history mid terms reversed Flashcards
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known for his stories of his travels in Asia; one of history’s greatest travelers
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Marco Polo
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Book about Marco Polo’s adventures (one of his stories he told)
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Description of the World (Book)
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an economic system designed to enhance the wealth and power of a nation
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Merchantilism
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realized that Columbus had discovered a New World; Man who America was named after
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Amerigo Vespucci
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led the first round the world voyage
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Magellan
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basically started the Protestant Reformation
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Martin Luther
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the movement that pressed for changes in the Roman Catholic Church
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Protestant Reformation
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first great conquistador
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Hernando Cortez
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the first permanent English settlement in the New World
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Jamestown
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enforced discipline necessary for survival of Jamestown (those who didn’t work didn’t eat)
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John Smith
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group of Christians who came from England to America on the Mayflower to worship God freely
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Pilgrims
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wanted to purify the church
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Puritans
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wanted to separate from the church
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Separatists
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they had similar spiritual goals, but the separatists were Independents who thought that each local congregation should be independent of each other
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What did the Puritans and the Separatists have in common/how did they differ?
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the document of self-government made when the Pilgrims got off the Mayflower
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Mayflower Compact
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the first written constitution in America
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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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founder of Pennsylvania
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William Pen
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travel/trade route on East Coast that connected port cities
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The Great Wagon Road
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group from Germany
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Pennsylvania-Dutch
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board shaped book (like a paddle); child’s first book
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Horn book
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served as standard text throughout the colonial period
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New England Primer
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city with the first public library in America
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Charleston, South Carolina
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Elizabeth I’s church “compromise”
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Elizabethan Settlement
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agreed doctrinally with the Puritans but saw no problem with the church’s ceremonies and structure
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Low Church Anglicans
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held that the church's traditional practices were divinely ordained
High Church Anglicans
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more liberal in their beliefs;less opposed to Catholicism
How did the High church Anglicans differ from the High church Anglicans?
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church members who had not owned the covenant but whose lives were outwardly moral could present their children for baptism
Half-way covenant
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people were accused of being witches; they were tried and many died
Salem Witch Trials
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founded Road Island; founded first Baptist Church in America
Roger Williams
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Society of Friends; from Pennsylvania
Quakers
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first book published in America
Bay Psalm Book
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The first religious revival in America
The Great Awakening
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the greatest theologian of the great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards
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the two people who led the first important French expedition in the New World
Marquette and Joliet
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ended Queen Anne's War
The Treaty of Utrecht
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The Seven Years War
The French and Indian War
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peace treaty that ended the French and Indian War
Treaty of Paris
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sudden surprise attacks by small, hidden groups
Guerrilla Warfare
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Benjamin Franklin's plan for centralized colonial rule
Albany Plan
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forbade the colonists to settle beyond the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation Line
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placed a tariff (tax) on certain goods imported into the colonies, such as sugar, molasses, and coffee
Sugar Act
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levied the first internal tax ever imposed on the colonies
Stamp Act
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a tax on goods produced and consumed entirely within the colonies
Internal tax
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officially subjected the colonies to a standing army in peacetime and further required that the colonists help supply provisions for it
Quartering Act
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proposed direct taxes on glass, paint, paper, and tea
Townshend Acts
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the first blood when a Redcoat killed a Patriot
Boston Massacre
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the action taken by the colonists when the tea tax was established
Boston Tea Party
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provided information on British threats to liberty to other areas of the colony under the guidance of Samuel Adams
Committee of Correspondence
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the colonists's nickname for the Coercive Acts
Intolerable Acts
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supporters of the constitution
Patriots
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supporters of the Crown
Loyalists
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German mercenaries
Hessians
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July 4, 1776
The day that the Declaration of Independence was signed
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Idk what the answer is. He like gave up some fort or something. If someone knows it could u put it in. Thx🐨
Benedict Arnold
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ends war for independence; the confederation's greatest triumph in foreign affairs
Treaty of Paris (1783)
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All colonies represented except Georgia; distinguished leaders; declaration of American rights (•colonies must be self-governing; • The right to make a military themselves)
First Continental Congress
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Washington D.C.
City the British burned/captured during War of 1812
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False
T/F: Andrew Jackson was ordered to capture Pensacola, FL.
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New England
The group of states that threatened to succeed from the union during the war of 1812
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False
T/F: Monroe doctrine was a joint statement.
