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50 Cards in this Set
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Who was the governor of Vriginia in the mid 1600?
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Sir William Berkeley
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What did the backcountry (poor) farmers want/need?
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more land to farm
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Why were the backcountry farmers and the Native Americans in conflict with each other?
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the Native Americans lived on the land that the backcountry farmers wanted
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Did the House of Burgesses in Virginia support or reject the backcountry farmers request? Why or Why Not?
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Reject, the House of Burgesses did not want to fight the Native Americans
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Who led the attack against the Native Americans and organized a rebellion against the House of Burgesses?
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Nathaniel Bacon
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Who was the governor of Vriginia in the mid 1600?
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Sir William Berkeley
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What did the backcountry (poor) farmers want/need?
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more land to farm
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Why were the backcountry farmers and the Native Americans in conflict with each other?
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the Native Americans lived on the land that the backcountry farmers wanted
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Did the House of Burgesses in Virginia support or reject the backcountry farmers request? Why or Why Not?
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Reject, the House of Burgesses did not want to fight the Native Americans
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Who led the attack against the Native Americans and organized a rebellion against the House of Burgesses?
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Nathaniel Bacon
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What lesson did the House of Burgesses learn from Bacon's Rebellion?
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the wealthy planters realized that they had to support the backcountry farmers and their need for land
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The forced migration of Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to America was known as the
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Middle Passage
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What were laws passed in Virginia designed to regulate trade and define the relationship between enslaved and free people?
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slave code
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What were bills of exchange?
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credit slips used to exchange goods
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The exchange of goods between Africa to the Caribbean, the Caribbean to America, and then America to Africa was known as
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Triangular Trade
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What vocabulary term means that a country's wealth was measured by the amount of gold and silver it possessed?
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Mercantilism
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According to mercantilists, what was the purpose of colonies?
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to be self-sufficient in raw materials
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What were the Navigation Acts?
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English colonists were required to transport goods on English ships and the colonies could only sell to England
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What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts?
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to make England the wealthiest country in the world
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When some of the colonies refused to obey the Navigation Acts, how did the King of England react?
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revoked the charter and set up royal colonies
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A government in which the king or queen had total control was known as
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an absolute monarchy.
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A government in which the king or queen share control with a law making body was known as
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a constitutional monarchy
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Was King James II Catholic or Protestant?
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Catholic
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Why did Parliament ask King James II to leave England?
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Parliament wanted the country to be Protestant
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The bloodless transfer of power from King James II to William and Mary of Orange was known as the
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Glorious Revolution
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The law that limited the power of the King/Queen of England and gave people more power was known as the
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English Bill of Rights
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What were 3 laws specifically mentioned in the English Bill of Rights?
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1. right to a trial by jury
2. right to a trial by peers 3. freedom of speech |
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What is the reason it is important to know about the English Bill of Rights?
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The English Bill of Rights was the model for the Bill of Rights from the US Constitution
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The European cultural movement that challenged the authority of the church in the area of science was known as the
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Enlightenment
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Define rationalism
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emphasis on logic and reasoning
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What were the 3 Natural Rights?
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life, liberty and property
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Who developed the Theory of Natural Rights?
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John Locke
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Which Enlightenment thinker believed that government and its laws should only be created by the consent of the people?
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Jean Rousseau
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Which Enlightenment thinker developed the idea of 3 branches of government?
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Baron Montesquieu
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What was the religious movement that stressed a person's commitment to God?
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Great Awakening
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Identify 2 preachers from the Great Awakening.
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George Whitefield
and Jonathan Edwards |
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Which preacher from the Great Awakening delivered the "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon?
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Jonathan Edwards
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What was the reason the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment was so important to the colonists?
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Colonists felt a stronger sense of power than ever before
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Which 4 countries fought in the French and Indian War?
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Great Britain and the colonies
vs. France and Indians |
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What was the reason the British and the French fought the French and Indian War?
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control of land over in North America
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Who won the French and Indian War?
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Britain and colonists
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Who was asked by the British to lead the colonial troops during the French and Indian War?
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George Washington
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What was the purpose of the Albany Conference?
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Colonists wanted the Iroquois Indians to remain neutral
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Who was the commander in chief of the British Army?
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General Edward Braddock
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define neutral
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to stay out
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What was the Seven Years' War?
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fighting between France and England in Europe
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What ended the French and Indian War?
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Treaty of Paris of 1763
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How were the French and colonists able to win the War of 1812?
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colonists captured the French capital in North America, Quebec
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Who wrote the Albany Plan of Union?
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Ben Franklin
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Define royal colony.
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A royal colony is under the direct control of the King/Queen of England
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