U.s. History Study All

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Articles of Confederation

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weak national government before constitution

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Bills of Rights

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First 10 amendments of constitution, deal with individual rights

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Charles de Montesquieu

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created Checks and Balances

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Checks and Balances

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a way to see what the other two branches of government are doing

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Executive Branch

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President

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Federalists

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supported constitution, not the bill of rights

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Great Compromise

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Created Senate and House of Representatives

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James Madison

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Federalist

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Judicial Branch

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carries out laws; Supreme Court

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Legislative Branch

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creates laws; Congress

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Shays Rebellion

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Daniel Shays leads farmer rebellion against Massachusetts angry over taxes; failed but did show weakness of Articles of Confederation

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Separation of Powers

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divided powers between the branches of

government

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U.S. Constitution

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replaced Articles of Confederation, document used to govern our nation

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Whiskey Rebellion

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Showed strength of constitution, farmers still angry over farm tax, Washington quells (put an end) rebellion

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Virginia Company

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lazy people in Jamestown needed change ("staving time")

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Tobacco Cultivation in Virginia

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Cash crop in Jamestown, John Rolfe introduced it

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Powhatan

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John Smith befriends this tribe and trades with them, Jamestown is saved

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King Phillips War/Metacom's War

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New England demands Native Americans to obey the laws, Plymouth colony executes 3

Indians, Indians attack and lose

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Bacon's Rebellion

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Protest against Native Americans raids on

frontier and favoritism shown by governor William Berkeley

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Half-Way Covenant

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Partial church membership because church leaders felt as if the English colonies were

drifting away from religion

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Salem Witch Trials

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Puritans convicted to killing 19 "witches"

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Loss Mass. Charter

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Mercantilism

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an economic theory to become the strongest and wealthiest nation by trading natural

resources

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Middle Passage

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the middle leg of the triangle trade

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Social Mobility

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the degree to which an individual's family social status can change throughout the course of their life

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Great Awakening

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religious time period for the North American colonies

(Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God - Jonathan Edwards)

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French and Indian War

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war fought between France and Britain, France loses all land eat of Mississippi River

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1763 Treaty of Paris

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ended French and Indian war, Britain now had the largest empire in the world

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Proclamation of 1763

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Americans could not settle west of Appalachian Mountains

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Stamp Act

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tax collected on all documents printed in the colonies to pay for French and Indian War

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Intolerable Acts

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closed Boston port

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Sons of Liberty

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Daughters of Liberty

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Committees of Correspondence

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created communication between colonies

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Thomas Paine

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wrote Common Sense

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Common Sense

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argument for breaking away from Britain,

helping persuade the unconvinced

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Declaration of Independence

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explaining our reasoning for independence (the colonies) pretty much declaring independence

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John Locke

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"Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness" (natural rights)

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George Washington

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crossed the Delaware river, revolutionary

general

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Crossing the Delaware River

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led by Washington, increase morale of American soldiers, won in NJ

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Valley Forge

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horrid winter of 1777-78 with little food/clothing, Washington kept the army strong

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Marquis de Lafayette

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helped train the "American" soldiers become a more professional army

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General Charles Cornwallis

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surrendered at Yorktown in America, Led British forces in Revolutionary War

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Battle of Yorktown

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last major battle of the Revolutionary war, ended the war, Cornwallis surrenders, aided by the French

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1783 Treaty of Paris

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ended the Revolutionary War, gained land to Mississippi River

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Alexander Hamilton

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wrote the Federalists' Papers, supported
Constitution

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Anti-Federalists

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against Constitution, for the bill of rights