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| Puritans left England because of |
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| Puritans started this first colony in the new world in 1629. |
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| Between 1629-1640 15,000 Puritans came to the New World. |
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| Whaling in the colonies was for |
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*15 kids
*outspoken on her religious beliefs
*held meetings in her home
*banned from Mass. Bay Colony
*went to live in Rhode Island |
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| settled New Neatherlands which became New York |
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| New York is split and half becomes |
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| Quaker who founds Pennsylvania in 1681 |
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| non-violent and believed in equality for everyone |
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| Maryland was started so people could practice their religious beliefs and passed the first law of religious freedom. What was it? |
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* settlers came to New World
* settlers moved onto Native American land
* Native Americans fought killing men women and children
* Government got involved |
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| debtors colony for Englands' poor |
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*lasted 400 years
* 10 % died
* ate gruel (watery oatmeal)
* sick/dying overboard
*triangular trade route |
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| would trade their labor for x amount of years in exchange for passage to the New World |
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| between 1730-1740 a widespread religious movement in the colonies |
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| had the 1st public school in 1642 |
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| period of scientific discovery and advanced thinking |
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| Root cause of the revolutionary war |
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| Root cause of the revolutionary war |
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| conflict in 1754 over the Ohio Valley which pitted the French and Indians against the English and colonists |
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| French/Indians against the English/Colonists |
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who fought who in the french and Indian War?
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| 1757 British leader William Pitts wins control of Ohio Valley/Indiana by winning in what conflict (war)? |
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| the signing of this ended the French and Indian War |
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* said that settlers could not move onto Native American land
* England sent 10,000 troops to guard border and live among the settlers |
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| British Govt imposed a tax on legal documents, cards and dice |
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British govt imposed a tax on paper, glass and tea
attached writs of assistance |
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| colonists' homes and businesses could be searched/ seized for untaxed goods |
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| Rioting colonists heckled and throw stuff at soldiers, a soldier's gun accidently fires, and when the smoke clears, 5 colonists are dead. |
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| soldiers lived and ate in the homes of colonists |
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| because of Townshed Act's tax on tea, 50 colonists dressed up like Indians board ships in harbor and dump tea overboard |
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*Boston Harbor closed
* No Town Meetings
* British only tried in England
* All soldiers living in homes |
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| meeting of delegates from 12 colonies in Philadelphia that decide to start building an army |
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*Br. march to search for weapons cache
* midnight riders warn the minutemen
*SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD
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| never in history had a colony broken away from its' mother country |
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| Why was the first gunshot of Lexington / Concord called THE SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD? |
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| British strengths and weaknesses |
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*many leaders *lots of supplies
* Navy * trained soldiers
*no will to fight * didn't know land
*far from home |
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| colonists strengths and weaknesses |
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*G.Washington *Knew the land
*Will to fight
*no supplies * no trained soldiers
*no navy |
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| Ethan Allen and Green Mountain Boys give the patriots their first victory by attacking this fortress in dense fog and capturing many supplies |
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| 1st battle of the Revolutionary War |
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| the British ( aka English) |
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| which side won the first battle of the revolutionary war at Bunker Hill/ Breeds Hill? |
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| They were inspired by how well they fought |
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| although the colonists lost Bunker Hill / Breeds Hill, why did they feel good about it? |
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| don't fire til you see the whites of their eyes |
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| Due to lack of supplies the Continental Army (Colonists)had what policy about using ammunition? |
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Thomas Paine
To convince others to join up with the patriots and support independence. |
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who wrote "Common Sense"?
what was the purpose of his writing it? |
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Thomas Jefferson
July 4, 1776 |
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
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| life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness |
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| 3 things the Declaration of Independence guarantees |
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| Why do the patriots want France to join us in the Rev. War? |
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Trenton, New Jersey
Christmas night 1776 |
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Where and when did G.Washington
*cross the Delaware River,
*attack and capture drunken British/German troops
*gave Continental Army 1st major battle victory |
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| 3 redcoat armies to split colonies and take Albany, NY is British new plan leading up to the patriot victory here |
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| THE TURNING POINT OF THE WAR |
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| Ethan Allen and G.Washington cut off the 3 prong British attack at Saratoga. What is this known as? |
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French joins in the war
gives them supplies and a navy |
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Because of the Patriots success at
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* Winter 1777-1778
*no food
*no shelter
*GW stays with his men
*Continental Army barely survives |
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| GW's best friend, trained infantry soldiers |
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| Polish, best cavalry officer |
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| African Americans thought they would get this if they fought in the Revolutionary War? |
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| great colonial navy captain who said "I have not yet begun to fight!" |
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| great military officer and peer to GW who became a traitor. |
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*1781
*Cornwallis retreats to peninsula
*GW traps him
*Degrasse (french fleet) cuts off escape
*British surrender WAR IS OVER |
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| Ended the Revolutionary War |
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| signing of the treaty of paris |
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*Ticonderoga
*Bunker Hill/Breeds Hill
*Trenton
*Saratoga
* Valley Forge (not a battle)
*Yorktown |
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| Put these in order of occurence: Yorktown, Trenton, Ticonderoga, Valley Forge, Saratoga, Bunker Hill/Breeds Hill |
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| British policies that led colonist to seek independence |
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| Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Townshed Act, Writs of Assistance, Boston Massacre, Quartering Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Act & Lexington/Concord |
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