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28 Cards in this Set
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Why did europeans begin to explore the outside world between 1000 and 1492?
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more world than just europe. rise of nation states. new technology.
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What new technologies, discoveries, and events aided them?
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Compas, astrolobe, lateen sail, new ship design (caravels)
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What nations were first to settle in the new world? Why?
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Spain and Portugal. They were looking for the three G's. Gold, God, and Glory.
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Who were the puritans?
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A group of people who were tired of the way the church of england was and wanted a more godly lifestyle
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Who founded Plymouth?
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The Pilgrims
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Salem witch trials
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During 1692 in salem village these two girls were acting funny and they said they were possessed.
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The coerecive Acts of 1774
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Punish boston for dumping the tea. Closed there port. Changed the governer. Elected postitions were now appointed.British officials were allowed to kill.The troops can seize uninhabitable buildings.
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Boston tea party
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A bunch of people dressed up like indians and dumped tea into boston harbor because they were tired of taxes on tea.
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First continental congress
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Sept. 1774
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Articles of congress
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First national government.
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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As long as the population of the territory is under 5000 adult males, the territory would be governed by a governor and 3 judges. Once it exceeds 5000 adult males, the people there could elect and organize a territorial legislature. When you have 60,000 total people then they could draft a state constitution and ask congress to accept them as a state
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Sheys’s rebellion (1786)
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Led by Daniel Shays. Farmers/vetrans were paying high taxes to pay for the war they just fought and they went around attacking court houses and such.
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constitutional convention
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1787 they met in philidelphia to draw up a whole new government.
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The three-fifths compromise
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Where they counted 3/5 of the slaves towards the population and only taxed slave owners for 60% of the slaves they owned.
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Natural Rights
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Life, liberty, property
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The enlightenmet
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The age of reason. try to understand the world around them. Issac Newton is the "father" of the idea.
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The glorious Revolution
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When James II comes to the thrown, no one wants him sot they ask Mary (his sister) and askes her to take the throne instead. James flees and there was no blood shed.
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Fort mose
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Free black community in florida
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Slave codes
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Passed after stonos rebelion. They were to prevent another rebelion.
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Stonos rebellion
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1739 south carolina. about 20 slaves were able to break free. they took weapons and went for hundreds of miles freeing slaves and trying to make it to fort mose.
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Middle passage
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The 60-70 days the african slaves spent on the ships.
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Freedon dues
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these were givin to indentured servants when they had finished there contract to give them a good start into the world.
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Rodger williams
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Came from england. Extream puritan. He buys land from indians and creates Rohde island.
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Anne hutchinson
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use to give sermans in her home. she had lots of children. When she gave birth to a dead, deformed child she was thought of as cursed. Her whole family moved to NY they were attacked by indians and killed.
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French and indian war
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The english were fighing the French and the indians for land. also known as the 7 years war in europe because it spilt over there.
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causes of the F&I war
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Franch lost all land. Spain was giving Louisiana. Stamp Act to regain money from the war.
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Proclamation of 1763
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restricted settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains in an attempt to appease Indians
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Stamp Act
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Was the first taxing of the colonies. put on all printed documents. The colonists started to boycott british goods.
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