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1. PLYMOUTH COLONY
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Who: Puritans , English settlers .
What: Migrated to America Where: Northern Part of America Significance: Came to America for religious freedom. |
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2. MAYFLOWER COMPACT 1620
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Who: Created by the Puritans
What: Laws Where: In the Mayflower before they landed. Significance: The Mayflower Compact gave some governmental control. |
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3. HEADRIGHT SYSTEM
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Who: Introduced landowners
What: Stop labor shortage Where: In 1618, Virginia Significance: Headright system was introduced as a means to solve the labor shortage. |
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4. FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT 1639
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Who: Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield, chose representatives and held a general court at Hartford.
What: Reverend Thomas Hooker preached a powerful sermon on the text that "the foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people." Where: In the spring of 1638 , Connecticut Significance: This appears to be the first written constitution in the Western tradition which created a government |
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5. MERCANTILISM
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Who: favored in the United States by such prominent figures as Alexander Hamilton
What: Economic ideology Where: Mercantilist ideas were the dominant economic ideology of all of Europe in the early modern period Significance: Mercantilism is an economic theory that holds that the prosperity of a nation is dependent upon its supply of capital. |
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6. TRIANGULAR TRADE
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Who: Trade between countries.
What: It raised the economy of different countries. Where: Europe, America , Africa . Significance: Depiction of the Triangular Trade of slaves, sugar, and rum with New England instead of Europe as the third corner. |
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7. THE GREAT AWAKENING
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Who: the Great Awakenings have exerted significant influence on the politics of America.
What: periodic revolutions in U.S. religious thought Where: beginning in the 1730s , America Significance: The Great Awakenings were several periods of rapid and dramatic religious revival in Anglo-American religious history, generally recognized as beginning in the 1730s . |
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8. IRON ACT 1750
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Who: American Colonies
What: legislative measure Where: British colonies, particularly in North America Significance: encouraged manufacture to take place in Great Britain. |
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9. INDENTURED SERVANTS
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Who: An indentured servant is a form of debt bondage worker.
What: Worked to get out of debt. Where: The labor-intensive cash crop of tobacco was farmed in the American South by indentured laborers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Significance: Indentured servitude was not the same as the apprenticeship system by which skilled trades were taught, but similarities do exist between the two mechanisms, in that both require a set period of work. |
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10. GEORGE WASHINGTON
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Who: George Washington .
What: 1st President of the United States Where: United States . Significance: He helped the U.S get its independence. |
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11. PROCLAMATION OF 1763
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Who: King George III
What: The proclamation also established or defined four new colonies, three of them on the continent proper. Where: issued October 7, 1763 in North America Significance: The end of the French and Indian War in 1763 was a cause for great celebration in the colonies, for it removed several ominous barriers and opened up a host of new opportunities for the colonists. |
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12. SALUTARY NEGLECT
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Who: Prime Minister Robert Walpole
What: A British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws which were meant to keep the American colonies obedient to Great Britain. Where: North America , Great Britain Significance: Salutary neglect was a large contributing factor that led to the American Revolutionary War. Since the imperial authority did not assert the power that it had, the colonists were left to govern themselves. |
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13. STAMP ACT 1765
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Who: George III
What: The Stamp Act of 1765 was a tax imposed by the British Parliament on the colonies of British America. Where: North America Significance: The purpose of the tax was to help pay for troops stationed in North America following the British victory in the Seven Years' War |
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14. STAMP ACI' CONGRESS
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Who: Delegates from different North American colonies met .
What: The Stamp Act Congress was a meeting in the building that would become Federal Hall , consisting of delegates from 9 of the 13 colonies that discussed and acted upon the recently passed Stamp Act. Where: In New York City on October 19th, 1765 Significance: This Congress is viewed by some as the first organized American action in the prelude to the American Revolution; however, lack of unity plagued the colonies up to and including the beginning of the Revolution. |
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15. SONS OF LIBERTY
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Who: The Sons of Liberty was a secret organization of American patriots.
What: Rebelled against the crown . Where: Boston. Significance: Patriots attacked the apparatus and symbols of British authority and power such as property of the gentry, customs officers, East India Company tea, and as the war approached, vocal supporters of the Crown. |
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16. COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE
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Who: The committees of correspondence were bodies organized by the local governments of the Thirteen Colonies.
What: The committees of correspondence rallied opposition on common causes and established plans for collective action. Where: Different North American Colonies. Significance: These served an important role in the Revolution, by disseminating the colonial interpretation of British actions between the colonies and to foreign governments. |
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17. BOSTON MASSACRE
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Who: British troops and civilians .
