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Iroquois confederation |
who/what: alliance of five, later six, American Indian tribes—the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Tuscarora when: 1600s where: modern day New York why: to enforce the Great Law of Peace to settle disputes and prevent warfare between the allied tribal nations. |
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House of Burgesses |
who/what: 1st representative body in North America
when: 1619 where: church in Jamestown why: to encourage English men to settle in North America, and to make conditions in the colony more agreeable for its current inhabitants. |
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William Bradford |
who/what: leader/governor of pilgrims when: 1621-1657 where: Plymouth Colony why: Pilgrims were forced out by James I, then fled to the Netherlands, then came to North America. |
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Mayflower Compact |
who/what: first governing document of Plymouth Colony when: November 11, 1620 where: signed upon Mayflower ship why: It was in essence a social contract in which the settlers consented to follow the compact's rules and regulations for the sake of order and survival. |
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King Phillip's War |
who/what: Wampanoag and English colonists
when: June 20, 1675 – April 12, 1678 where: present day Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine why: Wampanoag warriors raid the border settlement of Swansee, Massachusetts, and massacre the English colonists there. |
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John Winthrop |
who/what: leader of Puritans to Massachusetts Bay
when: 1630 where: Massachusetts Bay why: England's religious atmosphere changed to Catholic only |
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George and Cecil Calvert |
who/what: 1st and 2nd lord of Baltimore
when: 1600s where: Baltimore why: King appointed George then when he died, Cecil took over the position. |
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gang and task labor |
who/what:system of labor under slavery characteristic in the Americas. It is usually regarded as less brutal than other forms of slave labor. The other form, known as the gang system, was harsher.
when: 17th century where: North America why: |
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Johnathan Edwards |
who/what: leader of Great Awakening
when: 1730s & 1740s where: New England why: he held to the Reformed theology |
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salutary neglect |
who/what:British
when: 1619-1763 where: American Colonies why: policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England |
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Proclamation of 1763 |
who/what: issued by King George III
when: October 7, 1763 where: Colonies why: official order that prohibited white setters claiming territory designated as Indian country |
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Sons of Liberty |
who/what: Samuel Adams was the leader
when: 1765-1776 where: American colonies why: The secret society was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. |
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the Stamp Act |
who/what: Parliament put a stamp tax on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
when: 1765 where: Colonies why: to help Britain pay war debts |
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Committees of Correspondence |
who/what: Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Richard Henry Lee
when: 1770s where: Virginia why: inform colonial assemblies of British movement |
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Boston Massacre |
who/what: British soldiers and Boston townsmen
when: March 5, 1770 where: Boston why: British Army soldiers shot and killed people while under attack by a mob. |
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virtual representation |
who/what: Parliament claimed that their members had the well being of the colonists in mind.
when: 1770s where: Parliament why: British response to the First Continental Congress in the American colonies |
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patronage |
who/what: the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another.
when: where: why: |
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yeoman farmer |
who/what: small farmer
when: late 14th to 18th centuries where: Colonies why: backbone of American agriculture |
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(Coercive) Intolerable Acts |
who/what: a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. when: 1774 where: Massachusetts why: because of Boston tea party |
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Lord North |
who/what: Prime minister of Britain
when: 1732-1792 where: Britain why: someone resigned and he stepped in |
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Battle of Lexington |
who/what: Britain & minutemen
when: April 19, 1775 where: Massachusetts why: Britain marched to Lexington |
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Battle of Concord
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who/what: Britain & minutemen
when: April 19, 1775 where: Massachusetts why: Britain marched in |
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Battle of Trenton
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who/what: Britain and Continental Army
when: Dec 25, 1776 where: why: |
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Battle of Saratoga
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who/what: Britain and Continental Army
when: Sep 19-Oct 7,1777 where: why: |
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Battle of Yorktown
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who/what:Britain/German and American/France
when: September 29 – October 19, 1781 where: why: |
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the Continental Congress |
who/what:was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies
when: 1774 to 1789 where: Philadelphia why: became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution. |
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Ethan Allen |
who/what: leader of Green Mountain Men and helped capture Ft. Ticonderoga
when: American Revolutionary war where: American colonies why: harassed British soldiers |
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Benedict Arnold |
who/what: helped capture Ft. Ticonderoga and was a traitor towards American colonies
when: January 14, 1741- June 14, 1801 where: American colonies why: |
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Thomas Paine |
who/what:A patriot and author
when: during revolutionary war where: colonies why: pamphlets, such as Common Sense, urged American independence. |
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Valley Forge |
who/what:served as quarters for the American army in one winter during Revolutionary War
when: 1777–1778 where: eastern Pennsylvania why: army had been forced to leave Philadelphia |
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Marquis de Lafayette |
who/what:military officer for Continental Army
when: American Revolutionary War where: America why: He became convinced that the American cause in its revolutionary war was noble, and traveled to the New World seeking glory in it. |
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Separation of powers |
who/what:an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies
when: 1787 where: Philedelphia why: so one branch is not to powerful |
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checks and balances |
who/what:allow for a system-based regulation that allows one branch to limit another
when: 1787 where: Philedelphia why: so one branch does not get to much control |
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Quakers |
who/what: are members of a historically Christian group of religious movements generally known as the Religious Society of Friends
when: Mid-17th century where: originated in Britain then migrated to America why: Protestant and England was mainly catholic |
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Alexander Hamilton |
who/what: appointed Treasury and made a set of plans to approach the financial situation
when: September 11, 1789 – January 31, 1795 where: American colonies why: appointed by Washington |
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French and Indian War |
who/what: British and French
when: 1754–1763 where: North America why: Fighting for control of much of North America |
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Treaty of Paris 1783 |
who/what: Britain and American colonies
when: 1783 where: Paris why: ended the American Revolutionary War |
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Articles of Confedration |
who/what:the original constitution of the US
when: 1781 where: Colonies why: A guiding principle of the Articles was to preserve the independence and sovereignty of the states. |
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Three-fifths compromise |
who/what:compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states
when: 1787 where: Philadelphia convention why:The debate was over whether, and if so, how, slaves would be counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxing purposes. |
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The Federalist Papers |
who/what: collection of 85 articles and essays written (under the pseudonym Publius) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
when: 1787 & 1788 where: American colonies why: written to promote the American constitution |
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The Great Compromise |
who/what:agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention
when: 1787 where: Philadelphia convention why: in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. |
