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"give me liberty"
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Undergraduate 1
09/14/2010

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mesoamerica
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the developing of agriculture and communities
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Cahokia
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30,000 ppl there
they built the big mounds
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anasazi
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created a system of highways for trade.
(like the mezoamerica)
based on corn agriculture.
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chesapeake region
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setteled in a swamp
-tobacco, with a lot of slavery
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indentured servants
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signed a contract for about 7 years to be a slave, 50% death rate (white slaves)
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declaration of independence
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written by thomas jefferson
america braking away from the king
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bacons rebellion
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unsuccessful revolt against the governor of virginia. bc Berkley didnt protect the colonists against the indians rads and they didnt allow them to have the indian land
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mercantilism
Definition
-in ports & exports,
-the gov wanted more exports then in ports
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salutary neglect
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-Great Britain did not inforce regulation
-Molasses Act= taxes on rum
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colonial assemblies
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enlightenment
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-new ideas
-wanted to use reason instead of religion
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seven year war
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-french and indian war
-washington had to surrender to the french and indians
-proclamation line of 1763
-between england and france for control of north america, east of the mississippi.
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Pontiac's War
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-indians got all their land taken away, sso they rebelled against europe by refusing to use their technology
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stamp act
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the taxation on printed goods
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townshend act
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taxed on anything that was not made in the colonies
-so americans boycotted all their stuff
-parliment repeiled it except the tea
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caravel
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-a ship capable of traveling long distances
-a compass that could tell their location
-sailed down africa, returned to portugal
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John Locke
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-natural rights
-inspiered declaration of independence
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phillis wheatley
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published a poem when she was 12 years old -she wrote about freedom
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