Social Studies 8 State Review

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a rebellion led by a Massachusetts farmer because the government failed to provide debt relief

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Shay's Rebellion

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This was the movement between Eastern and Western hemispheres where they exchanged plants,animals,and diseases

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Columbian Exchange

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This was the first Puritan colony set up in New England

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

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This place was known as the turning point of the Revolutionary War

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Saratoga

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The first permanent English settlement by the colonists that took place in 1607

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Jamestown

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Wrote the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

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The first battles of the Revolutionary War

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Lexington/Concord

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This geographic feature has a significant impact on the rainfall in the Midwestern United States

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Rocky Mountains

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This document was a pledge to obey laws agreed upon for the good of the colony. Set a democratic precedent for future colonial governments

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Mayflower Compact

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The English philosopher during the Enlightenment who argued that people have natural rights - life, liberty, and property

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John Locke

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Lived in Central Mexico and created a 365-day solar calendar system; crop rotation and irrigation system

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The Aztecs

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The reason for European exploration of the Americas

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Gold, God, Glory

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This explorer came from Spain and circumnavigated the globe

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Magellan

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Lived in Southern Mexico; invented math system including zeros

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The Mayans

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A disease that spread throughout Europe and killed nearly one-third of the population

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Black Death

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An Italian sailor who convinced Spain's Queen Isabella to outfit an expedition to sail west to the Indies and China

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Christopher Columbus

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An 18th century movement that emphasized the use of reason and the scientific method to obtain knowledge

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The Enlightenment

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Most closely associated with the Constitution; created to end wars among members and provide for defense against outsiders

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Iroquois League

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This Act forced colonists to provide supplies, rations, and shelter for the troops needed for conflicts between colonists and Native Americans

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Quartering Act

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This is farming that produced just enough food for themselves and somtimes just a little extra to trade in town

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subsistence

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Laws passed by Parliament in London to regulate colonial trade

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Navigation Acts

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Soldiers called conquerors who explored the Americas and claimed them for Spain

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conquistadors

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the economic system popular with the 17th and 18th century European powers. Its goal was to accumulate national wealth and create a favorable balance of trade

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mercantilism

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a 1783 Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War, confirming independence of the United States and setting boundaries of the new nation

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Treaty of Paris

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published "Common Sense" to draw and convince more people to fight for and defend the patriot cause

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Thomas Paine

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He disagreed with thge Pope and the Catholic Church and he set up his own church, the Anglican Church

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King Henry VIII

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The national government set up by the Second Continental Congress during the Revolution which was very weak and eventually led to the Constitution

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Articles of Confederation

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He took control of Jamestown and forced the settlers to organize for survival

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Captain John Smith

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lived in Peru; created agricultural terracing and irrigation systems; largest empire of the Americas

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Incas

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people who supported the rebels during the Revolutionary War

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patriots