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22 Cards in this Set
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Crusades
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Holy war
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Christopher Columbus
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Discovered America for Spain in 1492
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Jamestown & Roanoke
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first two English colonies in Virginia
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Ann Hutchinson
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Put on trial for witchcraft and because she said God spoke to her.
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Slave Codes
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Laws that controlled slaves
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Triangular Trade
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3 way trade that included slaves
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Acts of Toleration
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Religious freedom to Catholics but not Jews in Maryland
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Bacon's Rebellion
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Raided Indian villages
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Navigation Acts
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Controlled trade between England and its colonies.
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Middle Passage
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boat trip from Africa to the Americas. Many slaves died from being tied in the ship.
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Great Awakening
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Religious movement in the colonies
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Stamp Act
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A tax on legal papers by England against colonists
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Pontiac's War
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fighting between the British and Native Americans
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French & Indian War
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British & colonists fought against the French and the Indians. British forced the colonists to pay for the war. Led to the revolution.
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Declaration of Independence
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Document from the colonists telling England why they wanted to be a separate country.
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Boston Tea Party
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A protests of colonists (sons of Liberty) against tax. Threw tea in the harbor.
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Louisanna Purchase
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Doubled the size of the U.S.
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First Continental Congress
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delegate from 12 colonies met in Philadelphia to form 1st government.
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Articles of Confederation
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1st American constitution- Very Weak!
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War of 1812
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American vs/ Native Americans
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Monroe Doctrine
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Europe should stay out of the west or we will go to war
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Bill of Rights
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First 10 amendments to the US Constitution
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