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First Semester History Exam
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History
7th Grade
12/16/2007

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Fundamental Order of Connecticut
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The first written constitution of America. This described the organization of representative government in detail.
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Acts of Toleration
Definition

 

1. Protestants outnumber Catholics

2. Documents says both Catholics and Protestans have the right to worship freely 

3. Repealed by Protestant majoriy in 1692 

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patroons
Definition

landowners in Dutch colonies who ruled like a king over large areas of lands

A person given land and granted certain manorial right 

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Puritans
Definition

Protestants who during the 1600's wanted to reform the anglican Church

Religious group that established the massachusetts bay 

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Separatists
Definition
Protestants who during the 1600s wanted to leave the anglican Church in order to found their own Churches.
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Thomas Hooker
Definition

He was dissatisfied with the Massachusettes colony and in 1630 he found Hartford and the connecticut river

 

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Mission System
Definition
Built to convert population to capitalism
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King Phillip's War
Definition

Ended in defeat for the Wampanoag and the allies

 

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Peter  Stuyvesant
Definition
was Dutch governor of New Amsterdam
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loyalists
Definition
American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence
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James Oglethorpe
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Founded georgia
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John Smith
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He helped Jamestown in the second year of its settlement by forcing explored area and getting food from indians
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Manhatton Island
Definition
where new amsterdam is located
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Rice
Definition
Main crop in GA and SC
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tobacco
Definition
Main crop for VA and Maryland
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Roger Williams
Definition

was kicked out of Massachusetts and founded Rhode Island

felt people should not be persecuted for their religious beliefs

he thought government shouldn't force people to worship in the same way 

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Quebec
Definition

along St. Lawrence river

trading post, large estates, forts

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Bacon's Rebellion
Definition

Bacon led group of settlers into Jamestown

Berkely driven into exile

England sends troups to restore order

Bacon Dies

Militia created to control native america

Many lands are now open 

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William Bradford
Definition
First leader of the Mayflower compact
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Roundheads
Definition
parliament forces led by Oliver Cromwell
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Philadelphia
Definition

Major port for the transport of good, crops, and livestock

"City of Brotherly love" 

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Charter of Liberties
Definition
Gave Pennsylvania Colonists the right to elect representatives to a legislative assembly
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New Amsterdam
Definition
located on Manhatton Island
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Cotton
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Charlestown
Definition

founded in 1680

later names Charleston 

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Plantation System
Definition

Located by a river

 

Enables fast transport

Many located in tidewater 

Spanish needed workers for crops 

native americans intially used high death rates

passage of new laws 

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Sir William Berkley
Definition
Governor of VA that was called back to England because of Bacon's rebellion
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Quakers
Definition

Ideals were religious toleration and pacifists

believed that every individual had a inner light that will guide him or her to salvation 

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Parliament
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Trinity of Acts-la-Chapelle
Definition
Everyone gets back what they had before the war
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Tidewater
Definition
a region of flat low lying plains along the sea coast
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Proclamation of 1763
Definition

makes the appalachian mountains the boundry of the colonies

Creates more problems between Britain and the colonies

more land issues 

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Louisbourg
Definition
British captured French
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Middle Passage
Definition
shipped enslaved africans to the west indies
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Treaty of Paris
Definition
all canada goes to Britain and everything west of the MS river goes to Spain including New Orleans and Britain gets Florida
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King George's  War
Definition

also knowns as war of Austrian succession (european)

1740-1748 

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Queen Anne's War
Definition
colonists called it Queen Anne's War after the Queen who was mary's younger sister
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French and Indian War
Definition

diplomacy if based on balance of powers

main powers are britain and france

balance of powers is based on a system of alliances

many alliances are based on protestant versus catholic

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Montreal
Definition

founded by Jacques Cartier

also named royal mountain 

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Charter Colony
Definition

Con. and Rhode Island

established by settlers who are given certain rights or priviledges 

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Royal Colony
Definition

VA, GA, MA, NH, NY, NJ, NC and SC

directly from Britain 

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Proprietary Colony
Definition

DE, MD and PA

Britain issued a land grant 

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mercantilism
Definition
the theory that a state's or nations power depended on it's wealth
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Iroquois Confederacy
Definition

Most Powerful Native American Group in eastern North America

made up of five nations 

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Glorious Revolution
Definition

