Us History Flash Cards January 25, 2012

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A riot in Boston (March 5, 1770) arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several persons.

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Boston Massacre

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A person who journeys, especially a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion.

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Pilgrims

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The first constitution of the 13 American states, adopted in 1781 and replaced in 1789 by the constitution of the United States.

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Articles of Confederation

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The convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787

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Constitutional Convention

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to refuse to have dealings with (a person, organization, etc.) or refuse to buy (a product) as a protest or means of coercion

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Boycott

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A formal statement of the fundamental rights of the people of the United States, incorporated in the constitution as Amendments 1–10, and in all state constitutions.

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Bill of Rights

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The war in America in which France and its Indian allies opposed England 1754–60: ended by Treaty of Paris in 1763.

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French and Indian War

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A journey made by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, to explore the American Northwest, newly purchased from France, and some territories beyond. The expedition started from St. Louis, Missouri, and moved up the Missouri River and down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean. The information that Lewis and Clark gathered was of great help in the settlement of the West. ( See also Louisiana Purchase.)

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Lewis and Clark Expedition

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The act of Congress in 1787 providing for the government of the Northwest Territory and setting forth the steps by which its subdivisions might become states.

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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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An agreement between large and small states reached during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. It proposed a bicameral legislature, resulting in the current United States Senate and House of Representatives.

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Great Compromise

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1. Legislative
2. Executive
3. Judicial

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3 Branches of Government

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Member of the religious society of friends.

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Quakers

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(1585) Colonists landed on first English colony, an island off the coast of North Carolina. Sir Walter Raleigh raised money to outfit the colony.

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Roanoake

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(1607) 10f colonists sailed into Chesapeake Bay and built homes along James River in Virginia.

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Jamestown

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A young soldier and explorer helped to save Jamestown. He set up rules that forced colonists to work and plant crops if they wished to eat.

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John Smith

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Daughter of Powhatan, most powerful chief in area. Married John Rolfe, a Jamestwon tobacco planter.

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Pocahantas

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At least 15 black men and 17 black women were living in Virginia. The same year a dutch ship arrived with 20 Africans who were sold toVirginians who needed laborers to grow tobacco.

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African Slavery 1619

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In the 1700s English sailors began to refer this as the passage of slave trading ships west across the Atlantic Ocean.

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Middle Passage

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In the 1600s, English settlers who sought religious freedom in the Americas.

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Pilgrims

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1620, Mayflower landed here off shore of Cape Cod in Massachusettes. A group of separatists and some other English people won a charter to set up a colony in Virginia- they landed in Massachusettes.

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Plymouth Colony

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A 1639 plan of government in the Puritan colony in Connecticut.

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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Found Colony of Pennsylvania. He was a Quaker, despised religions in England.

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William Penn/ Pennsylvania

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Protestant reformers who believe in the equality of all people.

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Quakers

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Colonial trade route between New England, the West Indies, and Africa.

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Triangular Trade

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Series of hearing in county courts to prosecute people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts.

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Salem Witch Trials

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Not strictly enforcing parliamentary laws meant to keep colonies obedient. Considered contributing factor to American Revolution because it allowed colonies to be accustomed to idea of self government.

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Salutary Neglect

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A war that took place from 1754 to 1763 that led to the end of the French power in North America.

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French and Indian War

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Lake George, New York atrocities were comitted against Indians and surrendering British soldiers.

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Fort William Henry Massacre

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Novel gave an idealized view of relations between whites and Native Americans on the frontier.

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Last of the Mohicans

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Author of The Last of the Mohicans

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James Fenimore Cooper

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Delegates from 7 colonies gathered in Albany, New York, to cement alliance with Iroquois and to plan a united colonial defense. Led to AlbanyPlan of Union which was an attempt to create 1 general government for the 13 colonies- it wasn't accepted.

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Albany Congress

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Delegate from Pennsylvania who proposed the Albany Plan of Union

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Benjamin Franklin