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87 Cards in this Set
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John Peter Zenger |
Printer who accused Cosby administration for violations of peoples rights. |
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The Beaux Stratagem |
A comedy about two men who fall on hard times |
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Mary Burton |
Slave arrested for stealing goods, and wanting to burn down the city |
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Peggy Kerry |
Irish prostitute, knew about new york arson |
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Daniel Horsmanden |
Justice of New York Conspiracy Trial |
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Gov. William Cosby |
British Royal Governor Of New York |
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John and Sarah Hughson |
couple executed for slave conspiracy in New York |
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James Alexander |
Attorney General in New York |
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Peter Stuyvesant |
Governor Of New Amsterdam |
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James, Duke Of York |
Son Of James the II, abolishes local legislature |
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William Penn |
Quaker, and founder of pennsylvania |
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Society Of Friends |
Group Of Religious Quaker Friends |
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"Walking Purchase" |
Purchase Penn family made with Delaware Indians |
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Delawares/Lenni Lenape |
Indians native to east Pennsylvania |
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Proprietary Colony |
Property ran by certain investors |
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Bishop Of Durham Clause |
Let Carolina proprietors do whatever |
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Calvert Family |
Lord Baltimore Family |
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Dayves-Pate Revolt |
Rebelled in Baltimore, caught and hung. |
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Earl of Shaftesbury |
Purtian / Hereditary Title |
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Fundamental Constitutions Of Carolina |
Puts 8 Proprietors in charge of Carolina |
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Culpepers Rebellion |
John Culpeper/rebelled against 8 Carolina proprietors |
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Seth Sothel |
Governor of Carolina. Booted Durant From Gov. Council |
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Edward Teach |
Blackbeard |
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Tuscarora war |
Indians launched war against S. Carolina Frontier |
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Yamasee War |
Launch large war on S. Carolina frontier recruits / creeks and catawas |
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Stono Rebellion |
Slave Rebellion in S. Carolina |
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Lord John Berkeley |
Brother of Virginia Governor |
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Gen. James Oglethorpe |
MP, put in Charge Of Georgia |
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Mercantilism |
Gold, Favorable, Trade Balance, Materials and markets, economic self-sufficiency, economic regulation |
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Navigation Acts |
Shipping monopoly, enumerated commodities, custom duties, bounties: indigo lumber pitch, tar |
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Fiat Currency |
Prints a lot of bank notes |
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Land Bank Currency |
Bank Notes |
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Middle Passage |
Trip to the America for slaves 4,000 miles |
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Creoles: |
Black Slaves born in Colonial America |
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Mixed Constitution |
Combination of more than one form of government |
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John Robinson Scandal |
took 100,000 pound from Virginia |
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Royal Disallowance |
King has Ultimate Power over colonies |
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Board Of Trade |
oversaw law of colonies |
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Benign neglect |
Colonies Ungoverned = prospered = britain wanted cut = stamp act
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Dona Teresa de aguilera y Roche |
Husband was governor of New Mexico; arrested and jailed |
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Inquisition |
Holy Office of Spanish Catholic Church / persecution. |
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Bastardy |
Non-Legitimate child |
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Trepanning |
Hole drilled in skull Surgical Procedure |
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Scots Irish |
many emigrated to the US after King Charles took over attempted to be forced as presbyterians |
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Jacobites |
Followers of Prince James II / Wanted him on throne |
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Edict Of Nantes |
Granted French Calvinist Rights |
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Huguenot |
French protestant |
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conestoga wagon |
Heavy covered wagon |
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German barn |
banked barn |
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Great Awakening: |
Increased religious enthusiasm |
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George Whitefield |
Found of Methodism / English preacher |
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Johnathan Edwards |
First president of Princeton / Preacher |
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South Sea Bubble |
Joint Stock Company 1711 |
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Asiento |
Permission from Spain to sell slaves |
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Robert Walpole |
first Prime Minister Of Great Britain |
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War Of Jenkin's Ear |
Robert Jenkins ear severed by Spanish |
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Black Laws |
Laws to minimize slave uprising |
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Petit Treason |
Offence under common law / betrayal or murder of superior by subordinate |
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Old Briton |
Chief who fought against the French. |
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Charles De Langlade |
War Chief / who helped protect french |
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Pontiac |
War Captain / Attempted to take Fort detroit |
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George Washington
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Tried to take on french and indians / killed a group. Young Colonel |
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Coulon de Jumonville |
Killed by George Washingtons men |
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Ft. Necessity |
Fort created by washingtons men, was attacked by the french and they lost. British general killed |
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Edward Braddock |
General Killed during fort necessity |
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Louis-Joseph de Montcalm |
French Commander in North America |
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Seven Years War |
1754-1756 Great Britain, Prussia, Portugal, Hanover, Brunswick, Iroquois, vs France, Austira, Saxony, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Mughal Empire |
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William Pitt |
Known for leading Britain in Wars / Amazing Prime Minister that was removed w/ new king |
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Great War For Empire |
France and Britain claimed Ohio County. |
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Deficit Spending |
Spending more money than have |
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Fort Of Louisbourg |
Important French Fort, which is now in canada
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King George III |
Born in Britain / Long Monarch / Lost in American War Of Independence |
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Peace Of Paris 1763 |
Ended 7 years war
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Proclamation line of 1763 |
Line that British couldn't pas |
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Fort Detroit |
Pontiacs men tried to capture this fort |
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ft michilimackinac |
French Colonial fort / murdered by fake lacrosse game
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Pontiacs War |
Indian rebellion vs french |
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Sir Jeffrey Amherst |
Officer in British Army/ |
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Sir William Johnson |
Superintendent Of Indian Affairs |
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George Croghan |
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Neolin |
Delaware Prophet |
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Capt. Simeon Ecuyer |
Uses Small pox vs indians |
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Colonel Henry Bouquet |
Commander Battle of Bushy Run |
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Battle Of Bushy Run |
ambushed = highlander vs large indian war party |
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Rebecca Kellogg Ashley |
Iroquois Indian Translator |
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Marie-Angelique Cuillerier |
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Paxton Riots |
Settlers from Paxton killed 20 indians |