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39 Cards in this Set
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1. PLYMOUTH COLONY
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o Who: An English venture in 1620
o What: Fleeing religious persecution o Where: North America in what is modern day Massechusettes o Significance: Its the point in history when America had the first Thanksgiving |
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2. MAYFLOWER COMPACT 1620 who what where significants
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o Who: The first governing compact of the Plymouth colony
o What: To help the colonists establish a government o Where: In Massachusettes o Significance: It was the first established bill in Plymouth |
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3. HEADRIGHT SYSTEM
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o Who: A legal grand of land for settlers
o What: To distrubute land fairly to settlers o Where: In North America in Plymouth o Significance: This was the first way to distribute land |
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4. FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT 1639
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o Who: Fundimental orders established in 1638
o What: To have a constitution o Where: In Connecticut colony of North America o Significance: It was one of the first established constitutions in the new colony |
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5. MERCANTILISM
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o Who: A theory that states global trade in unchangeable
o What: to advance trade in the new world (finding gold) o Where: A modern thought in Europe from the16th to the 18th centery o Significance: The colonies of North America depended on Mercantilism |
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6. TRIANGULAR TRADE
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o Who: Trade among three part regions (Africa, North America, and Europe)To
o What: To trade natural recources back and forth, and to transport slaves o Where: In Europe, Africa, and North America o Significance: This brought over the animals that are part of this country today |
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7. THE GREAT AWAKENING
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o Who: A bunch of revivals of Anglo Christian religion in the 1730s
o What: To bring back Anglo Christianaty o Where: In North America o Significance: Inspired by the Protestant reformation in the 1500s, this religious reawakening brought back a branch of christianaty |
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8. IRON ACT 1750
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o Who: One of the first legestlative acts by british parelament on iron
o What: To restrict manufacturing activities in the colonies o Where: In North America and Great Britain o Significance: One of the causes of the American Revolution |
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9. INDENTURED SERVANTS
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o Who: Servants paying off the debt by working under a plantation owner.
o What:To live and pay off their debt in the new world o Where: In North America (and other random countries) o Significance: To show that America at first didn't have a bunch of slaves until labor was needed |
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10. GEORGE WASHINGTON
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o Who: The commander of the continental army in the American Revolution and the first elected president of the United States
o What: He was apointed commander and chief of America o Where: In North America o Significance: He marks our history as our first elected president that had alot of battle expiriance |
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11. PROCLAMATION OF 1763
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o Who: King George the third took over French territory in north America making this proclamation after the French and Indian war
o What: To establish more land in North America for Britain o Where: In North America o Significance: The first legal nations were established |
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12. SALUTARY NEGLECT
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o Who: a strict inforcement of avoiding parlamental issues
o What: to avoid parlamentary laws o Where: In north america enforced on the colonies o Significance: The polocy lasted from 1607 to 1763 |
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13. STAMP ACT 1765
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o Who:o Who: A tax imposed on british parlament to tax everything on paper
o What: to gain more money and control from the colonies o Where: In north Americ o Significance: o What: o Where: o Significance: |
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14. STAMP ACI' CONGRESS
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o Who: A tax imposed on british parlament to tax everything on paper
o What: to gain more money and control from the colonies o Where: In north Americ o Significance: |
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15. SONS OF LIBERTY
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o Who: a secret organization of the American patriots
o What: To attack the aparatus of the Loyalists o Where: In North America o Significance: This was one of the branches of rebellion against the British in the revolution |
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16. COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE
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o Who: commities organized by the thirteen colonies
o What: To have communication outside the colony o Where: In the the thirteen countries of North America o Significance: They were one of the commities that took place in the rebellion of the stamp act |
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17. BOSTON MASSACRE
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o Who: An incedent in boston that led to the deaths of many people by british troups
o What: British troups presence created brawls and eventually got out of hand o Where: In Boston of North America o Significance: The lays in history the first true fight against the Britsish |
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18. INTOLERABLE (COERCIVE) ACTS 1774
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o Who: also known as the coersive acts, used to describe the acts passed by the british
o What: These acts of taxing and not permiting alowed the British to keep control of the colonies o Where: In north america by the Britis o Significance: This marked the starts of the rebellions against the British |
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19. SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 1775
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o Who: When delicates of the thirteen colonies met on May 10 1775
o What: this congress managed the colonial effort in the american revolution o Where: In North america o Significance: Succeeding the first continental congress to reunite powers |
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20. NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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o Who: an act from the congress of confederation of the United States
o What:The creation of the northwest territory o Where: In the Northwest terretory of North america o Significance: Creating the northwest territory was important for uniting America |
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21. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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o Who: An assertion for aspiring the states of America from the british
o What: Declared in July 4th 1776 o Where: In the what was then the United states of America o Significance: This is the true founding of our country |
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22. COMMON SENSE
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o Who: Written by thomas Paine
o What: a pamphlet o Where: During the American rev. o Significance: presented the American colonest with a powerful arguement for independance |
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23. SHAYS REBELLION
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o Who: Shay gathered a bunch of rebells because he was getting payed close to nothing
o What: For the sole purpouse and reason to make the court alow fair pay o Where: In North america o Significance: Helped mark certain laws in the constitution |
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24. IMPLIED POWERS(ELASTIC CLAUSE)
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o Who: Congress
o What: article one the United states cont. o Where: United states o Significance: Congress determens the fate of felons |
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25. GREAT COMPROMISE
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o Who: Large and small states
o What: Defining the legislature structure and representation that each state whould have under the US o Where: Oguku Cibvebtuib1787 o Significance: Proposed a bicameral legislature, resulting in the current United states Senate and House of Rep, |
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Stamp Act
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Who: a tax imposed by British parliament
What: required things on paper to have a stamp tax When: In 1765 Where: In North American colonies Significance: This helped the rebellion against the British start |
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Declaratory Act
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Who: An act by the British to help regulate colonies
What: To help regulate colonies When: 1719 Where: North America Significance: Influenced the rebellion |
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Quartering Act
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Who: An act when British brought troops to the colonies
What: To ensure that their control was on the colonies When: 1765 Where: Boston north america Significance: Made more influence to the revolution |
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Townshend Act
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Who: a series of acts passed by Britain
What: To raise revenue in the colonies When: 1768 Where: North american colonies Significance: More influence on the revolution |
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Boston Massacre
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Who: An incident that led to the death of many British and American
What: Because the colonists started rebelling When: 1770 Where: Started the revolution Significance: |
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Boston Tea Party
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Who: An act by the colonists jumping onto British ships and pouring off the tea
What: To show their rebellion against the British Where: Boston Massachusettes When: 1773 Significance: To show their rebellion |
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Coercive Acts
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Who: also known as the intolerable acts performed by the British
What: To take control of the colonies Where: North America When: 1770s Significance: continued the revolution |
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Mutiny Act
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Who: Act passed by the British army for mutiny in the colonies
What: To keep control of the colonies Where: North America When: 1689 Significance: made influence for the rev. |
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Samuel Adams
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Who: a statesman and a political officer in the colonies
What: He was a leader of the american revolution Where: North America When: 1770s Significance: made the circular letter calling for British cooperation |
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Crispus Attucks:
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who Crispus Attucks (c. 1723 – March 5, 1770) was one of five people killed in the Boston Massacre in Boston, Massachusetts. He has been frequently named as the first martyr of the American Revolution and is the only Boston Massacre victim whose name is commonly remembered. He is regarded as an important and inspirational figure in American history.
What:African American and Native American ancestry Where: Boston Mass. Signifigance: Mark of one of the fighters in the Boston Mass. |
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John Adams:
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who was an American politician and the second President of the United States (1797–1801), after being the first Vice President (1789–1797) for two terms. He is regarded as one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States.
What: Adams came to prominence in the early stages of the American Revolution. Where: North america Signifigance: Was one of the founding fathers of the United states |
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Carolina Regulators:
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who:The War of the Regulation (or the Regulator Movement) was a North Carolina uprising, lasting from approximately 1764 to 1771
What: The primary aim of the Regulators was to form an honest government and reduce taxation Where: North America Signifigance: Mark in history of the Revolution |
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Battle of the Alamance:
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who:The Battle of Alamance ended the so-called War of the Regulation, a rebellion in colonial North Carolina
What: n the spring of 1771, Governor William Tryon left his lavish palace in New Bern, marching militia troops west to quell a rebellion that had been brewing in western counties for many years Where: North America Signifigance: mark in history of the revolution |
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FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, 1774:
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who: The First Continental Congress, which met briefly in Philadelphia in 1774, consisted of 56 delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies
What: the delegates organized an economic boycott of Great Britain Where: North America Signifigance: Mark in history |
