over other tribes, showed other tribes that the natives were using the European powers beneficially

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Enlightenment - Who, What

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Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, ect. | Intellectual movement where new principals were applied to all of society

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Enlightenment - Where, when, why

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Europe, spread to colonies | 1600-1700 | Scientific ideas which influenced things like the declaration of independence, natural rights, bill of rights, ect.

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Great Awakening - Who, What

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George Whitefield, John Edward, young people | Religious movement that targeted emotions

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Great Awakening - Where, when, why

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Northern Colonies, spread south | 1730-1760s | Questions authority of the people, slaves begin to become Christian

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Salutary Neglect - Who, what

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British, colonists | Policy which enforced supervised affairs between the colonies to maintain loyalty and profitability

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Plan of Union - Who, what

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Ben Franklin, Iroquois, congress reps |Plan of intercolonial defense, stopped because of loss of power

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Plan of Union - where, when, why

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Albany NY | 1754 | Displayed diverse interests, sectionalism

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French & Indian War - Who, What

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French, British, Native Americans | War between the British and French over piece of land

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French & Indian War - Where, When, Why

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Ohio river valley |1754-1763 | British debt, end of French power, shifting property, colonial unity

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Pontiacs rebellion - Who, what

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Pontiac’s, native Americans, American colonists, British | uprising against British expansion to Ohio river valley, led to proclamation of 1763

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Pontiacs rebellion - Where, when, why

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Great Lakes Region, Michigan | 1763 | Demonstrated viability of NAI alliances in struggle against European expansion, contributed to deteriorating relations, Leads to formation of vigilante groups

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Sons, Daughters of Liberty - Who, what

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American Colonists | threats, protests, and acts of violence to intimidate people loyal to the British crown, helped organize and carry out the Boston Tea Party, boycotted

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Sons, Daughters of Liberty - Where, when, why

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American Colonies | 1765 - 1776 | influential in orchestrating resistance movements, against unfair taxation

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Stamp Act - Who, what

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Parliament, Sons of Liberty, Colonists | Taxes stamped, legal documents, and paper products

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Stamp Act - Where, when, why

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Colonies, GB, Boston | 1765 | raise revenue + pay off debt accumulated for F+ I war, act repealed in 1766 along w/ passing of Declaratory act

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Republican Motherhood - Who, what

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Women | Women educate children to ensure the education of the next generation

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Republican Motherhood - Where, when, why

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US | 1770-1830s | Assigned gender roles, mothers had a civic duty in society, separate spheres

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Coercive Acts - Who, what

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Parliament, Colonists | Series of acts that unnecess strain on colonists, like quartering act, admin of justice act

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Coercive Acts - Where, when, why

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Colonies | 1774 | punish colonies especially Boston after Tea Party, confirms fears that GB wants to destroy American Liberty

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Articles of Confederation - Who, what

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Delegates at Cont. Congress | Confederal system, very little power vested in fed gov’t

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Articles of Confederation - Where, when, why

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Colonies, US | 1777-1789 | Unstable due to confederal system, (federal power very limited can’t tax) , shay’s rebellion proves this

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NW Ordinance of 1787 - Who, what

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Congress | Legislation outlining gov’t in NW territory including how to enter union, outlawing slavery

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NW Ordinance of 1787 - Where, when, why

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Territory NW of Ohio | 1787 | One key success of A of C, gave equal standing to new states

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Shays’ Rebellion - Who, what

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Daniel Shays, indebted farmers | Armed march to courthouse attempting to shut down debtors prison

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