Hjh 8Th Grade Us History - Staar Review (Colonial Era)

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1607

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Date of the first successful English settlement in America-Jamestown, Virginia.

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mercantilism

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An economic reason for the settlement of English colonies; market for manufactured goods and source of raw materials

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New England Region

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Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island

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Pilgrim's & Puritans

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Settled Massachusetts (New England) to escape religious persecution in England

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Mayflower Compact

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Written by the Pilgrims in 1620; agreed to obey the laws that they made; established self-government and idea of majority rule

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Middle Region

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New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

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New York

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Originally founded by the Dutch; taken over by the English

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William Penn

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A Quaker who founded Pennsylvania in 1681; experiment in religious freedom and equality

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Southern Region

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Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina, Georgia

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Maryland

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Established in 1632 by Roman Catholics fleeing religious persection

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Georgia

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Established in 1732 as a barrier to Spanish Florida and to give debtors a new start

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Roger Williams

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Founder of Rhode Island; split from the Puritans

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James Oglethorpe

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Founder of Georgia

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Cecil/James Calvert - Lord Baltimore

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Founder of Maryland

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ports/harbors

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What do Boston, Charleston, New York, and Philadelphia have in common?

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Middle Passage

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The hot, crowded, and deadly slave voyage from Africa to the Americas

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Maryland Toleration Act

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The law giving everyone in colonial Maryland the right to worship as they wished

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Mayflower Compact

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A colonial document that stressed the importance of making laws for the common (general) good and ideas of self-government and majority rule

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representative govt

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A type of government in which citizens elect representatives to make and enforce laws

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colonial assembly

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An early example of representative government in the colonies; distance from England is one reason for its evolution

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Parliament

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Law-making body in England that was used as a model for our colonial assemblies

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Great Awakening

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A religious movement during colonial times that resulted in the questioning of authority, a belief in equality and the beginning of many new churches

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Virginia House of Burgesses

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The first elected representative assembly in the colonies

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slavery

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Began in the South because they needed a cheap form of labor

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Southern Region

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Had a long growing season; cash crops like tobacco and used African slaves for labor

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New England Region

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Turned to trade, ship building, and timber because of the rocky soil and short growing season

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Middle Region

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Known as the "breadbasket" colonies

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Navigation Acts

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Laws passed by Parliament to enforce mercantilism

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Albany Plan of Union

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Benjamin Franklin's plan to unite the Americans to fight the French; "Join or Die"

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French & Indian War

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(1754-1763) The British defeated the French and gained control of most of the northern and eastern parts of North America; led to the Proclamation of 1763

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Quakers

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Religious group that promoted the idea of tolerance and opposed slavery

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English Bill of Rights

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English document that guaranteed certain rights; all laws must be made by Parliament and not the king; (1689); influenced our Bill of Rights and Constitution

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Puritans

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Religious group that has no separation of church and state; believe the church and state share a common purpose

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Colonial Era

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Colonies established, conflict with Native Americans, and the beginnings of representative governement

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Magna Carta

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English document that first guaranteed the right of trial by jury; written in 1215; no taxation without representation for nobles; influenced our Bill of Rights

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Appalachian Mountains

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Before the American Revolution, what was the western boundary of the colonies?

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John Locke

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His ideas of unalienable rights were used by Thomas Jefferson in the writing of the Declaration of Independece

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White men with property

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In colonial times, what group of people were allowed to vote?

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Great Awakening

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Many churches split, people started questioning authority, and became more engaged in religion during the?