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33 Cards in this Set
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Geography
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A region's geography will affect the way in which people support themselves.
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Archeology
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Studies artifacts to learn about how people lived.
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Culture
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A society's traditions and language.
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Latitude and Longitude
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Used to show exact location.
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New Spain, New England, New France
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This shows the European influence in North and South America.
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Native Americans
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Many died from disease when they came into contact with the Europeans.
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Common Sense
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A document wrtitten by Thomas Paine and started with the fact that it was "common sense" that the colonists should break away from England.
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Mestizos
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People born of both Spanish and Indian parents.
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Native American tribes
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Iroquois, Navajo and Apache
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Zenger Trail
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This trail strengthened the colonial freedom of the press.
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Problems with English rule
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Parliament taxed colonists without permission of colonial representatives.
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Navigation Acts
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Laws that controlled trade between England and the colonies.
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Jamestown
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The first English colony set up in 1607.
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French and Indian War
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Britain insisted that the colonists help pay for the debt caused by the war.
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Rocky and Appalachian Mountains
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Regions that have the highest level of elevation in the United States.
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Indentured Servants
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Servants who paid off there trip to America by working for the person who paid the tri[p. They could not get married, were not givent he right to visit friends. They did learn the craft of leatherworking.
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The 13 colonies in 1775
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The largest enthinc group at that time was the English.
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Florida
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Florida is a peninsula
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Appalachian Mountains
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The mountains were a barrier to early westward expansion.
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Goods shipped from England to the colonies
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These were manufactured goods - not fresh produce etc.
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Economics
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Exchange of money and it also includes trade.
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13 Colonies
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They were told to either unite together or perish (fall apart).
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William Penn & Quakers
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They established Pennsylvania
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Renaissance
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A period of renewed interest in culture and learning.
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Crusades
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They made European ... and trade increase.
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The House of Burgesses
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This was the first elected representative assembled in the colonies.
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James Oglethorpe
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He set up Georgia as a haven (safe place) for debtors.
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New Netherlands
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The Dutch lost New Netherlands when the English warships forced Peter Stuyvesant to surrender.
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Mercantalism
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The English encouraged Americans to ship tobacco and other goods exclusively to England.
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Slavery
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Southern "cash-crops" led to the use of slaves on the southern plantaions.
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Representative Assemblies
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These features of government were developed during the colonial era.
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Middle Passage
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This was the voyage that slaves took to the New World (Americas); the conditions on the ship were very bad.
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Declaration of Independence
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The purpose of this document was to justify the actions of the colonists in overthrowing British rule.
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