Unit 2: The Colonies And The American Revolution

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Charter/propriety colony

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owned bya single or individual group

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joint stock/ corporate colony

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owned by a group of investors and run through a corporation

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royal colonies

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owned and ruled by a king

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New England

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Plymouth colony, Mass., Conn. Rhode Island

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Middle Colonies

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Penn., New York

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Southern colonies

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Virginia, Maryland, Georgia

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Jamestown

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first permanent settlement in 1607 and 1st example of self government with developement of House of Burgess

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House of Burgess

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representative assembly

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Plantation system

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system developed in the south to raise large crops and own many farmlands

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mercantillism

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tht theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys

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Indentured servants

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people paying off a debt in labor (about 7 years)

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slavery

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the concept of owning a person as a piece of property

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middle passage

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slaves made on the journey to america

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triangle trade route

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trade route where america sends raw materials to England, England sends manufactured goods to Africa, and Africa sent slaves to America

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pilgrims

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puritans that elft England to practice their religion in New England (mayflower)

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puritans

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persecutd in England because they wanted the church of England to be "purified" at Catholic rituals

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Fundamental orders of Connecticut

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established a representative assembly in connecticut

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Town meetings

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a "direct democracy" where all citizens of town meet and make decisions (Gilmore Girls)

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Salem With Trials

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1692 execution of ppl accused of witchcraqft in massechusettes

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religious dissenters

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ppl who fought for religion

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Quakers

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religious group in Penn. led by William Penn- believed in equality, tolerance, pacifism

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catholics

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persecuted in some colonies; accepted in MD and middle colonies

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American Indian

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many different tribes that struggled with English settlers for land

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salutary neglect

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a lack of management of the American colines by Britain

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Navigation Acts

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restricted the trade of the colonists and were hardly enforced

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Bacon's rebellion

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early conflict between Virginia frontier farmers and Gov sir william berkeley

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French and Indian War

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England fighting for the territory with the french

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Proclamation of 1763

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colonists were told that they could not expand west into the territory the had won by fighting

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Stamp Act

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there was a direct tax paid the the government and affected the average person

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Stamp Act congress

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reps from 9 colonies meet and declare "no taxation without rep."

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Declaratory Act

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Albany plan of Unoin

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Sons of Liberty

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Boston Massacre

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a group of colonists were harrasing british troops; 5 colonists died