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19 Cards in this Set
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First ten amendments to the Constitution
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Bill of Rights
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English monarch who supported colonizing efforts at Roanoke
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Elizabeth I
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The law courts; branch of government that handles justice and legal disputes
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Judicial Branch
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Separation of housing, transport, restaurants, etc., according to race.
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Segregation
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Virginia statesman; helped write constitution of 1776 & wrote its intro- Va. Declaration of Rights; Bill of Rights based on this
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George Mason
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Virginian & 5th President during "Era of Good Feeling" responsible for Monroe Doctrine warning Europe not to interfere with America
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James Monroe
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Plan for how a nation of state should be governed.
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Constitution
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Abolitionist who led 1859 raid on government arsenal at Harpers Ferry; intended to seize weapons to arm slaves; captured and hung
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John Brown
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1776 Decaration in which colonists claimed they were free of British rule
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Declaration of Independence
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1773 protest against duties placed by Britain on imported tea; young men disguised as Indians dumped tea into Boston Harbor
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Boston Tea Party
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English courtier and author; persuaded Elizabeth I to support expeditions to Roanoke; fan of tobacco smoking
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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Colonists who remained loyal to Britain during the Revolutionary War
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Loyalists
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Bringing people of different races together so as to end segregation.
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Integration
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Fight led by Nathaniel Bacon against the British Governor in 1676 over the issue of Indian lands
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Bacon's Rebellion
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Executive, legislative, and judicial parts of our government.
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Branches of Government
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(1882-1945) 32nd President of the U. S.; introduced the New Deal programs during the Depression; led the nation to victory in W. W.II
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Branch of government headed by the President that carries out laws
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Executive Branch
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Virginian patriot and statesman; member of the House of Burgesses who spoke out against the Stamp Act and who later urged independence
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Patrick Henry
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Branch of government that makes the laws
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Legislative Branch
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