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Part 1 Final 150 Flashcards

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Why did Europeans come to America to colonize?

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Because of gold, silver, and religious freedom

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Virginia company

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Is a joint stock operation that granted a charter to start Jamestown

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Jamestown

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First lasting establishment in America

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John Smith

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Governor for 2 years- he forced settlers to work and explore. He also built a strong relationship with the Indians

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Pocahontas

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Brought peace to the village and saved John Smiths life

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John Rolfe

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Learned how to make and sell tobacco

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Tobacco

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Saved Jamestown and made Virginia

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Bacon’s Rebellion

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Wanted to set Jamestown on fire and, it showed people weren’t happy about restrictions

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Plymouth Colony

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Formed by pilgrims also had the first thanksgiving

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Pilgrims

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Were separatists who came to the colonies for religious freedoms, founded Plymouth Rock

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Mayflower

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The ship that the pilgrims came over on.

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Mayflower Compact

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Laws that all the pilgrims has to agree on

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William Bradford

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Led the pilgrims, also wrote a famous book explaining the pilgrims lifestyle.

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Squanto and Samoset

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Tribes that the pilgrims held their first Thanksgiving with

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Puritans

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Protestants who wanted to reform, strict, did not tolerate other religions.

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Formed by puritans, led by John Winthrop

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John Winthrop

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Founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams

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Kicked out of Massachusetts and formed Rhode Island

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Salem Witch Trials

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Series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft where many people were killed

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William Penn

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Founded Pennsylvania and wrote there constitution

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Quakers

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Everyone was equal in Gods eyes and no church services because they thought they were already saved

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Pacifists

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People who refused to fight in wars or use force

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James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony

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Formed Georgia, formed so people could get a fresh start

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First Great Awakening

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Was a religious revival that swept through the colonies

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Triangular Trade

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System in which slaves, crops and manufactured goods were traded.

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

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Franklin wrote Poor Richards Almanac which is a collection of savings and Ben also wrote the first war cartoon

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John Peter Zenger Trial

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Accused the governor with corruption and was thrown in jail. This helped us lead our way to freedom

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Cause of French and Indian War

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Trying to fight for the fur trade and more land for the English

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Proclamation of 1763

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Ended the War and said no expansion west of the Appalachians

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The Sugar Act

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Lowered tax on molasses to try and stop people from smuggling

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The Stamp Act

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A tax on almost all printed materials

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The Boston Massacre

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A fight between the people and redcoats.5 people were killed and the used it as propaganda

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The Boston Tea Party

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A group from Sons of Liberty boarded a boat and threw all the tea over the side of the ship

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The Intolerable/Coercive Acts

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Harsh laws that punished the people in result of the Boston Tea party, also shut the port down

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Patrick Henry

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Famous quote of “ I’m not a Virginian, but an American”

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Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty

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A society founded to protect the rights of the colonies

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John Hancock

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First person to sign the Deceleration of Independence

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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

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Called for the colonies to have complete independence for Great Britain

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Declaration of Independence – Year, location, author, significance

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Signed on July 4th 1776 in Philadelphia wrote by Thomas Jefferson. It explain why the colonies chose to reform a new nation.

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Cause of American Revolutionary War

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America did not agree on the same things that Britain wanted. Mainly taxation without representation

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Loyalists

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People that were still loyal to Great Britain

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Patriots

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Were determined to fight for independence

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Battles of Lexington and Concord

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Minutemen claimed that the Battle of Lexington was the shot herd around the world.
Bunker Hill where Prescott said don’t fire until you see the white in there eyes

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Battle of Saratoga

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Christmas Surprise attack that was the turning point of the war

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Winter at Valley Forge

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

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Battle of Yorktown

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Last final battle where Cornwallis surrendered

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Benedict Arnold

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Hero of the battle of Saratoga. His wife arranged him to get a higher ranking but fails and becomes a spy for GB

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Lead commander of the Patriots troops in the war

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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 mankind

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Friedrich von Steuben

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Drilled the troops at valley forge. He is from Germany.

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Francis Marion

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Know as the swamp fox, father of guerrilla warfare.

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guerrilla warfare

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A hit and run technique

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Treaty of Paris 1783

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3 delegates sent to Paris, to sign the treaty of Paris which ended the war.

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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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Created one territory out of lands north of the Ohio river and east of the Mississippi River

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Articles of Confederation

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A government that failed because it could not raise taxes. It wasn’t strong enough to handle all the problems of the nation

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Shays’ Rebellion

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Uprising from farmers because taxes were too high and it showed that America needed a new government

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The 3/5 Compromise

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Allowed southern states to count 3/5 of one free person for representation. Allowed for more delegates

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The Great Compromise

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Established the model for congress that we use today

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The US Constitution – Father of, year, and purpose

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Severed as the supreme laws of the land
Father is James Madison
Signed in 1787

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Bill of Rights

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1st 10 amendments

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1st Amendment

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Freedom of speech,religion,press,petition assembly

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2nd Amendment

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Right to own guns

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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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Due process of law

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6th Amendment

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Right to a speedy, public trial by jury

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Three Branches of Government and their purpose

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Legaslative- makes laws
Executive- carries out laws
Judicial- enforces laws

67
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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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Was a federalist that ran against Thomas Jefferson.

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Alien and Sedition Acts

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Allowed deportation, a crime to accuse the government

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John Sevier

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Becomes the governor of the Lost State of Franklin

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Natchez Trace

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Trails that allowed trade between Mississippi and Nashville

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Marbury v Madison

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Marburg is a judge trying to get his job finalized but time runs out, he blames it on Madison and sues him. The court finds it unconstitutional.

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Judicial review

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The court can nullify actions of other branches

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McCulloch v Maryland

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Court case over states rights. The state of Maryland imposed a tax over a branch of the second bank. The court ruled this unconstitutional

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