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1607
first permanent English colony
Virginia Company
army strategy location on James River |
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Puritan minister
excommunicated from Massachusetts Bay Colony b/c of preaching outside church |
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heavy casualties
strong support in Boston, MA |
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1770
British troops opened fire
5 dead; 6 wounded
British moved to outskirts of city
Britain repeal of Townsend acts |
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1773
Working men disguised as indians
dumped all British tea overboard |
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| Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) |
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1774
port of Boston until debt paid off from destroyed tea
under military rule; restricted town meetings once/year |
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| legal of grant of land to settlers; indentured servants 1640's |
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support of France
British forced to surrender; ended war |
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Northwest Expansion
grant of discovery from england to expand protestantism |
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1587
"lost colony"
founded on barrier islands
ship captain returned to England for supplies and no evidence of colony on return |
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named after queen Elizabeth's virginity
paid for colonization
granted charter from the king |
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controlled trade of foreign goods
Navigation Acts of 1660-3/4 crew need to be English, all trade on English ships |
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| puritan colonist argument of moral persuasion; giving up slaves to save owners soul |
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schemer alleged of cross-dressing
Queen Anne's cousin; kicked out of England/parliament and sent to colonies |
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Indian raids on smaller tribes and cities to regain numbers of fallen members
women taken from colonies preferred tribes |
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| Quakers belief in spirit of God |
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arranged marriages based on love
"bundowing clothes and boards"
pre-marital sex approved
strong families=strong communities |
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| Calvinist theology that your fate of heaven or hell is already decided |
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| ships granted with letters of mark to attack vessels |
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| welsh town bordering England |
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| Lord Dunmore's Proclamation |
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| promised freedom to slaves |
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Prussian general
kicked out of prussian army
expert in drilling (basic training)
instilled mechanical courage- George Washington |
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imposed military in Jamestown with a set of rules/laws
no work=no food
makes good with Powhatan's daughter |
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Nathaniel Bacon and poor upset freemen and farmers took over Jamestown
Governor flees; rebellion unsuccessful |
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Indian Chief
Pocahontas' (Rebecca Rolfe) father |
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| cross bred tobacco with Caribbean tobacco for mild flavor |
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1767
tax on trade goods (tea, lead, paint, paper, glass) |
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tax on British seal needed for all documentation
colonists as a whole refused to mark with seal |
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organized and lead by wealthy men (John Hancock)
average working men in Boston
hung dummies of tax collectors and set a flame |
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| Committees of Correspondence |
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| secret government organized by patriots to coordinate responses against Britain |
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| given to privateers (captain kidd); seeds of American Navy |
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"Royal Brute"
loved England; faithful to wife n children
disliked war; favored agriculture |
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Evangelical type of preaching to evoke emotion
emotional rather than intellectual
EX: John Edwards |
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Grew up in a bar
religious
pursued career in ministry |
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"Shot heard round the world"
minutemen |
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creating new colleges of religous ferver
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traditional fading religion |
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| representation by the people (state reps) |
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| treaty signed ending the revolutionary war between Britain and the Americas |
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1492
believed globe was appr. 20 miles around
lobbied to monarchs in Spain for support
accidentally found new land |
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German-American printer/publisher
defendant in land mark legal case for liberal freedoms |
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7/13 colonies
discuss indian relations |
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| Metacom; Indian Cheif war on colonists |
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| first assembly represented by English colonies in america; population |
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rallied troops under General Gates
hero of revolution turned traitor |
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| decisive victory for patriots in cowpens, South Carolina |
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| three ring trade route between west indies, west africa, america |
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| the installment of drill tactics in the belief that the troops would do better if they stayed and fought |
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| middle man between france and the americas |
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| ignoring the colonies without intention |
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worked to convert natives by teaching them read
backsliding; jehovah pushover
converted on death beds |
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slave rebellion in south carolina
crushed ferociously
leaders enforced strict slave code |
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| legal contract of labor for land |
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| Prince Henry the Navigator |
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Portugal was one of the first nations exploring west African coast
looking to trade goods with china (gold, spice, slaves) |
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| the attitude between upper and lower classes |
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hunched back little dwarf
dramatic means to save slaves
quaker |
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Battle of Saratoga
victory of patriots convincing helpf from France |
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| the language of the slaves mixing african tongue and english |
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