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This English document granted citizens the right to TRIAL BY JURY and DUE PROCESS OF LAW |
MAGNA CARTA |
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This English document gave citizens BASIC RIGHTS and gave Parliament the right to MAKE LAWS |
ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS |
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The meeting where they SIGNED the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE |
SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS |
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The first constitution for the U.S. written before the end of the American Revolution |
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION |
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The economic system used by Britain to control the TRADE in the colonies |
MERCANTILISM |
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The purpose of this document was to justify American's reasons for rebelling against England |
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE |
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Year of the 1st English Colony |
1607 |
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The FIRST English Colony |
JAMESTOWN, VA |
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Date of the Declaration of Independence which state the colonies were free and independent from England |
JULY 4, 1776 |
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Year of the Mayflower Compact |
1620 |
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Year the Proclamation Line was passed |
1763 |
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How did GEOGRAPHY impact the economic growth of New York, Charleston, and Boston |
PORTS OR HARBORS |
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The religious group that founded Pennsylvania |
QUAKERS |
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Group that wanted the national government to have MORE Power |
FEDERALISTS |
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The type of Government in the U.S. |
ELECTIVE LEGISLATURE/ REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY |
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This document created a weak national government that could not generate revenue, build an army, or have a president |
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION |
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Led to the calling of the Constitutional Convention where they created a government with three branches. |
SHAY'S REBELLION |
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Power is shared between the federal government and the states |
FEDERALISM |
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Principle of the Constitution where people elect representatives to govern them |
REPUBLICANISM |
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Why did citizens fear a strong, central government? |
AFRAID IT WOULD BE LIKE A KING |
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Congress -- Makes Laws President -- Enforces Laws Supreme Court -- Interprets Laws |
SEPARATION OF POWERS |
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This group supported a strong national government |
FEDERALISTS |
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Who convince France to support the Americans during the American Revolution? |
BEN FRANKLIN |
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Rights that cannot be taken away unless you are convicted of a crim |
UNALIENABLE RIGHTS |
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Why were colonists so upset about the taxes placed on them by Britain? |
NO REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT |
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Commander in Chief of the Continental Army |
GEORGE WASHINGTON |
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A Jewish immigrant who helped pay for the American Revolution |
HAYM SOLOMAN |
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An African American spy during the Revolutionary War |
JAMES ARMISTEAD |
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Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party |
EVENTS LEADING TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION |
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The French and Indian War and Pontiac's Rebellion let England to? |
TAXING THE COLONIES & PROCLAMATION OF 1763 |
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His idea was to separate the government's power into 3 branches |
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIE |
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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness |
UNALIENABLE RIGHTS |
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A predetermined opinion based on emotion |
BIAS |
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The reason Puritans, Quakers, Pilgrims, and Catholics came to America |
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM/ TO ESCAPE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN ENGLAND |
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Had rich soil and a long growing season |
SOUTHERN REGION |
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According to the Northwest Ordinance, a territory could apply for statehood when the population reached: |
60,000 |
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Under this economic system, colonies would serve as markets for British goods and a source for raw materials. |
MERCANTILISM |
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This document contained the colonists' grievances against King George III |
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE |
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Why were the colonists so upset over the taxes placed on them by England? |
NO REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT |
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This led to England passing the Intolerable Acts |
BOSTON TEA PARTY |
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Why did England start taxing the colonies? |
THEY WERE BROKE FROM THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR |
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Pontiac's Rebellion led to? |
PROCLAMATION OF 1763 |
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Wanted a state's representation to be based on population and a bicameral congress |
VIRGINIA PLAN |
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This angered colonists because it kept them from moving west. |
PROCLAMATION OF 1763 |
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List Conditions at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania |
Lack of FOOD, CLOTHING, SHOES, BLANKETS. FREEZING & FROSTBITE. |
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Wanted each state to have Equal Representation in a unicameral congress |
NEW JERSEY PLAN |
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An agreement where Congress could regulate trade and tax imports but not exports |
COMMERCE COMPROMISE |
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Relied on fishing, shipbuilding, and trade |
NEW ENGLAND REGION |
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Two laws passed under the Articles of Confederation |
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE/ LAND ORDINANCE |
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The law resolved conflicts between the states over land claims and established a pattern for orderly growth of the U. S. |
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE |
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The battle that Ralph Waldo Emerson called "the shot heard round the world." |
LEXINGTON/CONCORD |
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The western boundary of the original U.S. according to the Treaty of Paris 1783 |
MISSISSIPPI RIVER |
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Event where British soldiers fired on unarmed colonists - Crispus Attucks was killed |
BOSTON MASSACRE |
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This pamphlet convinced many who were neutral to side with the patriots |
COMMON SENSE |
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The hot, crowded unsanitary slave voyage from Africa to the Americas |
MIDDLE PASSAGE |
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Founder of Pennsylvania |
WILLIAM PENN |
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Led to the calling of the Constitutional Convention |
SHAY'S REBELLION |
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Rode north to New Hampshire to warn the British were coming |
WENTWORTH CHESWELL |
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Principle that guarantees personal freedoms and rights |
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS |
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List the 3 major battles of the American Revolution IN ORDER |
LEXINGTON/CONCORD SARATOGA YORKTOWN |
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Spaniard that was recognized for his contributions during the American Revolution |
BERNARDO DE GALVEZ |
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Leader of the Sons of Liberty |
SAMUEL ADAMS |
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His ideas that people are born with natural rights influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence |
JOHN LOCKE |
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Native Americans lost land and died from diseases because of ? |
EUROPEAN COLONIZATION |
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The purpose of this was to prevent future warfare with the Indians |
PROCLAMATION OF 1763 |
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Boston, Salem, and Plymouth are all located in ? |
MASSACHUSETTS |
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Believed a Bill of Rights was not necessary because of Separation of Powers, and the principle of Checks and Balances |
FEDERALISTS - JAMES MADISON & ALEXANDER HAMILTON |
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List the 3 Compromises created at the Constitutional Convention in order to resolve conflict |
GREAT COMPROMISE THREE-FIFTHS COMPROMISE COMMERCE COMPROMISE |
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Region with fertile soil, lots of water, and cash crops like grain |
MIDDLE REGION |
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People who wanted to stay with England during the American Revolution |
LOYALISTS |
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People who wanted independence from Britain |
PATRIOTS |
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List 3 ideas we use from the Mayflower Compact |
SELF GOVERNMENT MAJORITY RULE COMMON GOOD |
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What economic system discourages manufactured goods? |
MERCANTILISM |
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Which group was afraid of the national government having more power? |
ANTIFEDERALISTS |
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Group that believed the state governments should have MORE POWER. |
ANTIFEDERALISTS |
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Antifederalists, like George Mason, objected to the new constitution because ? |
IT DID NOT HAVE A BILL OF RIGHTS |
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Principle where power is divided between a central (national) government and the states |
FEDERALISM |
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Cruel or unjust rule |
TYRANT / TYRANNY |
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The term "tyrant" was often used by American Colonists to describe? |
KING GEORGE III |
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An agreement that called for a bicameral congress with a house or representatives based on population and a senate with equal representation |
GREAT COMPROMISE |
