Unit 1 Terms

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1. PLYMOUTH COLONY

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Who: Captain John Smith
What: English colonial journey from 1620-1691
Where: Plymouth Massachusetts
Significance: people searching for a place to worship God

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2. MAYFLOWER COMPACT 1620

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Who: history of the pilgrims
What: government document of Plymouth colony
Where: Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod.
Significance: seeking freedom to practice Christianity

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3. HEADRIGHT SYSTEM

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Who: Virginian colonists
What: grant of land to settlers
Where: Jamestown, Virginia
Significance: attempt to solve labor shortages due to the advent of the tobacco economy.

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4. FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT 1639

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Who: Connecticut River towns,
What: setting structure and powers.
Where: Connecticut
Significance: Order gave men more voting rights and opened up more men to be able to run for office positions.

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5. MERCANTILISM

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Who: Adam smith
What: economic theory
Where: each nation
Significance: assets or capital, are represented by bullion held by the state, which is best increased through a positive balance of trade with other nations

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6. TRIANGULAR TRADE

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Who: 3 allies
What: trade of three ports
Where: West Africa, the Caribbean or American colonies Significance: trade slaves, crops and goods

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7. THE GREAT AWAKENING

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Who: Anglo-American
What: religious rival of religious history
Where:u.s
Significance: influence on political life

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8. IRON ACT 1750

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Who: British Parliament,
What: restrict manufacturing activities in British colonies,
Where: Great Britain
Significance:

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9. INDENTURED SERVANTS

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Who:
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Where: Europeans, including Irish, Scottish, English, and Germans,
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10. GEORGE WASHINGTON

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11. PROCLAMATION OF 1763

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12. SALUTARY NEGLECT

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13. STAMP ACT 1765

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14. STAMP ACI' CONGRESS

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15. SONS OF LIBERTY

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16. COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE

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17. BOSTON MASSACRE

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18. INTOLERABLE (COERCIVE) ACTS 1774

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19. SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 1775

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20. NORTHWEST ORDINANCE

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21. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

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22. COMMON SENSE

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23. SHAYS REBELLION

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24. IMPLIED POWERS(ELASTIC CLAUSE

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25. GREAT COMPROMISE

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Declaratory Act

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Who:Stamp Act Congress
What:question the right of a distant power to tax them without proper representation
When:March 18, 1766
Where:the colonies
Significance:future acts that would further incite the anger of the American colonists and eventually lead up to the American Revolutionary War.

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Quartering Act

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Townshed Act

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Tea Act

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Boston Tea Party

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Coercive Acts

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Mutiny Act

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Samuel Adams

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King William’s War:

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Queen Anne’s War:

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Peace of Utrecht:

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War of Jenkin’s Ear:

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Paxton Boys:

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Grenville’s Program:

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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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who:James Somersett
what:
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when:1772
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Quock Walker case- Mass:

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who:American slave
what:sued for and won his freedom
where:1780
significance:credited with abolishing slavery

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Benedict Arnold:

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Who:general
What:American Revolutionary War
Where:British Empire
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Continental Army:

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Who:local militias and other troops that remained under control of the individual states
What:army formed after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War
Where:thirteen colonies
Significance:improved the military responsiveness

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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War:

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Black Americans in the Revolutionary War

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