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Chapter 17
The United States- A new kind of nation
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History
7th Grade
02/04/2007

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Pilgrims
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one of the first groups to come to the New World,
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James I
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wanted all englishmen to conform to the Church of England
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Scrooby
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the place where the first independent church was formed by the Seperatists in 1606
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William Bradford
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known as the "Father of American History"also wrote "History of Plymouth Plantation"
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Leyden
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where the Seperatists found religous liberty
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Sir Edwin Sandys
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helped get a patent for the settlement in the New World for the Seperatists
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"the Adventurers"
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agreed to finance the venture in return for a share in the Pilgrim's profits for the first seven years
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Strangers
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non-seperatists
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New England
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the place the Pilgrims landed instead of the place where they had permission to land
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John Carver
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the first governor of the New World
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December 21,1620
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the day the pilgrims stepped onto Plymouth
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1776
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the War for Independence
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1789
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the ratification of the Constitution
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1791
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Adoption of the Bill of Rights
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toleration
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recognizing and respecting the beliefs of others even they are different than your own
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Phillip Spencer
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a German Lutheran pastor
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Pietists
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people who went to assembles of piety
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Moravion
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United Brethern
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John Wesley
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great English revivalist,traveled for 65 years
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the men nicknamed "Methodists"
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Charles Wesley, Geroge Whitefield,and a few other men
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George Whitefield
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the greatest english revivalist, "Father of the Sunday School Movement"
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William Wilberforce
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one of the great Christian statesmen of English history
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1807
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Parliament banned the British slave trade
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1833
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Parliament banned slavery altogether
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Robert Raikes
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started a Sunday school for poor street children
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some of the best-known English missionaries
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David Livingston, J. Hudson Taylor,and Robert Moffat
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Great Awakening
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began in 1734
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Half-Way Covenant
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1662 allowed unconverted relatives of church members to join the churches.
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Harvard
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founded in 1636 in Massachusetts
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Yale
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founded in 1701 in Conneticut
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Sinners in the hands of an angry God
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one of Edward's sermons delivered in 1741 at Enfield
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George Whitefield arrived when, and for what?
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1739 for the first of 7 evangelistic tours throughout the colonies
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Great Awakening
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affected masses of the American people
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Mercantilism
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measured a nation's wealth by the amount of gold and silver it possessed
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written charters served as
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comprehensive written constitutions
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legislatures consist of
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elected representatives
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bicameral
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two houses
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governor
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chief executive officer
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England and Scotland were united in
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1707
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Great Britain was a united as a single kingdom consisting of
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England and Scotland
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He was over 50 when he ascended to the throne in 1714
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George I
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George II was weak. Real power fell to his chief minister...
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Robert Walpole
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Robert Walpole
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the first true prime minister of England
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He hoped to reverse the trend of the declining power of the English monarchy that had begun in 1688.The Hanoverian king that ruled when America gained her Independence
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George III
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The Seven Years War was also called the
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French and Indian War
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Peace of Paris
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resolved the French and Indian War
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George Grenvile
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a prime minister
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Declaratory Act of 1766
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declared that England had full power to make laws for America
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Edmund Burke
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one of Britain's greatest statesmen and political thinkers, defended America
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Charles Townshend
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imposed duties on several types of imports
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Samuel Adams
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initiated the Committees of Correspondence
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Boston Tea Party
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340 chests of tea were poured over the side of the boat
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War for Independence also called the
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Revolutionary War
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George Washington
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the leader of the continental army and the first president of the U.S.
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July 4,1776
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the Continental Congress adopted the Decleration of Independence
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James Monroe
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issued the Monroe Doctrine
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Mexico recognized the Rio Grande as the southern boundary of Texas
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Abraham Lincoln
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led the nation to war with the Confederate States
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13th amendment
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abolished slavery
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U.S.S. Maine
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started the Spanish-American war
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nationwide revival
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Second Great Awakening
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Charles G. Finney
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the man most responsible for the Second Great Awakening
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Hawaiin Islands
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became the first great center of American missions activity
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Adoniram Judson
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"Father of American Missions"
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Lott Carey
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"Father of West African Missions"
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