English Colonial Rule

the change that showed the power of the elected reprentatives over the monarchy 

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William and Mary
Definition

Were brought to the throne from Holland

Founded by Anglicans 

not happy

william was gay

no heirs 

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Louis XIV
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claims the Spanish thrown from his grandson philip of avion

Alliances lead Europe to war

Because Anne was Quees colonist called it Queen Anne's War

Austria is catholic but against spain

commercial war 

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militia
Definition
army
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literacy
Definition
the ability to read and write
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William Pitt
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prime minister of Great Britain

Appointed skilled officers Jeffry Amberst and James Wolfe 

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Benjamin Franklin
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calls for "one general government" - albany plan of union

 

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Enlightenment
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idea that knowledge, science and reason could improve life
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Marquis de Montcalm
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in quebec he was against Wolfe

 

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James Wolfe
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one of William Pitts skilled officers
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Plains of Abraham
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Edward Braddock
Definition

commander of the British forces

was sent to drive the French out of the ohio valley 

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Great Awakenings
Definition

religious revival

1720-1740 

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Navigation Acts
Definition

a series of laws passed in 1651-1673

led to increased conflict between England and the colonies

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Prussia
Definition
defeated France in the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, making Germany a world power
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Ft. Duquesne
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one of the three states to victory in North America

control of this fort was important during the beginning and ending of the french - indian war

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Pontiac
Definition

athawa chief who brought a native american allie against the british in 1763

Attack British at Fort Detroit

Captures some outposts in great lake area

known as pontiacs war

ends when pontiac learns of the treaty of paris 

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George Washington
Definition

became famous even though he was defeated beause he fought against the French

mission was to tell the french that they wer trasspassing on territory claimed by Great Britain and demand that they leave 

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Renaissance
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"rebirth"

a period of intellectual and artistic creativity 

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Henry the Navigator
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set up center for exploration

laid groundwork for a new age of discovery 

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Christopher Columbus
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sponsored by Spain

First voyage begins in August 1492

he had three ships

lands in sans salvadore in 1492 thinks he found east indies and claims area for spain

discovered america

makes three other voyages

carribean islands

coast of central america

northern coast of south america

claims area for spain 

 

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Vikings
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Leif Erikson
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Leif Eriksson
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explored areas west of greenland

vineland and modern day canada 

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Henry Hudson
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Discovered the Hudson Bay Area and was controlled by British

English sailor sailing for holland

sailed to present day albany

sailed again but for england

hudson river/bay named for him 

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Amerigo Vespucci
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mapped coast of south america 1499

concluded are was not part of asia but new continent

america is named after him 

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Conquistadors
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explorers who settled in the americas

received land grants in exchange for a fifth of treasures 

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Pueblos
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name of community of homes built for native americans
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missions
Definition
religious settlement
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Presidio
Definition
Spanish fort in the americas built to protect mission settlement
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Peninsular
Definition
upper class born in spain owned land and served in catholic church
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Creoles
Definition
people born in america with two spanish parents
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Mestizos
Definition
had spanish and native american parents
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Encomienda
Definition
the right to demand taxed or labor from native americans living on the land. Turns the native americans into slaves
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protestant reformation
Definition

great religious historical movement

 

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Columbian Exchange
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brought three continents together through trade: europe, america and africa

1. food crops and disease from africa to europe

2. from africa to america slaves

3. animals, good, service, disease from europe to africa and america 

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Sir Walter Raleigh
Definition

tried twice to establish colonies on Roanoke Island

 

was given the right of claiming any land in north america not already owned by a Christian Monarch by Queen Elizabeth

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Roanoke Island
Definition

100 men of raleighs settled there

off the coast of present day north carolina 

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Joint Stock Company
Definition
a company in which investors by stock in the company in return for a share of its future profits
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Jamestown 1607
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was built on a peninsula so they could defeat it from attack
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Pocahontas
Definition

married John Rolfe and this improved the relationship between the settlers and the powhatan people

daughter of chief powhatan 

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House of Burgesses
Definition
Makes new local laws for the colony
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Mayflower Compact
Definition

formal document drawn up to maintain order in the plymouth colony

 

was very important because it pledged the pilgrims loyalty to England 

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Pilgrims
Definition
were separatists who called themselves pilgrims because their journey had religious purpose
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Hartford
Definition

founded by thomas hooker in 1636

adopted the fundamental orders of connecticut 

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Massachusetts Bay
Definition
where winthrop led 900 men, women and children
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John Winthrop
Definition
was first governor of massachusetts
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Great Migration
Definition
the time when many puritans left England in the 1630's to find religious freedom
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John Wheelwright
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Indentured Servants
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Slaves
Definition

primary reason for economic sucess of the south

became a major dividing issue between colonies 

 

