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12/15/2015

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Nathaniel Bacon
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was a wealthy planter who raised an army to fight native Americans on the Virginia frontier
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Indentured Slaves
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worked for planters for a term of 4-7 years in return for paid passage to the american colonies
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Pocahontas
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help smooth things out relations between the Powhatan people and the English settlers at Jamestown
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Quakers
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wanted to purify the church of England , and they fled to England to escape persecution
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Mayflower Compact
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was signed by the pilgrims to establish laws for their new colony at Plymouth
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Roger Williams
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argued that settlers had no rights to take land from the Indians . He was prosecuted by the authorities and fled to Rhode island where he founded Providence
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Anne Hutchinson
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was banished from the Massachusetts by John Winthrop . She was seen as a threat by those who opposed the preaching of women
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Triangular Trade
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three-way pattern of trade that involved England , English Colonies in the Americas , and west Africa
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Indentured Servants
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individual who agreed to work without wages for a period of time in exchange for transportation to the colonies
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Mercantilism
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economic power under which a nation accumulates wealth by exporting more goods than it imports
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Middle Passage
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the forced transport of enslaved African from west Africa to the Americas
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Salutary Neglect
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British policy in early 1700s which allowed the colonies virtual self rule a sling as Great Britain was gaining economically
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Manga Carta
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English document from 1215 that limited the power of the king and provided basic rights for citizens
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Enlightenment
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eighteenth century movement during which European philosophers believed that societys problems could be solved by reason and science
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Navigation Acts
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British trade laws enacted by parliament during the mid -1700's that regulated colonial commerce
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Poniacs Rebellion
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was a violent uprising in 1763 by Indians in the Great lakes region
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English bill of rights
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was a document guaranteeing a number of freedoms and restating many of the right granted in the Magna Carta
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Benjamin Franklin
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would b considered the father of the Enlightenment in the american colonies . he was a scientist, author and inventor
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Albany plan
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was a failed proposal in 1754 to create one government for the 13 colonies
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Great Awakening
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was a religious movement that swept through the English colonies during the 1730s ansd 1740s which was heavily inspired by evangelical ministers
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French And Indian war
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was fought from 1754 to 1763 , in which Britain and its colonies defeated France and its Indian allies
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Proclamation
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was a declaration by the British king ordering all colonist to remain east of the Appalachian Mountains
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Treaty of Paris
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signed in 1763 , ended the french and Indian war and awarded the British all french lands east of Mississippi River
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Northwest ordinance of 1787
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provided a government for the northwest territory and banned slavery
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land ordinance of 1785
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set up a system for managing the northwest territory and dispensing public lands
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Shays rebellion
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farmers who were upset over bank foreclosures took up arms and shut down the local courts in Massachusetts
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Virginia Plan
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proposed a bicameral legislature with representation in both houses based on population ,which would favor larger states
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new jersey plan
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proposed a unicameral legislature in which representation would be equal for all states. This plan favored smaller states
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The Federalist
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was a series of 85 essays that became to be known as the federalist papers and they were written to stir up support ratification the constitution
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bill of rights
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was added to the Constitution due to the resistance of the anti federalist these are the first ten amendments to the constitution
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elastic clause
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stated that the congress would have the authority to pass any laws reasonably necessary to carry out its duties
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intolerable acts
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american name for the coercive acts which parliament passed in 1774 to control the colonies
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