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Unit 2: Foundations Of US Government Flashcards

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Trade route between the New World, Africa, and the West Indies.

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Triangular Trade

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The English philosopher who developed the social contract theory.

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John Locke

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The brutal passage taken by the slaves from Africa to the New World.

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Middle Passage

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The first permanent English settlement.

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Jamestown

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People who agree to work for 5-7 years I. Exchange for their voyage to the New World.

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Indentured Servants

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The first representative, legislative body in the colonies.

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VA House of Burgesses

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Settled in Plymouth and wrote the Mayflower Compact.

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Pilgrims

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This document was the first example of self government in the colonies.

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Mayflower Compact

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This colony had religious intolerance

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

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John Winthrop said that the Massachusetts Bay Colony would be like “___________” for all to look up to

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City upon a hill

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This document limited the King’s power in 1215

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Manga Carta

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Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware

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New England Colonies

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Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland

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Southern Colonies

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Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island.

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Middle Colonies

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This colony was settled because colonists were looking for good or a profit.

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Jamestown.

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This colony was a haven for Catholics who had been persecuted in other colonies and fled here

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Maryland

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This colony was founded as a debtors’ colony

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Georgia

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This established freedom of press in the colonies

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Zinger Trial

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The first written Constitution in the colonies

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (FOOC)

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This document established freedom of religion in it’s colony

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Maryland Toleration Act

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This form of democracy was found mostly in New England and allows citizens to vote in each matter

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Direct democracy

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England’s first attempt to settle in the New World

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Roanoke

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This document gave additional rights to England’s citizens

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English Bill of Rights

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This colony was settled by Quakers who believed that all people have an “inner light”

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Pennsylvania

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What was the purpose of the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay settlements?

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Religious freedom

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The colonies existed to benefit England economically

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Mercantilism

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A period of religious revival and growth for many denominations

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Great Awakening

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The non-enforcement of trade laws in the colonies

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Salutary neglect

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Who sided with the British during the French and Indian war?

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Colonists

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Who sided with the French during the friend and Indian war?

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Indians

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A dispute over _____ led to the French and Indian war.

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Land

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What Native American group helped the British in the French and Indian war?

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Iroquois

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This marked the end if the French and Indian war.

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Treaty of Paris 1763

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Who won the French and Indian war?

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England/Britain

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This ended due to British debt from the French and Indian war

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Salutary neglect

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What began to be enforced at the end of the French and Indian war

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Navigation laws

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In which legislator where the colonists being taxed without representation

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Parliament

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The king issued this to keep colonists from settling on land west of the Appalachian Mountains

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Proclamation Line of 1763

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This imposed a tax on sugar

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Sugar Act

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This act required colonists to house British troops

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Quartering act

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Which legislative bodies did colonists believe had legitimate power to tax them

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Colonial Assemblies/Legislatures

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This act placed a tax on legal documents

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Stamp Act

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This act said Congress shall have the power to make laws that apply to colonists in “all cases whatsoever”

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Declaratory Act

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These acts placed duties on glass, tea, lead, and paper

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Townshend Acts

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Colonists threatened British soldiers, British soldiers open fire resulting in the death of five colonists

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Boston Massacre

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This act drove American tea merchants out of business

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Tea Act

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These people remained faithful to the king during the Revolution

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Loyalists

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This was a result of the Tea Act. A group of colonists dresses as Indians threw tea in the harbor

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Boston Tea Party

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These were a result of the Boston Tea Party

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Intolerable Acts

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The first battle of the American Revolutionary War

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Lexington & Concord

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Those who rebelled against the King of England and fought for independence

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Patriots

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Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine

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Common Sense

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Pamphlet mentioned in #51 (Common Sense) encouraged this

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Independence

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This person was the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

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Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness

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Unalienable rights

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Jefferson used who’s natural rights as foundations for the Declaration of Independence

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John Locke

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The turning point of the American Revolution

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Saratoga

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This country joined the colonists after the turning point

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France

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This was the last battle if the American Revolution

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Yorktown

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This treaty ended the American Revolution

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Treaty of Paris 1783

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Te first national government of the US-created in 1776

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Articles of Confederation

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The articles outlines a weak _________ government

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National

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The articles outlines a strong _______ government

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State

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Passed by Congress under the Articles. Established townships from western land and set aside part of that land for the establishment of schools

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Land Ordinance 1785

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Passed by Congress under the Articles. Established steps for statehood for and around Ohio river

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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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This event was by angry farmers exposed the weaknesses of the Articles

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Shay’s Rebellion

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