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41 Cards in this Set
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English colonization began.
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Late in 16th century
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The three kinds of colonies.
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Company, proprietary, charter
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Examples of company colonies
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Virginia and Massachusetts Bay
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Examples of proprietary colonies
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MD, NH, PA
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Examples of corporate or charter colonies
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Rhode Island and Connecticut
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Economy of New England
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Shipbuilding, fishing, and manufacturing
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Economy of Middle Colonies
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Farming, fur trading, manufacturing
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Economy of Southern Colonies
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Tobacco, rice, indigo, naval stores
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Land system in New England
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Freeholds organized into townships
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Land system in Middle Colonies
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Patron ships, large manors
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Land system in Southern Colonies
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Plantations
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Mercantilism
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Favorable balance of trade, abundance of gold & silver, colonies
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Navigation Act of 1651
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English, ships, English crews
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Navigation act of 1660
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Enumerated goods to England only
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Navigation Act of 1663
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Imports go to England first
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Early French settlements
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St. Lawrence, Great Lakes, Ohio Valley to mouth of Mississippi
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World Wars with American Phases
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King William’s Queen Anne’s, King George’s
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Albany Plan of Union, 1754
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7 colonies vs. French & Indians
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French and Indian War, 1754-63
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Great War for empire—Gipson
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Peace of Paris, 1763
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Union Jack to the Mississippi
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Royal Proclamation of 1760
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Restricted colonial movement past the Alleghnies
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Sugar Act, 1764
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Discouraged smuggling
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Currency Act, 1764
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Forbade paper money
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Stamp Act, 1765
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Revenue to administer colonies
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Mutiny Act, 1765
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Troops in private homes
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Sons of Liberty
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Violence against stamp officials
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Repeal of Stamp Act
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Pressure from British merchants
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Declaratory Act
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Right to tax at will
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Townshend Duties, 1767
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Import duties
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Boston Massacre, 1770
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British troops kill patriots
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Townshend Duties repealed
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Except tax on tea
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Committees of Correspondence
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Revolutionary cells
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Tea Act, 1773
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Monopoly by British East India Company
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Boston Tea Party
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Revolutionary “Indians”
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Intolerable Acts, 1774
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Closed Boston Port, forbade town meeting
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First Continental Congress, September 1774
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Created the “Associations”
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Lexington and Concord, April, 1775
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Shot heard around the world
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Second Continental Congress, 1775
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Not a war for independence
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Chose commander of Continental Army
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George Washington
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Common Sense
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Pressure for independence
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R. H. Lee’s Resolution
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June 7, 1776
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