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54 Cards in this Set
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What was the House of Burguesses?
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(1619) 1st representative legistlature in English Colonies
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Explain everything you know about Jamestown.
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(1607) John Smith; founded for economic reasons
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Who was Ben Franklin?
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Leader of Enlightenment; Inventor; Diplomat, Writer
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What movement was Franklin part of?
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Enlightenment
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What was the Mayflower Compact?
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(1620) 1st form of self-gov in colonies
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Identify representative government.
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A gov where people are elected to make decisions for all
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What landform was directly to the West of the English colonies?
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Appalachian Mountains
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Identify the results of the French and Indian War.
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France left North America, English get Ohio River Valley
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What was the English Bill of Rights?
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Laws to give people representation in parliament
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Define merchantalism.
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Raw materials leave colonies go to mother country-turned into manufactured goods so that King George III gets rich
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Define nationalism.
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Being loyal to ones country
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Define plantation.
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Large farm in south w/ slaves taht sold cash crops
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Define Mayflower Compact.
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Established Majority Rules 1620- Plymouth Massachusetts
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Define cash crop and give examples.
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crops sold for money tabacco; cotton
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William Penn was a? And he helped establish?
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Quaker and Pennsylvania
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What do the Mayflower Compact and the House of Burguesses have in common?
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1st early forms of self-gov in english colonies
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Identify economic activities in New England.
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Shipping, Whaling, Commerce
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Identify economic activities in the Middle Colonies.
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wheat, "Bread basket, Iron, coal
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Identify economic activities in the Southern Colonies.
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Tobacco; Rice; Indigo= Agriculture
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What was the Magna Carta?
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1215-Trial by Jury
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Why did the Pilgrims travel to the Colonies?
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to escape religious persecution
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What was the Enlightenment?
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Time where people used science and reason to figure things out
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Name three important men involved in the Enlightenment.
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John Locke, Ben Franklin, Isaac Newton
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What was the Great Awakening?
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A time for religious revival; feeling and emotion (Independence)
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Who was Johnathan Edwards?
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Leader of Great Awakening
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Why did the British Government adopt the policy of merchantalism?
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to support the mother country
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Under the system of merchantalism, what did England want the colonists to do with their raw materials?
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Send to England
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The ideas of individual rights trace their roots back to which Denglilsh Document?
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(1215) Magna Carta English Bill of Rights
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Why did the colonist resent laws such as the Stamp Act and Sugar Act?
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Taxation without representation
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What was the result of Common Sense? Who wrote it?
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Paine, Loyalists became patriots -independence
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What geological feature did the Proclamation of 1783 establish as the boundary for western settlement?
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Appalachian Mountains
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Why were colonists angry sbout the Boston Massacre?
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Innocent colonists were shot - Crispus Attucks
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How did Patrick Henry feel about freedom?
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"Give me liberty, or give me death"
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Why did the colonist consider the taxes passed by Parliament unfair?
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They had no elected representation there
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Who was Samuel Adams?
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Leader of Sons of Liberty
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What was the 1st battle of the American Revolution?
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lexington and Concord
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When did Paul Revere make his famous ride to warn of the British in advance?
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1775 before L and C
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What colony was the Battles of Lexington and Concord in?
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Massachusetts
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Define Patiot:
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One who lived in the colonies who wanted independence
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Define Loyalist:
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One who liveid in the colonies who stayed loyal to the king
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What was George Washington's role in the AMerican Revolution?
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Commanding General of the continental
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What is the significance of 1776?
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Dec of Ind Signed by Thomas Jefferson
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What document did the Americans express their ideas of individual rights in?
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Dec of Ind unalienable (life, liberty, :))
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What does the Dec of Ind call the rights that all people have? What are these rights?
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Life Liberty, Persuit of Happiness
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Who wrote the Dec of Ind?
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Thomas Jefferson
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What are the grievances listed in the Declaraion of Independence? (4)
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Proc. Line, Quartering, Taxes, Writs of Assistance
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How did Abigail Adams feel about the role of women in the new government?
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They had
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which event took place as the result of the tea act?
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Tea Party
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Who was the King of England during the Revolution?
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George III
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Why was the Battle of Saratoga considered the turning point of the Revolution?
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French jumped in
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Which country did Ben Franklin convince to help Americans in the Rev. War?
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France
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List the advantages the American colonist had over Great Britain in the Rev.? (4)
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Allies, Tactics, Knew Land, Distance, and
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What was the last major battle of the Rev.?
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Yorktown
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List the terms of the Treaty of Paris, 1783 (2)
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Border: Mississippi and recognized independence
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