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68 Cards in this Set
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A warrier people who dominated the valley of mexico
land held great things |
Aztecs
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Long struggle during which spanish christians reconquered the iberian peninsula from muslim occupiers
assisted in tearing europe apart |
Reconquista
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Martin Luther's Challenge to the catholic church
called for return of what he understood to be purer practices and beliefs of early church beginning of protestants |
Reformation
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All european supporters of religious reform under charles Vs holy roman empire
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protestants
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the belief that God decided at the moment of creation which humans would achieve salvation
split people |
predestination
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Treaty negotiated between spain and portugal to resolve territorial claims
limited portugal's new world empire to brazil |
Treaty of Todesillas
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individuals who contracted to serve a master for a period of 4 to 7 years in return for payment of the servant's passage to america
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indentured servant
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business enterprise in which a group of stockholders pooled their money to engage in trade or to fund colonizing expeditions
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joint-stock company
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instituted by virginia colony, this system gave 50 acres to anyone who paid his own way into virginia and an additional 50 for anyone he brought along with him.
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headright system
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legislature of colonial virginia, first institution of representative government in the english colonies
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house of burgesses
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a colony created when the english monarch granted a huge tract of land to an individual or group who became "lords proprietor"
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Proprietary Colony
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first law in america to call freedom of worship for all christians
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act for religious toleration
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of or belonging to the church of england, a protestant denomination
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Anglican
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members of an off shoot branch of Puritanism, believed that church of england was too corrupt to be reformed and were convince they must "seperate" to save their souls
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Separatists
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settlers of Plymouth Colony who viewed themselves as spiritual wanderers
signed treaty of alliance with Wampanoags |
Pilgrims
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conflict between english settlers and Pequot indians over control of land and trade in eastern connecticut
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pequot war
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a series of laws passed mainly in the southern colonies in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries to define to status of slaves and condify the denial of basic civil rights to them
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Slave Codes
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Complex plan for organizing colony of carolina.
ensured stability |
Fundamental Contributions of Carolina
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members of society of friends, radical religious group that arose in the midseventeenth century. rejected formal theology focusing instead on holy spirit that dwelt within them
abandoned church of england |
Quakers
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William Penn's constitution for pennsylvania whcih included provision allowing for religious freedom
forced many native people to move west |
Frame of Government
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economic system whereby the government intervenes in the economy for the purpose of increasing national wealth
goal was to achieve balance of trade |
Mercantilism
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items produced in the colonies and enumerated in acts of Parliament that could legally be shipped from the colony of origin only to specified locations
england's commercial goals were largely achieved |
Enumerated products
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plan adopted by New England clergy to deal with problem of declining church membership allowing children of baptized parentsto be baptized whether or not their parents had experienced conversion
lessoned strictness |
Halfway Covenant
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Tremendous religious revival in colonial America striking first in the Middle Colonies and New England and then spreading to the southern colonies
drew colonies closer to england |
Great Awakening
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People who experienced conversion during revivals of great awakening
split churches |
New Lights
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James II's failed plan to combine 8 northern colonies into a single large province, to be governed by a royal appointee with no elective assembly
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Dominion of New England
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Bloodless revolt that occured in england when parliamentary leaders invited william of orange, a protestant, to assume the english throne
religious toleration extended to all protestants |
Glorious Revolution
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the notion that parliamentary members represented the interests of the nation as a whole, not those of the particular district that elected them
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Virtual Representation
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the practice whereby elected representatives normally reside in their districts and are directly responisve to local interests
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Actual representation
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The first anglo-french conflict in north ammerica, the american phase of europes war of the league of Augsburg
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King William's war
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American phase of europe's war of the spanish succession
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Queen Anne's War
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Strain of thought (focusing on the threat to personal liberty andthe tacation of property holders) first appearing in England in the late seventeenth century in response to the growth of governmental power and a national debt
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Country (Real Whig) Ideology
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Seperate peace treaties negotiated by Iroquois diplomats at Montreal and Albany that marked the beginning of Iroquois neutrality in conflicts between french and the british in north america
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Grand Settlement of 1701
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the third anglo-french war in north america part of the european conflict known as the war of the australian succession
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King George's War
