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20 Cards in this Set
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Christopher Columbus
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-Italian Explorer
-Sailed in 1492 -Discovered the Americas for Spain |
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Coronado
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-Searched for the 7 cities of gold
-led and expedition from Mexico to Arizona |
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"Sea Dogs"
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-Englishmen who defeated the Spanish Armada
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Primogeniture
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-English law that stated only the oldest son of a set of parents could inherit an estate of land
-Forced younger sons to find fortune in the New World |
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Roger Williams
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-Banished fro the Mass. Bay colony for challanging Puritain Ideas
-Founded Rhode Island as a colony of religious toleration |
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Maryland Act of Toleration
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Legal document that allowed all Christian religions in Maryland
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Dominion of New England
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-King enforced mercantile laws
-Was created for more efficient administration of English navigation Laws/defence system |
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Molasses Act
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-British Law that forced a tax on molassas imported into the colonies
-Created to change the trade pattern |
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John Peter Zenger
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-Created a newspaper that protested the royal government
-Put on trial for act of treason (ruled innocent) |
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Mercantilism
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Building a nations wealth by exporting more goods than it imports
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Declaratory Act
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-Result of Parliment repealing the stamp act
-stated Parliment had the right to bind the colonies(stopped violent rebellions against the Stamp Act |
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1st Contental Congress
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-Met for 7 weeks in Philidelphia
-55 men, from all states (excluding Georgia) -Wrote a Declaration of Rights -Began to boycott English Goods -All petitions were rejected |
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Declaration of Independence
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-Approved by the Congress on July 4, 1776
-Separated Loyalists from Patriots -Allowed England to hear of the colonists disagreements with British authority |
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Thomas Paine
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-Published Common Sense
-idea that the colonies should set up America as an independent, democratic, republic away from England |
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Patriots
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-(Whigs)
-Party of folk who were against British Rule over the colonies |
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Loyalists
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-Party of colonists during the Revolution who remained loyal to the British
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Shay's Rebellion
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-Revolt of poor farmers who were losing their farms through morgage foreclosers and high taxes
-Expressed the need for a stronger central government in the colonies |
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Bill of Rights
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-First 10 amendments of the Constitution
-Guarantess freedom of speech, religion, and press -Written by James Madison |
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Alexander Hamilton
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-advocate of a powerful central government, yet supported the anti-federalists
-Along with John Jay and James Madson, wrote essays for a New York paper |
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10th Amendment
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-Powers not granted to the Federal goverment are reserved to the states and to the people
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