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Sir George Calvert
Definition

Was given a colony north of virginia for 2 reasons:

1. get rich

2. create a safehaven for Catholics 

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Baltimore
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the largest settlement in 1729
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The Mason-Dixon Line
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Nathaniel Bacon
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Resentful over eastern domination of colonial legistrature

Leads attacks on native americans 

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Constitution
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Debtor
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New Orleans
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New France
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San Diego
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Subsistence Farming
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Triangular Trade
Definition

Sugar from West Indies turned into rum

Rum is manufactured good to West Indies

Good sold for slaves

Slaves brought from Africa to West Indies 

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West Indies
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Cash Crops
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Appalachian Mountains
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Slave Codes
Definition
strict rules governing the lives of slaves
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English Bill of Rights
Definition
Granted Certain Rules to Certain Citizens
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Smuggling
Definition
Vice Admiralty Courts to hear cases involving smugglers - no trial by jury and guilty until proven innocent - colonists feel this is a violation of basic rights 
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Jonathan Edwards
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George Whitfield
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Apprentices
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John Peter Zenger
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primary result of trial is that free speech is seen as a basic right
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Ohio River Valley
Definition
was a major area of conflict
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Albany Plan of Union
Definition
Was "one general government"
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Fort Necessity
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Established by Washington
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War of Jenkins Ear
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War of Austrian Succession
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War of Spanish Succession
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Seven Years War
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Spain
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Holland
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France
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Lord Augustus Howe
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George Grenville
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Revenue
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Writs of Assistance
Definition

1. allows customs officials to search almost anything

2. colonists are very angry 

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Sugar Act
Definition

parliament passed to curtail illegal trade from West Indies

 

1. lowers tax on imported molasses in hopes to encourage payment of tax

 

 

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Stamp  Act
Definition

1765

 

1. placed a tax on all printed materials in the colonies

2. passed withouth colonial consent 

3. repealed in 1766 

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Effigies
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Patrick Henry
Definition
speaks in the house of Burgess - says colonies have the sole, exclusive right to tax colonial citizens
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Samual Adams
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Organized the Sons of Libery
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John Adams
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Stamp Act Congress
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Sons of Liberty
Definition

1.organized by Samual Adams

 

2 .Burned effigies, raided customs official's homes/offices 

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Daughters of Liberty
Definition
encouraged use and production of home grown items
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Boycott
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Repeal
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Nonimportation
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Declaratory Act
Definition

Parliement passed it in 1766

states that Parliament has the right to make decisions for the colonies - this includes the power to tax 

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Townshends Acts
Definition

This was a tax on goods at the point of entry to the colonies

 

included many items that the colonies could not produce 

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Liberty Affair
Definition

1. ship belonging to John Hancock is seized

2. British thought that it was carrying smuggled goods

3. anger unites many colonists against British 

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Boston Massacre
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Crispus Attucks
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Propaganda
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Committee of Correspondence
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Tea Act of 1773
Definition

parliament passed to help East India Tea Company

 - places colonial merchants aqt a disadvantage - tea sold directly to shopkeepers 

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East India Tea Company
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Boston Tea Party
Definition

Dec 16 1773

Royal Governors House was burned

Governor orders tea to be unloaded

Sons of Liberty led by Sam Adams

Colonist dress up as mohawk indians

Dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor

Britain is losing control of the colonies

 

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King George  III
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The Intolorable Acts
Definition

Spring 1774

very harsh laws designed to punish people of massachusetts for resistance

known as Coercive Acts in parliament

Boston harbor is closed until colonist pay for ruined tea

other colonies respond by sending supplies

forced bostonians to house british soldiers 

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The Coercive Acts
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Red Coats
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Lobsterbacks
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The Quebec Acts
Definition

further angered colonists

set up permanent gov for quebec

granted religious freedom to french catholics

gave Quebec large area of land west of appalachian mountain and north of ohio valley

this ignores colonial land claims in the are 

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Plymouth
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Boston
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John Cabot
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William Penn
Definition