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Negotiation whereby iroquois indian chiefs sold virginia land speculators the right to trade the forks of the Ohio
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Treaty of Lancaster
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plan put forward calling for an intercolonial union to manage defense and indian affairs. rejected by albany congress
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Albany plan of Union
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The last of the Anglo-French colonial wars and the first in which fighting began in north america. the war ended with france's defeat
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The French and Indian War
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the formal end to british hostilities against france and spain
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Treaty of Paris
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royal proclamation setting the boundary known as the proclamation line
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proclamation of 1763
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boundary decreed as part of the proclamation of 1763 that limited british settlements to the eastern side of appalachian mountains
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Proclamation Line
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acts of parliment requiring colonial legislatures to provide supplies and quarters for troops stationed in america
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quartering acts
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conflict on the southern frontier between cherokee indians and colonists from virginia southward
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Cherokee War
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indian uprising led by Pontiac of the Ottawas and Neolin of the Delawares
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Pontiac's Rebellion
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series of developments that began when the VA legislature modified salaries of anglican clergymen who complained to the crown and sued to recover damages.
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Parson's Cause
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law passed by parliament to prevent the coloniesfrom issuing legal tender rather than paper money
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Currency Act
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law passed to raise revenue in the american colonies. lowered the duty from 6 pence to 3 pence per gallon of foreign molasses imported into the colonies and increased restrictions on colonial commerce
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Sugar Act
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law passed by parliament to raise revenue in america by requiring taxed stamped paper for legal documents, publications, and playing cards
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stamp actu
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principles procedures and precedants that governed the operation of the british government
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British Constitution
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Documents issued by court of law that gave british officials in america the power to search for smuggled goods wherever they wished
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Writs of assistance
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a tactical means of putting economic pressure on britain by refusing to buy its exports to the colonies
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Nonimportation movemant
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secret organizations in the colonies formed to oppose Stamp Act
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Sons of Liberty
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meeting of delegates sent by the nine colonies that adopted the declaation of rights and grievances nd petitioned against the stamp act
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Stamp Act Congress
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asserts that the stamp act and other taxes imposed on the colonists without their consent were uncontitutional
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Declaration of Rights and Grievances
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law passed to accompany repeal of Stamp Act that stated Parliament had the authority to legislate for the colonies "in all cases however"
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Declaratory Act
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vigilant groups in western parts of north/south carolina. s carolina regulators attempted to rid area of outlaws, n carolina regulators were more concerned with high taxes and court costs
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Regulators
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act of parliament imposing duties on colonial tea, lead, paint , paper and glass
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Townshend Duty Act
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British troops fired on civilians in boston after months of increasing friction between troops and townspeople
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Boston Massacre
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committees formed in colonies to keep americans informed about british measures that would affect them
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Committees of Corespondance
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act of parliamet that permitted east india company to sell through agents in america without paying duty custamarily collected in britain thus reducing the retail price
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Tea Act of 1773
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incident where bostonians disguised as indians destroyed tea belonging to british east india company to prevent payment of the duty on it
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Boston Tea Party
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legislation passed by parliament
boston port act Mass Govt act administration of justic act quartering act |
Coercive Acts
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law passed by parliament that provided an appointed govt for canada, enlarged boundaries of quebec, confirmed privileges of catholic church
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Quebec Act
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american term for coercive acts and quebec act
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Intolerable Acts
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meeting of delegates from most colonies in response to coercive acts.
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First Continental Congress
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militant resolves adopted in response to coercive acts by representatives in suffolk county, mass, including boston
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Suffolk Resolves
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Agreement adopted by first continental congress in response to coercive acts to cut off trade with britain until objectionable measures were repealed
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Continental Association
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name used by advocates of colonial resistance to british measures
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Whigs
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A derisive term applied to loyalists in america who supported the king and parliament just before and during american revolution
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Tories
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