Unit 1 Apush Terms

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PLYMOUTH COLONY

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Who - captain john smith, Squanto (a Native American)
What - one of the earliest colonies to be founded by the English in North America and the first sizable permanent English settlement in the New England region
Where - Plymouth, Massachusetts
Significance - the colony was governed under precepts laid down by the mayflower compact

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MAYFLOWER COMPACT 1620

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Who - first governing document of Plymouth Colony
What - document created on board the Mayflower
Where - plymouth colony
Significance - defined and limited the functions of government. It was, however, the germ of po

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HEADRIGHT SYSTEM

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Who - the Virginia Company of London
What - legal grant of land to settlers
Where - jamestown, virginia
Significance - Most headrights were for 1 to 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land, and were given to anyone willing to cross the Atlantic Ocean and help populate the colonies. These were granted to anyone who would pay for the transportation costs of a laborer or

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FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT 1639

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who - John Fiske
what - Laws, Rules, Orders and Decrees
where - Hartford, Connecticut
Significance - It was a Constitution for the colonial government of Hartford and was similar to the government Massachusetts had set up. However, this Order gave men more voting rights and opened up more men to be able to run for office positions.

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MERCANTILISM

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Who - europeans
What - markets for export
Where - england
Significance - greatly enhanced the positions of the new merchant capitalists

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TRIANGULAR TRADE

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Who - american colonies, west indies, and africa
What - trade between those three places
Where - puerto rico,
Significance - colonial commercial states began to stabilize

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THE GREAT AWAKENING

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Who - john and charles wesley
What -
Where - the colonies
Significance - caused one great upheaval in the culture of the colonies

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IRON ACT 1750

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Who - britain
What - great Britain restricted American manufacturing
Where - America, great britain
Significance - hurt american economy

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INDENTURED SERVANTS

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Who - mainly black people
What - people trying to pay back a debt by working for other people
Where - southern colonies
Significance -

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GEORGE WASHINGTON

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Who - guy on $1 bill
What - first pres.
Where - virginia; united states
Significance -

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PROCLAMATION ACT 1763

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Who -
What - an order from king george III for indians not to cross a line drawn over the App. mountains
Where - western colonies
Significance - helped trade a tiny bit but didn’t keep the whites from continuing to go west

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SALUTARY NEGLECT

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Who - Robert Walpole
What - believed the colonies should be left alone except
Where - colonies, Great Britain
Significance - led to the American Revolutionary War

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STAMP ACT 1765

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Who - british
What - a tax created on almost all printed documents
Where - colonies
Significance - created frustration; affected printers, lawyers, farmers

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STAMP ACT CONGRESS

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Who - 9 of he colonies
What - a congress created defend against the Stamp Act
Where - what would become Federal Hall in New York City
Significance - Stamp Act was lifted

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SONS OF LIBERTY

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Who - Loyalists
What - secret organization of American patriots which originated in the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution. British authorities and their supporters
Where - colonies
Significance - Patriots attacked the apparatus and symbols of British authority and power such as property of the gentry, customs officers, East India Company tea, and as the war approached, vocal supporters of the Crown.

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COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE

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Who - Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren
What - bodies organized by the local governments of the Thirteen Colonies before the American Revolution for the purposes of coordinating written communication outside of the colony
Where - Thirteen Colonies
Significance - The committees of correspondence rallied opposition on common causes and established plans for collective action, and so the group of committees was the beginning of what later became a formal political union among the colonies.

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BOSTON MASSACRE

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Who - soldiers, innocents
What - British soldiers killed 5 civilians
Where - boston
Significance - led to American Revolution

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INTOLERABLE (COERCIVE) ACTS 1774

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Who -
What - a series of laws passed by british parliament relating to Britain's colonies in North America
Where - great britain; U.S.
Significance - The acts sparked outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies and were important developments in the growth of the American Revolution.

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SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 1775

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Who -
What - a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met beginning in May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after shooting in the American Revolutionary War had begun.
Where - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Significance - By raising armies, directing strategy, appointing diplomats, and making formal treaties, the Congress acted as the de facto national government of what became the United States.

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NORTHWEST ORDINANCE

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Who -
What - An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio
Where - North-West of the River Ohio
Significance - The primary effect of the ordinance was the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States out of the region south of the Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River

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GREAT COMPROMISE

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Who - Roger Sherman
What - an agreement between large and small states reached during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution
Where - Connecticut
Significance - submitted to the constitutional convention to break the deadlock created by the New Jersey Plan and The Virginia Plan