History Flashcards

1
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What is the Magna Carta

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First English document to put some limits on the Power of King

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2
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What was the English Bill of Rights

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Guaranteed certain basic rights to all citizens

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3
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Exports/imports

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Export- to sell goods abroad;

Import- to buy good from foreign markets

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4
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Navigation acts

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Series of laws passed between 1651 and 1673 passed by England

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5
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Two reasons for growth in the colonies

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  1. Large scale immigration from Europe ( and to slave trade from Africa)
  2. Women were younger and tended to have children earlier and have a lot of kids.
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6
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Who could vote in the colonies

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White men who owned property

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7
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Apprentice

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Learning assistants

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8
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Literacy

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The ability to read and write

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9
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Great awakening

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Religion revival in the American colonies from the 1720s-1740s

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10
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Enlightenment

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Spread the idea that knowledge, reasons, and science could improve society

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11
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Two of the strongest power in Europe by the 1700’s

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England and France

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12
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French and Indian war

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War in North America between England and France that would last nine years (1754-1768)

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13
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Country that most Natives Americans sided with

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France

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14
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Militia

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A group of citizens trained to fight in emergencies

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15
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Albany plan of union

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A plan suggested by Ben Franklin

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16
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Willam pit

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Fully-founded the war but run up debt

17
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Fort Duquesne

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Used July 9,1755 for a French-Native ambush against British

18
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Treaty of Paris (1764)

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Signed by England and France in 1763 to end the French and India war