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35 Cards in this Set
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Jamestown |
Located in virginia First established english colony |
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Pilgrims |
One congregation of separatists |
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Puritans |
A group of people that wanted to eliminate all traces of Roman Catholic ritual and traditions in the Church of England |
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John Winthrop |
Puritain leader who expressed the sense of mission that bound the puritans together |
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Indentured Servants |
People who worked for travel expenses, shelter, and sustance |
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Plymouth |
The colony established in SE Massachusetts by the pilgrims in 1620 |
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Mercantilism |
An economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by establishing a favorable balance of trade |
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French and Indian War |
1745-1763 Worldwide struggle between France and Britain that ended with the defeat of France and the transfer of French Canada to Britain |
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Proclamation of 1663 |
Colonists cannot settle west of the App. Mts. |
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Salutary Neglect |
Period of non enforcement of mercantilism policies from the late 1600's to 1763 |
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Quartering Act |
Colonists must provide living quarters for British soldiers |
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Stamp Act |
1765 Law in which parliament established the first direct taxation of goods and services within the British colonies in N.A. |
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Enlightenment |
An 18-th century intellectual movement that emphasized the use of reason and the scientific method as means of obtaining knowledge |
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Montesquieu |
1689-1755 French philosophical writer |
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Voltaire |
1694-1778 French philosopher, historian, satirist, dramatist, and essayist |
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John Locke |
Enlightenment thinker and philosopher |
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Thomas Jefferson |
Virginia lawyer who was chosen to prepare the DOI |
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DOI |
a document written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, in which the delegates of the Continental Congress declared the colonies independence from Britain |
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Common sense |
A pamphlet by Thomas Paine that called for a separation of the colonies from Britain published in 1776 |
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Thomas Paine |
A recent immigrant that argued that responsibility for British tyranny lay with "the Royal brute of Britain" |
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The Great Awakening |
An attempt to revive religion 1730-1750 |
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Jonathan Edwards |
A Great Awakening traveling preacher |
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Articles of Confederation |
A document adopted by the second continental congress in 1777 that outlined the new US gov |
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Shay Rebellion |
An uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers protesting increased state taxes in 1787 |
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Constitutional Convention |
The issue was the constitution tried to resolve the original debate over states rights versus federal authority |
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Great Compromise |
Offered a two house Congress to satisfy both small and big states |
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Three/ Fifths Compromise |
Called for Three/ Fifths of a states slave to be counted as part of the population |
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Slave trade compromise |
Resolved the controversial issue of commerce relating to the slave trade that emerged at the constitutional convention that was held between may 25 and may 17, 1787 in philidelphia |
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Federalism |
A political system in which a national gov and constituent units share power |
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Separation of powers |
Legislative branch Executive branch Judicial branch |
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Checks and Balances |
Prevent any branch of the US gov from dominating the other two branches |
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Federalists |
Supporters of the constitution and of a strong national gov |
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Anti-federalists |
An opponent of a strong central gov |
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Alexander Hamilton |
Founding father of the USA |
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Massachusetts Bay Colony |
Established by puritans in 1630 along the upper coast of N.A. |