What: The Boston Massacre was an incident that led to the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops. Where: Boston , March 5, 1770 Significance: The legal aftermath of which helped spark the rebellion in some of the British colonies in America, which culminated in the American Revolution. |
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18. INTOLERABLE (COERCIVE) ACTS 1774
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Who: Britain's colonies in North America.
What: The Intolerable Acts or the Coercive Acts are names used to describe a series of laws passed by the British Parliament Where: Colonies in North America. Significance: The acts sparked outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies and were important developments in the growth of the American Revolution. |
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19. SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 1775
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Who: The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met .
What: The Congress became known as the Congress of the Confederation. Where: In Philadelphia and Pennsylvania in May 10, 1775 Significance: The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved slowly towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. |
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20.NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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Who: The Congress of the Confederation
What: The Northwest Ordinance was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States. Where: United States, July 13, 1787. Significance: The primary effect of the ordinance was the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States out of the region south of the Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River. On August 7, 1789, the U.S. Congress affirmed the Ordinance with slight modifications under the Constitution. |
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21 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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Who: Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson
What: The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776 Where: United States. Significance: The Declaration is a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. |
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22.COMMON SENSE
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Who: Thomas Paine.
What: Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. Where: January 10, 1776, during the American Revolution. Significance: Common Sense presented the American colonists with a powerful argument for independence from British rule at a time when the question of independence was still undecided. |
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23.SHAYS REBELLION
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Who: Daniel Shays
What: Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Central and Western Massachusetts Where: Central and Western Massachusetts. Significance: Stop debtors prison. |
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24 IMPLIED POWERS(ELASTIC CLAUSE)
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Who: U.S government
What: Implied powers are powers not given to the government directly through the constitution, but are implied. Where: United States Significance: These powers fall under the Elastic Clause in Section 8 of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution. This document lets the government create “necessary and proper” programs/laws and retain them, such as creating the Air Force |
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25. GREAT COMPROMISE
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Who: Delegates
What: Made a compromise combining the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan. Where: in Philadelphia , June 29th, 1787 Significance: Many believe that the compromise that has been reached is a major progression towards the unification of the States under a Federal System and has solved the problem of state representation. |
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26.jamestown
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27.jamesmith
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28. bacons rebellion
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29. Massachusetts bay company
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30 roger williams
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31.anne hutchinson
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32.peguot war
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stamp act
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who:enacted by government
what:tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents. where:britain and america significant:A variety of products have been covered by stamp acts including playing cards, patent medicines, cheques, mortgages, contracts and newspapers. |
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declaratory act
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who:parliament
what:regulate the behavior of the colonies where:great britain significant:It stated that Parliament had the right to make laws for the colonies in all matters. |
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quartering act
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who:parliament of great britain
what:British forces in the American colonies to ensure that British troops had adequate housing and provisions. where:great britain when:1765 significant:These acts were amendments to the Mutiny Act, which had to be renewed annually by Parliament. |
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Daughters of Liberty:
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who:Colonial American group that consisted of women who displayed their patriotism by participating in boycotts of British goods following the passage of the Townshend Acts.
what:making America less dependent on British textiles. where:britain when:1765, and 1769 significant:participating in boycotts of British goods following the passage of the Townshend Acts. |
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Crispus Attucks:
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what:named as the first martyr of the American Revolution where:Boston, Massachusetts. when:1723 – March 5, 1770 significant:one of five people killed in the Boston Massacre in Boston, Massachusetts. |
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John Adams:
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who:john adams
what:second President of the United States where:United States when:October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826 significant:an American politician |
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Carolina Regulators:
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who:north carolina citizenz
what:citizens took up arms against corrupt colonial officials. where:north carolina when:1764 to 1771 significant:North Carolina uprising |
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Battle of the Alamance:
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who:Tryon
what:taxation and local control. where:North Carolina when:1771 significant: battle of taxation |
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FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, 1774:
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who:twelve of the thirteen British North American colonies
what:was a convention of delegates where:Pennsylvania, when:September 5, 1774 significant: Called in response to the passage of the Coercive Acts |
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Suffolk Resolves:
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who:Edmund Burke
what:was a declaration where:Suffolk County, Massachusetts when:September 9, 1774 significant:today the site of the Norfolk County Courthouse |
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Galloway Plan:
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who:Joseph Galloway
what:Pennsylvania delegate who wanted to keep the colonies in the British Empire where:britain when:1774. significant:Galloway's plan would have kept the British Empire together, while allowing the colonies to have some say over their own affairs, including the inflammatory issue of taxation. |
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