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Plymouth colony

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One of the first colonies to be founded by the English in North America

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Mayflower compact 1620

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was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony

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Headright system

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helped populate the English colonies

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FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT 1639

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earned Connecticut its nickname of The Constitution State

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MERCANTILISM

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mercantilism encouraged the many European wars of the period and fueled European imperialism

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TRIANGULAR TRADE

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The trade represented a profitable enterprise for merchants and investors

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THE GREAT AWAKENING

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played a key role in the development of democratic concepts in the period of the American Revolution

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IRON ACT 1750

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ncourage manufacturing to take place in great Britain

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INDENTURED SERVANTS

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servants weren’t slaves and had more respect and freedom

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GEORGE WASHINGTON

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For his central role in the formation of the United States, he is often referred to as the father of his country

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PROCLAMATION OF 1763

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continues to be of legal importance to First Nations in Canada

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SALUTARY NEGLECT

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Led to the American Revolutionary War

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STAMP ACT 1765

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Helped lead to the American Revolution

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STAMP ACT CONGRESS

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It showed how most people of the colonies were willing to resist against British rule

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SONS OF LIBERTY

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Organized group of Americans against the crown

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COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE

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Rallied opposition against the British and later became a formal political union among the colonies

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BOSTON MASSACRE

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Helped spark the rebellion in British colonies in America

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INTOLERABLE (COERCIVE) ACTS 1774

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Sparked outrage and resistance in 13 colonies

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SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 1775

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Adopted the U.S. Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

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NORTHWEST ORDINANCE

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was the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States out of the region south of the Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

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justified the independence of the United States by listing colonial grievances against King George III

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COMMON SENSE

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many philosophers make wide use of the concept or at least refer to it

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SHAYS REBELLION

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Most of Shays' compatriots were poor farmers angered by what they felt to be crushing debt and taxes. Failure to repay such debts often resulted in imprisonment in debtor's prisons or the claiming of property by the County.

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IMPLIED POWERS(ELASTIC CLAUSE)

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"Implied powers" are those powers authorized by a legal document which, while not stated, are deemed to be implied by powers expressly stated

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GREAT COMPROMISE

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defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution

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Stamp Act

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tax imposed by the British Parliament on the colonies of British America on most printed goods

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Decloratory Act

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Act of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1766, during America's colonial period, one of a series of resolutions passed attempting to regulate the behavior of the colonies. It stated that Parliament had the right to make laws for the colonies in all matters.
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Quartering Act

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used by the British forces in the American colonies to ensure that British troops had adequate housing and provisions

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Townshend Act

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was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay for governors and judges who would be independent of colonial control, to create a more effective means of enforcing compliance with trade regulations

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Boston Massacre

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was an incident that led to the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops on March 5, 1770, the legal aftermath of which helped spark the rebellion in some of the British colonies in America

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Tea Act

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An act to allow a drawback of the duties of customs on the exportation of tea to any of his Majesty's colonies or plantations in America; to increase the deposit on bohea tea to be sold at the East India Company's sales

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Boston Tea Party

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direct action protest by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government by throwing the british tea into the boston harbor

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coercive acts

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or the intolerable acts, names used to describe a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North America

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mutiny act

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act passed yearly by Parliament for governing the British Army. It was originally passed in 1689 in response to the mutiny of a large portion of the army which stayed loyal to the Stuarts upon William III taking the crown of England

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samuel adams

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was a statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution