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35 Cards in this Set
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1700 map of us
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spain: mexico, florida, 1/2 texas, parts of az/ca/nm; france: middle of us (canada and through each side of mississippi) and has haiti, england is the 13 colonies
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miles standish
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indian fighter and negotiator (came on mayflower)
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magna carta
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1215, set precedent for balance of power
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english bill of rights
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listed out basic rights of man
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georgia
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oglethorpe: no debtors prisons
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bible commonwealth
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massachusetts bay colony (laws were based on the bible), society revolved around the bible
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lord de la warr
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headed a relief party for sick and starving colonists, ordered colonists back to jamestown and imposed strict military regime (on colonists and indians)
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american slavery as it is
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very popular pamphlet written by weld, helped inspire uncle toms cabin
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dominion of new england
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designed to more effectively enforce navigation acts, actually increased american smuggling
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charles ii
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when came back in power in 166, wanted to impose harsher colonial law enforcement
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glorious revolution
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overthrow of james ii, replaced by william iii
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toleration act 1649
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all christian religions will be tolerated
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view of calvinists
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jesus died for the elect
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center of education during colonial times
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new england (kids needed to read the bible)
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most predominant form of art during colonial times
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portraits
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architecture during colonial times
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georgian, also spanish/english/french influence
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king philips war
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metacom attacked frontier of new england (trying to untilize intertribal unity) to save nat am territory
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pontiacs rebellion
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several nat am tribes allied w/ french in an effort to get british out of ohio valley
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new england confederacy
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ne colonies met to protect new england from nat ams
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bacons rebellion
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bacon led rebellion w/ other poor farmers against governor berkeley (disliked the fact that they didn't get enough protection from indians)
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paxton boys
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protested quaker oligarchy's lenient policies toward nav ams
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where florida goes to after french and indian war
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spanish
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land acquired by u.s. from frenchandindian war
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more east (to mississippi), throughout canada
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sugar act
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increased duty on sugar from west indies
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stamp act
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tax on paper
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gaspee affair
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colonists burn a ship washed ashore of rhode island, they are tried back in britain
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coercive acts/intolerable acts
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took away chartered rights from massachusetts
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what events lead to continental congress
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quebec/coercive/intolerable acts (although quebec act wasn't really that bad)
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fugitive slave clause
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eliminates slave trade 20 years after const. is implemented
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federalist papers
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pamphlets written to encourage ny to ratify const.
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talmadge ammendment
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would free the offspring of slaves in missourri, shot down
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creole affair
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britain took slaves captive in west indies, wouldn't give them back (solved w/ webster ashburton treaty)
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webster ashburton treaty
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set border w/ maine
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overt cause of mexican war
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nuueces and rio grande cuases
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covert causes of mexican war
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polk wants ca (and to expand b/c of manifest destiny)
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