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25 Cards in this Set
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Sons of Liberty |
Groups of colonists led by Samuel Adams who organized protests against the British government |
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Paul Revere |
Warned the people of Lexington that the British troops were coming |
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American Revolution |
A war during which the Americans fought for their independence from Great Britain |
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Sacajawea |
Lewis and Clark's Indian guide to the Pacific Ocean |
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King Philip's War |
Was fought because of the tensions between the Wampanoag tribe and the Puritans |
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William's Penn colony of Pennsylvania |
Was created based on the Quaker ideals of equality and tolerance |
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John Winthrop's Massachusetts Bay Colony |
Was created by Puritans seeking religious freedom |
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James Oglethorpe's Colony of Georgia |
Was established as a colony for debtors and poor people to work on farms and to pay off their debt |
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Roger Williams's colony of Rhode Island |
Was the first European colony in America to allow freedom of religion |
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Anne Hutchinson |
Was a Puritan who founder Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1636 |
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Mayflower Compact |
Was an agreement the pilgrims made to create and obey just and equal laws. It would serve as a form of government for New England |
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French and Indian War |
Named for the French and their Native American allies, began when British colonists moved into land claimed by French in North America |
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Discrimination |
Is an unfair difference in treatment of people based on race, religion, gender, etc. |
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Longhouses |
Homes shared by several clans of the Native Americans of Eastern Woodlands |
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Louisiana Purchase |
Included territory bought from France in 1803 and reached from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada |
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Plantation |
The spread of plantation agriculture led to the increase of African slaves imported to colonial America. |
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Loyalist |
A colonist who supported Great Britain during the American Revolution. |
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Patriot |
An American colonist who supported the fight for independence from Great Britain during the American Revolution |
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Grand Canyon |
Located in Arizona and was carved out by fast moving water of the Colorado River |
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Missouri River |
Large tributary that flows from Montana to North of St. Louis before joining the Mississippi River |
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Rio Grande |
A river in Southwestern North America. Flows from Colorado into the Gulf of Mexico and forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico |
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Tributary |
A river that does not reach the sea, but joins into other major river |
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Natural Barriers |
Landforms, such as mountains, rivers, and canyons that protect an area of land |
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Territory |
An area of land owned by a country, either within or outside of the country's borders |
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Climate map |
A map that shows the weather of an area including temperature and precipitation |