Receives large amount of land through payment of a loan

 

Founded Pennsylvania 

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Oliver Cromwell
Definition

formed protectorate during the english civil war

Led Roundheads 

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Queen Isabella
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King Ferdinand
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King  Charles II
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Who Fought in the French and Indians War?
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Three results of the French and Indian War
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Tariff
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New Netherlands
Definition
English were interested in New Netherlands because of their river trade and excellent harbor
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Queen Anne
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William of Orange
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Indigo
Definition

main crop of South Carolina

Blue Gold 

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Georgia
Definition

founded by James Oglethorpe

became a charter colony in 1733 

founded for two reasons: miliary barrier against spanish florida and a place for debtors 

banded rum and slavery 

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South Carolina
Definition

became an official colony in 1729

two primary crops were rice and indigo 

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North Carolina
Definition
Became an official colony in 1729
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Virginia
Definition

1. with expansions settlers want more land

2. native americans inhabit western va

3. Gov Sir William Berkley makes deal - VA receives one large piece of land - settlers stop taking Native American Land

4. Many settlers ignore pledge

5. conflict with Native Americans

6. Nathaniel Bacon leads attack on Native Americans 

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Maryland
Definition

Was founded by Lord Baltimore as a safehaven for Catholics

Proprietary Colony 

Colony was not dependent on one crop

borders disputes between MD and PA and that leads to Mason Dixon Line

Acts of Toleration of 1649

Baltimore - largest settlement in 1729 

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Delaware
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Pennsylvania
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New York
Definition
Major port for the transport of good, crops and livestock
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Rhode Island
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Connecticut
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New Hampshire
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Massachusettes
Definition
formed by Puritans that received a royal charter
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New Jersey
Definition

Became a royal colony in 1702

Founded by Berkely and Cartier 

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London
Definition
Managed trade
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Parliament
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Paris
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Canada
Definition
major area of conflict
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Malasses
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Hannoverain Kings
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Lord North
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Treat of Tortesillas
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Portugal
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Aztecs
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Incan Empire
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Hernan Cortez
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Montezuma
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Francisco Pizzaro
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Myan Empire
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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Gold Coast
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Vasco de Gama
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Pedro Cabral
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Florida
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Louisiana Territory
Definition

South along Mississippi river

La Salle claimed area

New Orleans founded in 1718 

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New England Colonies
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Middle Colonies
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Southern Colonies
Definition

immigration

indentured servants, slaves, criminals 

industry and commerce was slow to develope due to dependence on agriculture

more fertile farmland

good harbor

large plantation develops

because of large farms - great demand for slave labor 

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Great Lakes
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Restoration
Definition
Period of time when Charles II was placed on throne
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Who were primary voters?
Definition

male Church member

landowners

adults 

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Fort William Henry
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Montreal
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Commerce
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Cape
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Gulf
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Bay
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Mouth
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tributary
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Source
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Continent
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Delta
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Peninsula
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Strait
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476 AD
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William the Conqueror
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Hildebrand
Definition
excommunicated the Holy Roman Empire - Henry IV
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Charlemagne
Definition

two primary reasons why he was considered one of the greatest rulers in European History:

 

1.  He was a unifier and a delegator

2. He was crowned by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day 800  

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Henry the IV
Definition
excommunicated by Pope Hildebrand
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Constantinople
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Battle of Hastings
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Magna Carta
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Black Death
Definition

three primary results were

 

1. people turned to the Church

2. Fuedilism was distroyed

3. ushers in the reniassance 

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Hundred Year War
Definition
the war fought between France and  England from 1337 - 1453
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Martin Luther
Definition
was a German Monk and a leader in the protestant reformation
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Alfred the Great
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Pope Urban II
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Pope Leo II
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Middle Ages
Definition
another term for middle ages is dark ages
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Feudalism
Definition
primary political\economic system in western europe in the midieval time
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Children's Crusade
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Crusades
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Jacques Cartier
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Francisco Coronado
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John Cabot
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Henry VIII
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Bart de Las Casas
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John Calvin
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1066
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1453
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Circumnavigate
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Northwest Passage
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800
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711-1492
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1215
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New Laws
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Cape of Good Hope
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San Salvador
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Portuguese
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Vinland
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Maria Theresa
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Spanish Armada
Definition

spanish lost control of the seas

 

europeans began to colonize north america 

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10 European nations of Map
Definition
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