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PLYMOUTH COLONY
Who: Captain John Smith

What: was an English colonial venture in North America from 1620 - 1691.

Where: Plymouth Colony

Significance: Founded by a group who later became known as the Pilgrims. Plymouth and Jamestown, Virginia were one of the earliest colonies established in the America by the English people.
MAYFLOWER COMPACT 1620
Who: the first colonist wrote it

What: Mayflower Compact was signed on November 11, 1620

Where: Plymouth Colony

Significance: was the first governing document of Plymouth colony
HEADRIGHT SYSTEM
Who: Virginian colonists

What: Legal grant of land to settlers

Where: Used in Jamestown, Virginia

Significance: The headright system began in 1618 as an attempt to solve labor shortages due to the advent of the tobacco economy, which required large plots of land with many workers.
FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT 1639
Who: Thomas Hooker, John Haynes and Rodger Ludlow

What: the basic law of the Connecticut colony from 1639 to 1662

Where: Connecticut colony

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MERCANTILISM
Who: Colonial empires such as England, France, and Spain

What: Economic doctrines and practices of major trading nations from the fifteen to the eighteen century

Where: Colonial empires such as England, France, and Spain

Significance: the nation's wealth was based on the stock market of gold and silver rather than the lifestyle of people
TRIANGULAR TRADE
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INDENTURED SERVANTS
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THE GREAT AWAKENING
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IRON ACT 1750
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
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PROCLAMATION OF 1763
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SALUTARY NEGLECT
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STAMP ACT 1765
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SONS OF LIBERTY
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COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE
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BOSTON MASSACRE
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INTOLERABLE (COERCIVE) ACTS 1774
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SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 1775
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NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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SHAYS REBELLION
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GREAT COMPROMISE
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JAMESTOWN
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JOHN SMITH
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BACON'S REBELLION
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MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMPANY
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ROGER WILLIAMS
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ANNE HUTCHINSON
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PEQUOT WAR
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King William’s War
Who: England, France, and the American Indians
What:was the name used in the English Colonies
Where: North America
When:1689-1697
Significance: Treaty of Ryswick
Queen Anne’s War
Who:France and England
What: Second in a series of four French and Indian Wars
Where: North America
When: 1702-1713
Significance:British victory and treay of Utrecht
Peace of Utrecht
Who: Louis XIV of France, Phillip V of Spain, Anne of Great Britain, Duke of Savoy, United Provinces
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Where:Utrecht
When: 1713
Significance: End the War of the Spanish Succession; Sovereignty of national states established
War of Jenkin’s Ear
Who: Great Britain And Spain
What: was a conflict and got it's name cause of Robert's Jenkins a captain of a British Merchant ship
Where: New Granada and the Caribbean
When: 1739-1748
Significance: the war merged into the larger War of the Austrian Succession and Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748
Paxton Boys
Who: Paxton Boys.
What: they were a vigilant group that murdered at least twenty Native Americans
Where: Lancaster
When: 1841
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Patrick Henry
Who: Patrick Henry
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FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, 1774
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LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, APRIL 19, 1775
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Paul Revere, William Dawes
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Slavery clause in the Declaration of Independence
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Quock Walker case- Mass
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Benedict Arnold
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