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Texts - Key Concepts Flashcards

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Bartolomé de las Casas

A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

1552

A

Native America and Early European Settlement

  • Black Legend
  • Inter Caetera
  • Gift Diplomacy
  • Mourning War
  • Indentured Servitude
  • London Company
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John Smith

A Description of New England

1616

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Native America and Early European Settlement

  • Black Legend
  • Inter Caetera
  • Gift Diplomacy
  • Mourning War
  • Indentured Servitude
  • London Company
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John Cotton

Gods Promise to His Plantations

1630

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New England Puritanism, Jesuit Missionaries, European Merchants

  • Coureurs de Bois
  • Hudson Bay Company
  • Pilgrim Fathers
  • Mayflower Compact
  • Typology
  • Staple, Charter and Crown Colonies
  • Protestant Work Ethic (Weber Thesis)
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Maria van Cortlandt van Rensselaer

Letters to Rygart van Rensselaer

A

New England Puritanism, Jesuit Missionaries, European Merchants

  • Coureurs de Bois
  • Hudson Bay Company
  • Pilgrim Fathers
  • Mayflower Compact
  • Typology
  • Staple, Charter and Crown Colonies
  • Protestant Work Ethic (Weber Thesis)
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Cotton Mather

Magnalia Christi Americana

1702

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New England Puritanism, Jesuit Missionaries, European Merchants

  • Coureurs de Bois
  • Hudson Bay Company
  • Pilgrim Fathers
  • Mayflower Compact
  • Typology
  • Staple, Charter and Crown Colonies
  • Protestant Work Ethic (Weber Thesis)
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Lenape and Mahican

Arrival of the Dutch

1760s

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New England Puritanism, Jesuit Missionaries, European Merchants

  • Coureurs de Bois
  • Hudson Bay Company
  • Pilgrim Fathers
  • Mayflower Compact
  • Typology
  • Staple, Charter and Crown Colonies
  • Protestant Work Ethic (Weber Thesis)
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Samuel de Champlain

Voyages

1613

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New England Puritanism, Jesuit Missionaries, European Merchants

  • Coureurs de Bois
  • Hudson Bay Company
  • Pilgrim Fathers
  • Mayflower Compact
  • Typology
  • Staple, Charter and Crown Colonies
  • Protestant Work Ethic (Weber Thesis)
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Ruben Gold Thwaites (editor)

The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France (1610-1791)

1645/46

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New England Puritanism, Jesuit Missionaries, European Merchants

  • Coureurs de Bois
  • Hudson Bay Company
  • Pilgrim Fathers
  • Mayflower Compact
  • Typology
  • Staple, Charter and Crown Colonies
  • Protestant Work Ethic (Weber Thesis)
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James Grainger

The Sugar Cane

1764

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Colonial Economies and Societies

  • Mercantilism
  • Great Awakening
  • French and Indian War
  • Salutary Neglect
  • Natural Rights
  • Republican Virtue
  • Loyalists
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Thomas Paine

Common Sense

1776

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Colonial Economies and Societies

  • Mercantilism
  • Great Awakening
  • French and Indian War
  • Salutary Neglect
  • Natural Rights
  • Republican Virtue
  • Loyalists
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Great Britain - Parliament

The Quebec Act

October 7, 1774

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Colonial Economies and Societies

  • Mercantilism
  • Great Awakening
  • French and Indian War
  • Salutary Neglect
  • Natural Rights
  • Republican Virtue
  • Loyalists
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Thomas Jefferson et al

The Declaration of Independence

(signed August 2, 1776)

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Colonial Economies and Societies

  • Mercantilism
  • Great Awakening
  • French and Indian War
  • Salutary Neglect
  • Natural Rights
  • Republican Virtue
  • Loyalists
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American Government

The Northwest Ordinance

July 13, 1787

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Forging New Governments

  • Articles of Confederation
  • Northwest Ordinance
  • Philadelphia Convention
  • Federalist Papers
  • Checks and Balances
  • Bill of Rights
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American Government/ Constitutional Convention

The Constitution of the United States of America

1787 - 1789 - 1791

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Forging New Governments

  • Articles of Confederation
  • Northwest Ordinance
  • Philadelphia Convention
  • Federalist Papers
  • Checks and Balances
  • Bill of Rights
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Thomas Jefferson

Manufactures

1785

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Early Republic at War and Peace

  • Agrarian Ideal
  • Economic Liberalism
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J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur

What is an American?

1782

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Early Republic at War and Peace

  • Agrarian Ideal
  • Economic Liberalism
17
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James Monroe

The Monroe Doctrine

1823

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Jacksonian Era

  • Jacksonian Era
  • Panic of 1837
18
Q

Native America and Early European Settlement

  • Black Legend
  • Inter Caetera
  • Gift Diplomacy
  • Mourning War
  • Indentured Servitude
  • London Company
A
  • Bartolomé de las Casas
    A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
    1552
  • John Smith
    A Description of New England
    1616
19
Q

New England Puritanism, Jesuit Missionaries, European Merchants

  • Coureurs de Bois
  • Hudson Bay Company
  • Pilgrim Fathers
  • Mayflower Compact
  • Typology
  • Staple, Charter and Crown Colonies
  • Protestant Work Ethic (Weber Thesis)
A
  • John Cotton: Gods Promise to His Plantations (1630)
  • Ruben Gold Thwaites (editor): The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France (1645/46)
  • Samuel de Champlain: Voyages (1613)
  • Lenape and Mahican: Arrival of the Dutch (1760s)
  • Cotton Mather: Magnalia Christi Americana (1702)
  • Maria van Cortlandt van Rensselaer: Letters to Rygart van Rensselaer
20
Q

Colonial Economies and Societies

  • Mercantilism
  • Great Awakening
  • French and Indian War
  • Salutary Neglect
  • Natural Rights
  • Republican Virtue
  • Loyalists
A
  • James Grainger: The Sugar Cane (1764)
  • The Declaration of Independence (signed August 2, 1776)
  • The Quebec Act (October 7, 1774)
  • Thomas Paine: Common Sense (1776)
21
Q

Forging New Governments

  • Articles of Confederation
  • Northwest Ordinance
  • Philadelphia Convention
  • Federalist Papers
  • Checks and Balances
  • Bill of Rights
A
  • The Northwest Ordinance (July 13, 1787)
  • The Constitution of the United States of America (1787 - 1789 - 1791)
22
Q

Early Republic at War and Peace

  • Agrarian Ideal
  • Economic Liberalism
A
  • Thomas Jefferson: Manufactures (1785)
  • J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur: What is an American? (1782)
23
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Jacksonian Era

  • Jacksonian Era
  • Panic of 1837
A

James Monroe

The Monroe Doctrine

1823

VL: History of North American Culture (5 decks)

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