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what year was the french and indian war? |
1754 |
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who were the players in the french and indian war? |
native americans allies, british, colonists |
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what year was magma carta? |
1207 |
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year of mayflower compact |
1620 |
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year of doc |
1776 |
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year of jamestown |
1607 |
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who is james oglethorpe |
went on to be elected to his country’s parliament in 1722, serving for more than three decades. He pushed for penal reform and an end to slavery and impressment.
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who are puritans |
The Puritans were a group of English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to "purify" the Church of England from all Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England was only partially reformed.
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who are the pilgrims |
The Pilgrims were English Separatists who founded Plymouth in New England.
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who is roger williams |
Roger Williams was a Puritan, an English Reformed theologian, and later a Reformed Baptist, who was an early proponent of religious freedom, separation of church and state, and the Free Will Baptist movement.
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who is thomas hooker |
Thomas Hooker was a prominent Puritan colonial leader, who founded the Colony of Connecticut after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts. He was known as an outstanding speaker and a leader of universal Christian suffrage.
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what are the CAUSES of the revolution |
The American Revolution began in 1775 as open conflict between the united thirteen colonies and Great Britain. By the Treaty of Paris that ended the war in 1783, the colonies had won their independence. the war began as a disagreement over the way in which Great Britain treated the colonies versus the way the colonies felt they should be treated
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what are the Battles of the revolution |
Battle of Concord and Lexington in 1775 to Yorktown in 1781
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what is valley forge |
It was the site of the headquarters of the Continental Army under George Washington from December 1777 to June 1778 during the American Revolution. The encampment suffered greatly due to winter weather, disease, and short rations.
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what is the albany plan of union |
also known as the Albany Conference and "The Conference of Albany" or "The Conference in Albany", was a meeting of representatives from the northern seven of the thirteen British North American colonies
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what is mercantilism |
the economic doctrine that government control of foreign trade is of paramount importance for ensuring the military security of the country. In particular, it demands a positive balance of trade.
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what is the boston tea party |
a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, a city in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. |
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what is the boston massacre |
an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others.
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who is abigal adams |
letters were a main source during the revolutionary war |
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who is john adams |
led the debate for independance |
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wentworth chestwell |
fought at the battle of saratoga ; became the first elected african american |
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samuel adams |
a racial leader who orginized resistance to british taxes |
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james armstead |
an african american who became the first double spy in the american revolution |
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where are missions |
throughout texas along river |
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what 4 countries and/or continents participated in the triangular trade |
north america, south america, africa, europe |
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what raw materials were shipped to england from the british colonies |
tobacco, indigo, rice |
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what is a mission |
*places paid for by the spanish government *goal was to spread christianty to native americans so they would join spanish empire |
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what were the british solders nicknames |
lobster backs |
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what are the 4 reagons of texas |
mountains and basins, central plains, great plains, coastal plains |
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the battle of saratoga was a turning point in the american revolution why? |
colonial army victory convenced france to support american independance |
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many colonists were angered by the proclamation of 1763 bc |
it limited their freedom to move west of the applicatmation maountains |
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what battle convenced british leaders to begin peace talks that ended the american revolution |
yorktown |
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the surrender of lord cornwallis at yorktown resulted in the... |
battle of lexington |
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which reagon was mainly involved in shipbuilding, fishing, and forestry |
new england colonies |
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what happened in 1519 |
depeniata mapped tx coast |
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what happened 1718 |
alamo was founded |
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1821? |
moses austin dies |
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1836? |
santa anna and david burnet sign the treaty of velasco |
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what are the 3 g's |
god,glory,gold |
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what are fillibusters? |
*they look out for themselfs *they caused the spanish to worry about incresed interest in the area by americans |
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who is general james wilkinson |
*he was part of the u.s. army but was also a double agent for the spanish *conspired with the u.s. vice-president, aaron burr to form a country *he explored the area and made maps and this worried the spanish |
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augustus magee |
augustus entered the neutral ground to remove the outlaws, but instead left the amy and teamed up with a rebel with a plan to invade texas |
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how much did each settler in austin have to pay per acre? |
$0.12 |
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where was austins choice for his first colony choice |
between the colorado and brazos river |
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what was the name of austins ship |
lively |
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what was stephan f ausins nickname |
father of texas |
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unitary? |
the state governed as one single power |
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confedeation? |
govenment which divides the power national and state and local |
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what are the the unitary, confederate, and federal goverments in order |
*UK, Cuba *Switzerland, Canada *U.S.A, Mexico |
