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18 Cards in this Set
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Virginia's economy
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Tobacco
Indentured Servants |
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Calverts
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First religious tolerance group
Encouraged Protestant immigration Wealthy English family |
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English colony crops
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Indigo dye (Florida)
Rice Cotton Sugar cane Tobacco |
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King Phillips war
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Most prolonged & deadly war with whites and Indians
Armed conflict between Native Americans and English colonist and their Native American allies in 1675-78 In New England colonies |
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American political system
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Clearly defined by the Constitution of 1789 and the Declaration of Independence of 1776 which form the foundations of the US federal government.
The Declaration of Independence establishes the United States as an independent political entity, while The Constitution creates the basic structure of the federal gov. |
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The enlightenment
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A cultural movement of intellectuals beginning in the late 17th and 18th century Europe emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition.
It's purpose was to reform society using reason challenging ideas grounded in tradition |
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Slave culture
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Own language
On religion Kinship |
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Colonial exports
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The South had: The north had:
whale oil Factories tobacco. Inventions rice. indigo and rum |
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French and Indian war
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Was the North American conflict that was a part of the larger imperial conflict between Great Britain and France known as the seven years war
It began in 1754 and ended with the tree of Paris in 1763 The war provided a Great Britain Enormous territorial gain in North America but disputes over subsequence fronttier policy and paying towards war expenses led to colonial discontent and ultimately to the American Revolution |
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Stamp act Congress of 1765
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Colonial leaders thought the colony should work together to change parliaments text laws on the colony. In 1765 a stamp act Congress met in New York City
The Congress decided to ask people in all the colonies refused to buy stamps good who suggested a boycott of stamped goods when Parliament heard about the stamp act Congress to boycott in how angry the colonies words it repealed or ended the Stamp Act |
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Coercive Acts
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Intolerable
Upset by the Boston tea party and other late two packs of destruction of British property by American colonies the British Parliament enacts the coercive acts to outrage American patriots in 1774 the coercive acts were a series of 4 acts established by the British government |
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Federalist papers
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A series of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton James Madison and John J promoting the ratification of United States Constitution
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Boston massacre
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Hey street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770 between a patriot going to sell both stones and steak and a squad of British soldiers several colonists were killed in this led to a campaign speech writers to rouse the ire of citizenry
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"common sense"
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A pamphlet written by Thomas pain in 1775 to 1770 stay that inspire people in the 13 colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776
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Declaration of Independence
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A statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776 which announced that 13 colonies
(at that time at war with Great Britain) regarded themselves as independent states and no longer a part of the British Empire |
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Articles of Confederation
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November 1777
It confirmed the system was indeed weak |
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Battle of Saratoga
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Fought 18 days apart in the fall of 1777
The two battles were a turning point in the American revolution Sept.19the British generals achieved a small but costly victory over american forces led by Horatio Gates and Bededict Arnold |
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Shays rebellion
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Armed riot
Took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786-87 |
