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Primary source
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Fristhand information about people or events. Includes official documents.
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Archaeologist
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are people who study of evidence left by early people in order to find out about their way of life.
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Culture
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is the way of life that a people have developed
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Beringia
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Mayan Accomplishments
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Incan Accomplishments
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Vasco da Gama
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Sailed for Portugal; Sailed around Africa to India (1497-1498)
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Magellan
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Ferdinand Magellan - Sailed for Spain; Led first expedition to sail around the world (1519-1522)
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John Cabot
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Sailed for England; Discovered Newfoundland (1497)
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Northwest Passage
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a waterway to Asia, through or around North America
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Mayflower Compact
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On November 11, 1620, the 41 male passengers on the Mayflower signed a binding agreement for self-government.
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Iroquois Confederacy
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James Oglethorpe
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Founded Georgia in 1732
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House of Burgesses
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representative assembly in colonial Virginia; it first met in Jamestown, Virginia, on July 30, 1619
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Triangular Trade
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Colonial trade route between New England, the West Indies and Africa
o New England to the West Indies: Fish and lumber o The West Indies to New England: Sugar and molasses oNew England to Africa: Rum, guns, gunpowder, cloth and tools o Africa to the West Indies: Slaves |
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Puritans
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a group of English Protestants who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Quakers
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Protestant reformers who believe in the equality of all people
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Acts of Toleration
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a 1649 Maryland law that provided religious freedom for all Christians
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Roger Williams
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a Puritan who challenged the leaders of Massachusetts Bay; believed in religious tolerance
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Navigation Acts
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A series of laws to regulate trade between the colonies and England
o Passed to ensure that only England benefited from trade with the colonies. § Encouraged colonists to build their own ships! § New England became a prosperous shipbuilding center! § Colonial merchants did not have to compete with other merchants BUT…. o Many colonists resented them because they felt that ONLY England benefited from them! |
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Mercantilism
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Economic theory that a nation becomes strong by building up its gold supply and expanding trade
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Middle Passage
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The trip from Africa to the Americas that started the slave trade.
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French and Indian War
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a war that took place from 1754 to 1763 that led to the end of French power in North America
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Albany Plan of Union
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proposal by Benjamin Franklin to create one government for the 13 colonies
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Treaty of Paris 1763
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a 1763 agreement between Britain and France that ended the French & Indian War; peace treaty between the US and Britain, ratified in 1783, that recognized the US as an independent nation
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Proclamation of 1763
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a law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
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Stamp Act
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a 1765 law that placed new duties on legal documents, and taxed newspapers, almanacs, playing cards, and dice
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