People Flashcards

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John Smith

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leader at Jamestown

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Pocahontas

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Wife of John Rolfe of Powhatan tribe

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Anne hitchinson

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Woman who spoke out against grace of the puritan mentality believe that you should be praised are punished individually and is banished from her colony for this

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Roger Williams

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believes in a complete split from the church of England and the Native Americans should get something in exchange for the land that English takes so was banished from Massachusetts and founds RI

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Quakers

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believes in complete pacifism, doctrine of inner light and all are equal in the church

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King Phillip

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Metacom, leader of Wanpanoag, wants English to leave, called KP because he had large ambition but failed

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merchantilist

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belief in the benefits of profitable trading, commercialism

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George whitefield

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itinerant preacher

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John Edwards

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founder of great awakening

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George Washjngton

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British leader, built ft necessity, wanted to capture ft Duquesne but failed

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Joseph Brant

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Mohawk Indian, convinced tribes to leave the French and join British

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William Pitt

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teaches soldiers to fight using guerrilla ware fare, ft Duquesne is renamed ft Pitt, has idea of taxing colonies to pay for British was efforts

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Albany Plan of Union

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first attempt at having national representative government

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Paul revere

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midnight rider, hung lanterns in old north church to warn colonists when the British were coming

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Samuel Adams

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Patriot hiding in Lexington and concord where they stored ammunition

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John adams

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American representative at the negotiation of the treaty of Paris, part of the First Continental Congress, America’s first Vice President

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Kim George

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King during American revolution, my colonies are revolting

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Thomas Paine

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writer of common sense, a pamphlet that urged colonist to stop pretending loyalty and just fight

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Common sense

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advocates split between America and Britain

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John Locke

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enlightenment thinker that influence the Declaration of Independence, supported natural rights or individual rights: individual rights referred to the liberties of each individual to pursue life and gold without interference from other individuals of the government

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baron Von Steuben

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American leader during Valley Forge he formally trained the American army as they have better fighting

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Benedict Arnold

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can revolution leader the traded to the British

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Thomas Jefferson

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writer of DOI

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Alexander Hamilton

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founding father from New York, he becomes a federalist, and commences New York to get out of the corrupt state government, by signing the constitution, Federalist papers writer

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James Madison

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One of the writers of the Federalist papers alongside Alexander Hamilton and John jay

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shays rebellion

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angry over high taxes put on by state government, farmers rebel, Congress has no funds for an army to suppress the rebellion, where is other states because it shows something happens to the US they have no army

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war of 1812

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war with Britain over shipping problems

28
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mad Anthony Wayne

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leader of American soldiers in the war with the alliance, appointed by George Washington, he’s the first leader to require basic training of a soldier

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Tecumseh

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native American military advisor, he did not want to cut the Treaty of Fort Wayne gets he didn’t want to give up his land

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Andrew Jackson

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war 1812 leader, in charge during the battle of New Orleans, his strategy was to dig trenches and wait for the British to approach, American wins, and he becomes a national hero