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35 Cards in this Set
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PLYMOUTH COLONY
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Who: English people
What: settled in America Where: Plymouth Significance: one of the first colonies to be founded by the English In North America |
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MAYFLOWER COMPACT 1620
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Who: colonists
What: first governing document of the Plymouth colony Where: Plymouth Significance: inspired colonies to proclaim their own lands |
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HEADRIGHT SYSTEM
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Who: Virginia settlers
What: a legal land grant to the settlers Where: Virgina Significance: it gave land to the settlers |
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FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT 1639
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Who: Connecticut Colony council
What: first constitution to be written Where: Connecticut river towns Significance: Considered by some to be the first constitution In the western tradition |
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MERCANTILISM
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Who: US and other nations
What: Economic theory Where: around the world Significance: Controls trade among nations |
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TRIANGULAR TRADE
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Who: American and European colonies
What: A historical term indicating through the Atlantic Where: the Atlantic Ocean Significance: it created a worldwide trade which included 3 continents |
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THE GREAT AWAKENING
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Who: Anglo-Americans
What: religious revival Where: America Significance: revival for Anglo-Americans began |
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Stamp Act
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Who- Passed by the Parliament in great Britain
What- required all legal documents, permits, commercial contracts, newspapers, wills, pamphlets, and playing cards in the American colonies to carry a tax stamp Where- in the Americas When- 1765 Significance- No taxation without Representation |
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Declaratory Act
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Who- British Parliament
What- Attempted to regulate the behaivior of the colonies Where- In the americas When-1766 Significance- this further incited the American Revolution. |
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Quartering Act
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Who- Lieutenent General Thomas Cage asked parliament to pass this act.
What- to persuade colonial assemblies to pay for quartering and provisioning of troops on the march Where- In the Colonies When- 1765 Significance- |
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Townshend Act
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Who- Passed by British Parliament
What- was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay for governors and judges who would be independent of colonial control Where- British colonies When- 1767 Significance- |
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Boston Massacre
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Who-the british soldiers who stood guard at the courthouse
What- massive shooting only killing few but brutally Where- in front of boston courthouse Significance- started a mass chain of events that led to the revolution. |
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Tea Act
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Who- Passed by british parliament
What- n act to allow a drawback of the duties of customs on the exportation of tea to any of his Majesty's colonies or plantations in America Where- In the Colonies When- May 10, 1773. Significance- |
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Boston Tea Party
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Coercive Act
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Mutiny Act
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Samuel Adams
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SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS:
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Slavery clause in the Declaration of Independence:
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Somerset Case (in Great Britain):
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Continental Army:
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King William’s War:
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War of Jenkin’s Ear:
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Paxton Boys:
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Grenville’s Program:
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Patrick Henry:
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Who: Patrick Henry
What: One of the most important figures in the American Revolution Where : Born Hanover County, Virginia When : Born May 29th 1799 Significance: Remembered for his "Give me Liberty, or Give Me Death Speech" |
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SONS OF LIBERTY:
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What: It was a secret orginization of American Patriots, called loyalists Where : They originated in the thirteen colonies When : Significance: |
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