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PLYMOUTH COLONY
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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. |
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MAYFLOWER COMPACT 1620
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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 |
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HEADRIGHT SYSTEM
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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. |
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FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT 1639
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Who: Thomas Hooker, John Haynes and Rodger Ludlow
What: the basic law of the Connecticut colony from 1639 to 1662 Where: Connecticut colony Significance: |
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MERCANTILISM
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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 |
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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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STAMP ACT CONGRESS
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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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COMMON SENSE
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SHAYS REBELLION
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IMPLIED POWERS (ELASTIC CLAUSE)
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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
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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 |
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Queen Anne’s War
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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 |
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Peace of Utrecht
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Who: Louis XIV of France, Phillip V of Spain, Anne of Great Britain, Duke of Savoy, United Provinces
What: Where:Utrecht When: 1713 Significance: End the War of the Spanish Succession; Sovereignty of national states established |
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War of Jenkin’s Ear
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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 |
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Paxton Boys
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Who: Paxton Boys.
What: they were a vigilant group that murdered at least twenty Native Americans Where: Lancaster When: 1841 Significance: |
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Grenville’s Program
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Patrick Henry
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Who: Patrick Henry
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SONS OF LIBERTY
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Daughters of Liberty
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Crispus Attucks
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John Adams
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Carolina Regulators
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Battle of the Alamance
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FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, 1774
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Suffolk Resolves
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Galloway Plan
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LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, APRIL 19, 1775
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Paul Revere, William Dawes
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SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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Slavery clause in the Declaration of Independence
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Somerset Case (in Great Britain)
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Quock Walker case- Mass
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Benedict Arnold
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Continental Army
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War
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Black Americans in the Revolutionary War
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