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True
T/F: The Monroe doctrine still affects Americans today.
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Sacajawea
The Indian who assisted Lewis and Clark
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U.S.S. Constitution
U.S. military ship nicknamed "Old Ironsides"
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Fort McHenry
The fort that prevented British from capturing Baltimore
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Hartford Convention
The convention that led to the "death" of the Federalist
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Monroe
The president during the Era of Good Feelings
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Jefferson
3rd president
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John Marshal
Most influential Chief Justice
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Louisiana Territory
The area of land that Napoleon Bonaparte sold to the US
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Washington D.C
The city that the British captured after the Battle of Bladensburg
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Battle of New Orleans
This post-war battle was the most stunning victory
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Francis Scott Key
Wrote the Star Spangled Banner
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Andrew Jackson
American General who led the Battle of New Orleans
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Florida
The area of land the US bought as a result of the Adams-Onis treaty
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Monroe Doctrine
The American policy that banned European intervention in the Western Hemisphere
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Virginia Dare
The first child born in America
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The Proclamation Line
The line issued by the British that forbade the colonists to enter western lands
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the Boston Massacre
When British soldiers fired on a group of colonists
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professional full-time soldiers
Regulars
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George Washington
Commander in Chief of Continental Army
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False
T/F: The American Constitution is the oldest constitution
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Philadelphia
The city where the Constitutional Convention met
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James Madison
Father of the Constitution
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two house legislature
Bicameral
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one house legislature
Unicameral
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John Jay
the first chief justice of the supreme court
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a close alliance of sovereign states
Confederation
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all lands north of the Ohio River that passes into the hands of the national government
Northwest Territory
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the Father of the Constitution
James Madison
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favored by larger states; presented by James Madison; bicameral
Virginia Plan
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favored by smaller states; presented by William Patterson; unicameral
New Jersey Plan
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aka Connecticut Compromise; proposed bicameral, one house based on population, one equal for all states
Great Compromise
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three-fifths of the total slave population of a state would be included for representation purposes in the House, but slave states would also have to pay taxes on slaves at the same rate
Three-Fifths Compromise
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LegislativeExecutiveJudicial
the three branches of government
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branch that makes the laws
Legislative Branch
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branch that enforces the laws
Executive Branch
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branch that interprets the laws
Judicial Branch
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each state has a number of electors equal to the states representation in congress
Electoral College
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change to the Constitution
Amendment
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supporters of the constitution
Federalists
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those who opposed to the constitution
Anti-Federalists
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first president
George Washington
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the first 10 amendments to the constitution
Bill of Rights
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(1) claimed to be the true keepers of the constitutional flame(2) viewed themselves as the last line of defense between Federalist "tyranny" and American liberty
(1)Federalistsvs.(2)Republicans
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the best known frontiersmen
Daniel Boon
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second president
John Adams
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the French kept attacking American ships; they tried to make an agreement but the French wanted a bribe
XYZ affair
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when Jefferson stayed up 'till past midnight to appoint judges of his political party before the next president was inaugurated
Midnight Appointments
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third President
Thomas Jefferson
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Forbade trade with Britain and France
Embargo Act
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first great chief justice
John Marshal
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those powers specifically given to the national government by the Constitution
Delegated Powers
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"necessary and proper" powers that enabled the government to carry out the delegated powers
Implied Powers
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more than doubled the size of the US
Louisiana Purchase
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two explorers who led an expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory
Lewis and Clark
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"predicted" solar eclipse
The Prophet
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fourth president
James Madison
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the right to stop American ships, forcibly remove British deserters, and put them back into service
Impressment
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restored some international trade (though not with Britain or France), but offered to trade with them (Britain and France) if either would lift its trade restriction
Non-Intercourse Act
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led by Clay and Calhoun; (ready to go to war)
War Hawks
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nickname for US Constitution (boat)
Old Iron Sides
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defeated the British fleet in the Battle of Lake Erie
Oliver Hazard Perry
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Hero of War of 1812
General Andrew Jackson
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ended War of 1812
Treaty of Ghent
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wrote the Star-Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key
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fifth president
James Monroe
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the nickname for the two terms of President Montoe
Era of Good Feelings
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established:-European nations could not intervene in the Western Hemisphere (except where they already held colonies)-The US wouldn't meddle in European affairs
Monroe Doctrine
