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1
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What is colonization

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action of settling among and control over native american people of an arena

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What was the first colony and first settlement

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Colony Virgina

Settlement jamestown
1607

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3
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what is the mayflower compact

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short document that outlined the pilgrims’ right to govern themselves and to create a civilized society for the greater good of the colony.

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what was significant of that document

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hope to preserve freedom in new colony

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5
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colonies

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northeastern: family unit fishing port

midd make money came alone part industrial part agriculture

south bring family grew rice tobacco

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6
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navigation act

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merchants could only ship goods on colonial vessels

europeans things had to be taxed in england before going to the colonies

certain products could only go to england

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what is salutary neglect

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they ignored mac act to make colonies more independent and to grow

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8
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what is salutary neglect

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they ignored mac act to make colonies more independent and to grow

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9
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who controlled what happened to the colonies

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over assigned by a king

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10
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proclamation act

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prohibits selement in the west

wanted more land

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11
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stamp act

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direct tax on most paper products

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declaratory act

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trying to make laws for the colonnies

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13
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townsend duties

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taxed in paint , lead ,tea, glass

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14
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tea act

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brit’s gave east india co to sell tea to colonie without paying taxes
started boston tea party

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coercive act

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response to boston tea party
port of boston closed solderies house in colonies

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16
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quebec act

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tried to gain support of french canadas and wanted to appease first nations

17
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three natural rights

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Liberty, pruist of happiness and right to life

18
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Paul revere

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he was apart of sons of liberty
samuel john hancock was hiding in lexington

ride to lexington to warn the revolutionary leaders

19
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why do colonnies want to break away

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because they did not have any freedom in there lives

20
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British military policy

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Infective use of troops in sufficient numbers

lacked training not all were british

21
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American naval

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hard for brithish to find and sink
had support from the french

22
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british problems in europe

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british blockade interfered with shipping

drain british recourse

23
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British problems at home

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much protested the war
many british politicians and officers were excited about the new of us winning

24
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Brits recognized american independence

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with the treaty of paris in 1783

25
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us problems

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national debt
difficulty colectting taxes

26
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bill rights

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singed in 1791 this procted individual liberties

27
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american constitution

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1787

28
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lewis and clark

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went from Mississippi through great plans to rockies and pacific ocean and back

main goal gather sci info and make maps

significant to american was potential settlement in the interior of continent

29
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war of 1812

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gb did not think to much about us independence

cause was the siezing of us ships and inpiresmint of us sailors

30
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treaty of ghent

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to vacate all forts in nw and gather a sense of national pride

31
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Manifest destiny

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was a long held belief that americas had a god given right to occupy the entire north american continent it was their destiny to control the territory for coast to coast

32
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original 13 colonies

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when 1776 from gb, us declared independence from gb

33
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western lands

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1803 from gb results of treaty of paris

34
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Louisiana purchase

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1803 france napoleon need money for wars
jefferson bought for 15 million

35
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Louisiana purchase

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1803 france napoleon need money for wars
jefferson bought for 15 million

36
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Florida

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1819 spain andrew jackson invaded spain sold it to us 5 million

37
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Texas

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1845 republic of texas texas independence from mexico in 1836

38
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oregon territory

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1846 great britain claimed by gb,russian,spain and us

Us demanded 54,40
but gb gave them 50,40

39
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mexican cession

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1848 mexico tried to buy from mexico they refused
war
us wins
us offers 15million

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