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30 Cards in this Set
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Magna Carta |
Document forced limits that could be placed on Royal power.
Significance- established no taxation without representation and became basic principles of English law. |
Significance- established no taxation without representation and became basic principles of English law. |
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Reformation |
Calls for reform spread in a movement known as the Reformation.
Significance- This set off anger by many and called for changes. |
Significance- This set off anger by many and called for changes. |
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Colombian Exchange |
The exchange of plants and animals and diseases among Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans. Also called Colombian because it was after Columbus.
Significance- introduced new plants to regions and also significant because it had killed many |
Significance- introduced new plants to regions and also significant because it had killed many |
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Encomienda System |
A system under which a landowner had the right to control the people of a certain area.
Significance- allowed for further expansion in agriculture |
Significance- allowed for further expansion in agriculture |
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Jamestown |
Settled in 1607, Jamestown was the first English Colony that survived
Significance- many died from malaria and from many other issues |
Significance- many died from malaria and from many other issues |
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Enlightment |
Some thinkers in Europe thought that logic and reason could also be used to improve society, law, and government.
Significance- added new ways of thinking and no longer allowed church to set standards or anything else |
Significance- added new ways of thinking and no longer allowed church to set standards or anything else |
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Great Awakening |
Enlightenment Ideas that also helped to question standing religious beliefs
Significance- helped create a revival in the colonies with regards to religion |
Significance- helped create a revival in the colonies with regards to religion |
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John Locke |
Wrote the "two treatises of government and the belief of what the job of the government to protect life, liberty and property. Idea of Republic
Significance- set rules of government and how and what they should be doing |
Significance- set rules of government and how and what they should be doing |
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Stamp Act |
1765, It required colonists to pay for an official government stamp on certain paper items.
Significance- it angered the colonists and led to the creation of the United States. |
Significance- it angered the colonists and led to the creation of the United States. |
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Boston Massacre |
March 5th, 1770, 5 colonists died there when British soldiers fired into an angry crowd that had gathered outside a customs house.
Significance- raised anger among many colonists |
Significance- raised anger among many colonists |
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George Washington |
The First President of the United States of America
Significance- was a great leader and general that brought the victory for the colonists |
Significance- was a great leader and general that brought the victory for the colonists |
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Boston Tea Party |
Colonists dropped 4 million dollars worth today of tea which was called the Boston Tea Party.
Significance- boycott sparked other boycotts to begin |
Significance- boycott sparked other boycotts to begin |
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Common Sense |
Thomas Paine issued a extremely influential pamphlet called Common Sense that condemned the whole system of monarchy and rule for George III.
Significance- later creation of Declaration of Independence |
Significance- later creation of Declaration of Independence |
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Declaration of Independence |
Statement of the Second Continental Congress that formally announced the colonies break with Britain Significance- It led to the start of the revolutionary war |
Significance- It led to the start of the revolutionary war |
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Treaty of Paris |
Signed on September 3, 1783. The British Recognized the independence of United States.
Significance- United States is no longer colonization property of British |
Significance- United States is no longer colonization property of British |
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Articles of Confederation |
Americas first national constitution- association of independent, sovereign states with certain common goals.
Significance- very weak and did not allow government to do much of anything |
Significance- very weak and did not allow government to do much of anything |
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James Madison |
Led a political division known as Democratic-Republicans Established precedent of judicial review Father of Constitution Significance- Already obvious |
Significance- Already obvious |
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Virginia plan and New Jersey plan |
Virginia Plan- 3 Separate branches of government: Executive, judicial and legislative branch. New Jersey Plan- New Jersey kept many features of the Confederation although it gave Congress additional powers and also equal representation for each state |
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Checks and Balances |
A system established by the Constitution that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful. |
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3 Branches of Government |
The legislative branch (Congress)- Makes laws The executive branch (President and the departments that help run government)- carries out those laws Judicial Branch( Supreme Court and lower courts)- Interprets the laws as they relate to the constitution. |
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Bill of Rights |
The first 10 amendments o the Constitution; ratified in 1791 |
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Judiciary act 1789 |
Congress organized the judicial branch. |
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Louisiana Purchase |
The transfer which was the purchase of the Lousiana Purchase from France roughly doubled the size of the U.S. |
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Monroe Doctrine |
Declared the Americas off-limits to European colonization |
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Nationalism |
Belief of the interests of the nation as a whole are more important than regional interests or the interests of other countries. |
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Sectionalism |
The belief that one's own section, or region, of the country is more important than the whole. |
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U.S Constitution |
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Thomas Jefferson |
Nation's third president and the writer of the Declaration of Independence. Bought Louisiana Purchase. |
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Whiskey Rebellion |
In 1794 farmers in western Pennsylvania objected violently to Hamilton's excise tax on whisky. |
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Developing a national identity |
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