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32 Cards in this Set
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Name the Americas
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North,Central,and South America
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Appalachian Mountain
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westward boundary of
the Procalamation of 1763 |
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Backcountry
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region of hills and forests
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Bill of Rights
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1st -10 amendments
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Chesapeake Region
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Virginia and Maryland by
the Atlantic Ocean |
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Continental Army
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led by George Washington/Congress
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Free trade
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free to trade with any country
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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1st written constitution
in American form of representative self government;Thomas Hooker believed strongly in religious freedom |
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Guerrilla warfare
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hit and run technique,
hiding behind bushes, colonists learned from Native Americans |
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House of Burgesses
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representative government
in Virginia |
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Iroquois
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powerful Native American tribe who were allies with the British in the French
and Indian War |
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Line of Demarcation
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imaginary line down the Atlantic Ocean dividing
the Americas between Spain and Portugal |
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Magna Carta
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limited the power of the
King of England, limited the government like in the Constitution; protects people against cruel and unjust punishment and protects the rights of people |
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Mayflower Compact
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formal document signed by pilgrims for a self-representative government
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Mercantilism
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nation's power depended
on its wealth, sell more than you buy |
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Minutemen
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soldiers ready to fight in
a minute's notice |
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New World
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Americas
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New England
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Northern, Southern, and Middle Colonies --13 colonies
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Northwest Passage
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water route to Asia through North America
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Parliament
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British government
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Patriots
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supported American independence
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Pilgrim
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left England on a
religious journey and landed at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts |
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Puritan
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Protests wanted to reform the Anglican Church
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The Olive Branch Petition
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colonists sent a petition to King asking for peace and protect their rights
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The ride of Paul Revere
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Patriot who rode to
Lexington to warn that the British troops were coming |
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
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1st battles that began the Revolutionary War, shot heard round the world
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Bunker Hill
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British won but suffered
many losses so it was going to be a long difficult war |
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Trenton
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Sneak attack led by
George Washington on Christmas night across the Delaware River |
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Saratoga
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France joins to help
the Americans in the war; turning point |
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Yorktown
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Last battle of the Revolutionaty War; Americans won and the British surrendered.
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The Enlightenment
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spread the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society
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The Declaration of Independence
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July 4, 1776
American colonists declared independence from Britain and became the United States of America; it's own nation. |
