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32 Cards in this Set
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Turning point in American Revolution |
Saratoga |
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The last battle of the American Revolution |
Yorktown |
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The first battles of the American Revolution |
Lexington and Concord |
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Where was the treaty signed that ended the American revolution |
Paris |
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The Declaration of Independence was written after these battles.... |
Lexington and Concord |
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The economic activities of the New England colonies were |
LUMBER, whaling, trade, ship building |
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The economic activites of the middle colonies were |
Bread basket farming |
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The economic activity of the southern colonies were |
cash crops- indigo, cotton and tobocco. Plantations!!!! |
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Valley Forge |
Enabled George Washington to build a MUCH stronger Continental Army. |
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Why did people move to the New England Colonies? |
Religious Freedom |
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Why did people move to the Southern Colonies |
Profit farming of cash cropt |
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Who lived in the Middle Colonies? |
Quakers and Pilgrims who wanted religious freedom Lots of farming Bread Basket |
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John Locke |
Established that Government runs with the Consent of the people |
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Appalacian Mountains |
Stopped westward expansion |
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Mayflower Compact |
established the principle of majority rule |
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Unalienable Rights |
God given rights that cannot be taken away Life Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness |
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Puritans established leadership |
Shared authority within the church |
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Religion in New England colonies |
Freely worship any religion Puritans and Pilgrims |
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Religion in Middle Colonies |
Protestant and Quakers |
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Economic differences of NE colonies, Middle Colonies and Southern Colonies |
NE- LUMBER, TIMBER, Ship Building, Shipping and whaling Middle- bread basket farming Southern- Plantations cash crops of cotton, indigo and tobocco |
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Why no farming or plantation in the New England Colonies |
Climate was too cold |
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Cause and effect of southern colonies economics |
Wonderful climate and soil led to: Large Plantations and Cash Crops Which led to increased slavery |
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1st Great Awakening |
Lead to people questioning authority and CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE |
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Backcountry |
Area west of the Appalachian Mountains. WILD territory |
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What defined peoples roles in government? |
English Bill of rights and Mayflower Compact |
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Anne Hutchison |
Religious Freedom in Rhode Island |
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Demand for Indigo, Tobacco and Cotton |
Increased world wide which led to larger plantations and increased slavery |
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Why did the intolerable acts anger the colonists? |
Messed with their money and shut down their economy and was highly controlling |
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Proclamation of 1763? |
Kept colonists from moving westward, caused colonists to be angry |
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Patriots |
Benjamin Franklin- Sam Adams and Thomas Jefferson |
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Dutch settled where? |
Hudson River Valley in New England Colonies |
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Self-Government |
Colonies and land in colonial america could be gained many many ways. But either way it was far from King George III so every colony developed their own government styles away from the King |
