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6 Cards in this Set
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Jamestown
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Founded in 1607. First permanent English settlement. |
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Plymouth
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Founded in 1620. Pilgrims settle in Plymouth from England to escape religious persecution. Men on the Mayflower sign the Mayflower Compact, the first self-government in the English colonies. |
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Virginia House of Burgesses |
First representative assembly in North America
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Declaration of Independence |
Written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson. Claimed independence from England bases on the philosophies of Locke, Montesquieu, and Blackstone (political philosophers).
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Constitution of the United States
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Written in 1787. Created a new government following the failure of the Articles of Confederation. |
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Louisiana Purchase
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Purchased by Thomas Jefferson from France for $15 million. Doubled the size of the U.S. |
