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74 Cards in this Set
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Aztec
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native american people that settled in teh valley of mexico in teh 1200s ad and lter developed a powerful empire.
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charter colony
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william penn
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he established a haven for quakers.and founded PA.
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Dutch west indies company
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duthc gov. gave them permission the colonize new netherland and expand the thriving fur trade.
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Mercantilism
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economic system in which nations seek to increse there wealth.
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Parliament
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law making body in England
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Navagation Acts
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Laws passed by the brittish to control colonial trade.
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Edmond Andros
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in charge of Dominion of New England. tood a hard line approach when dealing with colonists.
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Glorious Revelution
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overthrow of james the second. no shots were fired.
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French and Indian war
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Fought btwn. the french and english for control of land in north america. major area of concentration- ohoio river valley. war lasted 9 yrs.
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George Greenville
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financial expert- new prime minister george III
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Sugar Act
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Trade law enacted by parliament in 1764 in an attempt to reduce smuggling.
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Salutary Neglect
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an english policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its colonies in return for the colonies continured economic loyality.
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Racial prejudice
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Dislike of people b/c of there race.
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Stono Rebellion
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a 1739 uprising slaved in south carolina leading to the tightening of already harch slave laws.
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Enlightment
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an 18th century intellectual movement that emphasized the use of reason adn the scientific method as means of obtaining knowledge.
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Benjamin Franklin
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enlightment figure obrained truth through experimentation and reasoning.
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Johnathan Edwards
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a member of the clergy who sought to recieve the intensity and dedication of the original puritan vision.
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Proclamation of 1763
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an order in which Britian prohibited its amercian colonists form settling west of the applachain mountains.
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Treaty of paris 1763
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the treaty that ended the french and indian war.
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Dominion of New England
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northern colonies were consilidated from south maineto new jersey into one vast colony.
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Pontiac
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the Ottawa leader who realized that the french loss was a loss for native americans.
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William Pitt
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ran britians governement he was an energetic, self-confident politician.he said he was goin to build the largest best equipped army ever seen in N. america.
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Stamp Act Congress
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new york city. representation from 9 cities attended- issued declaration of rights and grievances which sated taht parliament lacked the pwer to impose taxes on them.
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The Liberty
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a ship- john hancock seized by british soldirs-been accused of smuggling wine into the maderra islands.
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Boston Massacre
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March 5 1770- a competition for jobs. conflict btwn. colonists adn br. soldiers in which 4 colonists were killed.
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Paul Reveere
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He made an engraving of the Boston massacre which angered many colonists.
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Committee of correspondence
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setup by teh va. and ma. to communicate with other colonies about this and other threats to american liberties.
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Boston Tea Party
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br. east india co. had a monoply ot sell tea in eng. colonies. dec. 16, 1773. dumped thousands of pounds of tea into harbor.
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Thomas Gage
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appointed new governor- held a military pos. commander chief of brittish.placed under martial law.
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Minutemen
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civilian soldiers.
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Second conten. congress meets?
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Phelidelphia.
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George Washington
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Commanding general of contenental army.
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Olive branch Petition
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an offer of peace sent by delegates form second contin. congress to king george III
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Common Sense
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short pamphlet written ananamously -auther thomas paine. argued that independence would lead to a better society.
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Hessians
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americas name for the mercanaries.
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Battle of Trenton
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Christmas night 1776, washington and his men rode across the deleware river and marched 9 miles to trenton. caught hessians off guard. victory encouraged americans to reenlist.
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Philadelphia
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capital city of america
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Von Stueben
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Prussian captain adn talented drill master. he taught troops to execute field manauvers fire and reload quicklly bayonetts.
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De Lafayette
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joined washington staff led a command in va. and lobbied for french reinforcements.
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Nathaniel Greene
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was washingtons general who was responsible for harassing charles cornwallis.
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John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin
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American delegates at paris peace conference.
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Martial Law
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temporary rule by military rather than civilian authority.
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profiteering
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the selling of goods in short supply at inflated prices.
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Patriots
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a colonist who supported american independence from britian.
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Loyalist
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a colonist who supported the british government during the american revelution.
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James Madison
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is teh father of the consitution and he made up the declaration primarily.
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Bill of Rights
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the first ten ammendments to the u.s. constitution, added in 1791 and
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writ of Habeous Corpus
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Freedom from arrest while attending a session of congress unless for a serious offense. freedom of speech while speaking on the floor of congress.
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Great Compromise
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propsosed by roger sherman-the C.C agreement to establish a two house national legaslature, with all states having equal representation in one house adn each state having representation based on its pop. in the other house.
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Seperation of Powers
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powers of the government would be divided btwn. the national gov. adn the state gov.
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Legaslative branch
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make laws.
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Judicial Branch
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hear cases.
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Executive Branch
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Carry out laws.
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Ratification
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the official approval of the constitution. or of an amendment, by the states.
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Electoral College
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Group selected by the states to elect the pres. adn teh vice pres. in which each states # of electors is equal to the # of its senators or representitives in congress.
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George Washington
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leading federalist
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Deleware
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First state to ratify the constit.
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James Madison
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Leading federalist
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Congress
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they are allowed to admit new states into the union.
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Judiciary act of 1789
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provided for a supreme court- a chief justice and 5 associate justices. 3 federal circus courts, 13 federal distnct courts.
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George Washington
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he took office in 1789- only 2 members in teh executive department.
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Thomas jefferson
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headed the department of state.
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Alexander Hamilton
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headed the department of treasury.
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Edmond Randolph
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served as the countrys first attorney general-the chief lawyer of the federal gov't.
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Federalists
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people who shared hamiltons vision f a strong central gov't.
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Whiskey Rebellion
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A rebellion by farmers in werstern PA refused to pay the tax farmers beat up federal marshalls and threatned to secede from the union .
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Nationalism
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a belief that national interest should be placed ahead of regional concerns and that foriegn policy should be guided by by national self interest.
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Embargo
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a government ban on trade with one or more other nations.
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Impressment
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the forcible seizure of men for military service.
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Alien and sedition acts
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a series of four laws enacted in 1798 to reduce teh political power of recent immigrants to the u.s.
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neutrality
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the refusal to take part in a war btwn. other nations.
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xyz affair
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a 1797 incident in which french officials demanded a bribe from U.S diplomats.
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Sectionalism
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the placing of the interests of ones own region ahead of the interests of the nation as a whole.
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