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33 Cards in this Set
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Name and define the four types of Colonies.
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1. Corporation - joint stock business
2. Proprietary - private ownership 3. Royal - King or Queen 4. Self governing |
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Why were colonies made?
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England wanted more money. Greed drove mercantilism - favorable balance of trade (exports are higher than imports)
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First Baptist Church
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Rhode Island
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First Constitution: Name, State
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Connecticut
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Only Catholic State in 13 colonies
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Maryland
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Define: Salutary Neglect
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England forgot about the colonies and let them do whatever they want
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Name the New England Colonies
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Massachussettes
Rhode Island Connecticut New Hampshire |
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Name the Middle Colonies
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New York
Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware |
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Name the Southern States
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Maryland
Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia |
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Massachussettes
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Were Puritans b/c they wanted to purify the Anglican Church; most strict and had blue laws
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Rhode Island
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Most Tolerant
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Facts about the NE colonies
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-All religious
-Education is very important (Harvard is the oldest school) -Lived the longest -Fathered centered family |
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New York
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Dutch colony given to English
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Pennsylvania
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Quakers (William Penn)
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Who proposed the Albany Plan?
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Ben Franklin
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What did the Albany Plan do?
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-provided protection from the Iriquois Indians and French
-Bad Idea: formed an alliance between the 9 out of 13 colonies that made it to the meeting |
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"Join or die"
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Franklin's famous cartoon saying that id you joined we'll be strong and venimous
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What served as a boundary before the French and Indian War?
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Appalation Mountains
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French & Indian War: Who, Results(3)
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France & Indians vs. England
Results: -France is out of North America -Salutary Neglect is not good b/c colonists had too much indep. -England and Spain control North America |
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What ended the French and Indian War?
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Treaty of Paris
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Proclamation of 1763 says...
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cannot expand past the appalation mts. (excuse:indians)
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Stamp Act:
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Tax on paper
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Mutiny/Quartering Act:
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forcefully housing of soldiers; "spying" (mostly sent to Boston, Mass) to keep colonists from talking about revolutionary acts
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Sugar Act:
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tax on sugar which could be turned into molasis and alcohol (byproducts of sugar)
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Currency Act:
how did colonists react? |
-colonists used their own currencies while England used pounds
-Colonists were forced to use pounds Colonists response=Stamp Act Congress |
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Stamp Act Congress
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Boycott all British goods so British businesses lose money
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Townsend Acts
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-akes away stamp act and tax is put on needs
-tea, glass, paper, paint -money was used for royal officials salaries |
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Boston Massacure
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Bostonians protest calling soldiers names, idiot throws rock, british open fire, caused colonists to want to get revenge
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Boston Tea Party:
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Why? tea act - tax on tea
Who? Sons of Liberty What? dressed like indianss, boarded british ships, dumped tea into harbor |
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Founder of the boston tea party
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Samuel Adams
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What were passed after the boston tea party?
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Intollerable Acts
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Intollerable Acts
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1. closed port of boston untill all tea was paid for
2.Took away right to town meetings & trials 3.Quebec Act - french kept catholicism in quebec (english terr.); angered protestants in colonies |
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Second Continental Congress
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declared to king George 3rd we are independent
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