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| -first permanent colony in New World Jamestown -bad condition in Jamestown -around Jamestown is Virginia |
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| -Plymouth (Plimoth/Plimouth) -Puritans |
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| why the puritans were sent away to form Jamestown |
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| -1500s -Henry VIII=Church of England=Anglican -sent Puritans to Holland from Plymouth -England claimed land -Mayflower Compact document written on Mayflower=agreement, will corporate and be part of gov -Plymouth Rock -Governor William Bradford |
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| -Massachusetts Bay Colony -Governor John Winthrop -said we should be a shining city upon a hill -set an example -US Route 1 first highway in US (Boston Post Road) |
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| Thirteen English Colonies |
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NEW ENGLAND - NH, Mass, RI, Conn, major city Boston, major industries trade farming fishing
MIDDLE COLONIES - NY, NJ, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, major city Philadelphia, major industries farming trade
SOUTHERN COLONIES - Virginia, NC, SC, Georgia, Major City Charleston, Major Industry farming slave labor |
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| Charleston can also be called what and how large is it in comparison to the states Philadelphia and Boston |
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| -not as large as either -Charlestown |
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| two of the original thirteen colonies that had slaves until 1865 |
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| first slaves in English Colonies |
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| -America Ended Slavery with the 13th Amendment(1861-1865) |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| French colonies to the north of English colonies |
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| -7 years -1754 to 1763 -French and Indians fighting British -over fur trade |
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| skirmishes = French and Indians vs. British |
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| -plane in the middle of the city of Quebec |
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| -battle at planes of Abraham -French and Britain general die -French general=Montcalm -British general=James Wolfe -Britain wins -generals seldom die in battle |
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| good points of Britain winning battles |
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| 1.British empire grows (mother countries+colonies) 2.get all of New France, going to name Canada, Northwest territory |
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| present day states in Midwest Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois |
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| bad points of Britain winning battles |
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| 1.security is poor, can not defend land 2.bankrupt, wars are costly |
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| who does King George III fire in the 18th century |
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| prime minister William Pitt, because Great Britain is in chaos with a bad government |
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Treaty of Paris
1.Britain gets Canada+Northwest Territory (parts of Florida too)
2.France would pay Britain reparations |
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| problems for Britain after treaty of Paris in 1763 |
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| 1.bankrupt because of war 2.government in chaos(William Pitts gone) 3.have to govern territory |
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| what did the French and Indian War help cause |
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| the American Revolution war |
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| -differently from England -'tough and rough' -considered selves England citizens |
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| the spirit Americans had from day one |
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| -frontier spirit of expanding growing and moving westward -colonists existed for every 100 years |
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| how did Britain really treat the colonies |
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| -not malicious -mismanaged -refused to acknowledge we were different -wanted us to conform -did not understand each other |
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| after the French and Indian war what do the British need and what do they do |
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| -they need money -raise taxes -England fought war to protect people -colonists didn't want the war |
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| Proclamation Line of 1763 |
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| -can't settle into northwest territory -no money to oversee+govern colony -wanted us to conform |
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| -Britain taxed after this -series of taxes 1763 to 1776 |
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| -during 16th and 17th century while colonies are being set up Britain is going through problems at home -salutary because colonies don't mind it -one cause of civil war is end of salutary neglect |
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| England is preoccupied therefore... |
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| -colonies left on their own -have rules but do whatever they want |
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| series of taxes after treaty of paris |
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| -Stamp Act -playing cards -documents (tax on stamps) -sugar tax -lead -gas |
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| -Parliament -British legislature -2 house legislature -Bi-cameral: 1.house of lords 2.house of commons |
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| Britain taxing colonies and not us and what do we do and what do they do |
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| -say we are British citizens but we don't have the same rightss?? -going to send British soldiers over to govern colonies -mercenaries(Hessians-German speaking) (payed solders) |
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| most vocal colony in New England |
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| -Massachusetts -specifically Boston -Sons of Liberty -organization plotting to stop problems with England -Samuel Adams |
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| -The Boston Massacre -British troops fire on ice-ball throwing unarmed colonists killing 5 men -John Adams represents them in courts and wins |
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| -freemen -freed from slavery -asked by British troops to defend them -did and succeeded |
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| -Boston Tea Party -tax on tea and people needed it -symbol of involvement -too much involvement by British government -been trading and doing well on own without interference -war paint -crates of tea into Boston harbour -upset British |
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| an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests |
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| -also intolerable acts -close port of Britain -no town meetings in Mass -to stop town meetings is taking away rights and freedom of speech |
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works to negotiate items for a country
ambassador |
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| Britain preoccupied with problems at home so don't pay attention to colonists and they don't mind it because they're independent, the end of this is one of the causes of civil war |
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Stamp Act
tax on stamps, sugar tax, lead, gas |
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British Legislature
2 House |
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| 2 houses in British Parliament/Legislature |
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1. House of Lords
2. House of Commons |
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| representation!, we are British colonies but we don't have the same rights? |
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| What does Britain first do to enforce the new taxation? |
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| send British soldiers over to govern colonies |
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| What kind of soldiers does Britain send over to govern the colonies? |
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| mercenaries - payed soldiers (Hessians+German speaking) |
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| How were the New England colonies different from the other colonies when fighting Britain? |
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| Which colony was the most rebellious, which city in it specifically, and what organization was really rebellious? |
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Massachusetts
specifically around Boston
Sons of Liberty is really rebellious organization |
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organization in Boston that plotted and planned to stop the problems with England
Samuel Adams was a big part of it |
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Boston Massacre
British troops fire on ice-ball throwing colonists, and kill 5 men |
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| Who did the British troops in the Boston Massacre ask to defend them? |
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| John Adams represented them and courts and they won |
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Freeman
freed from slavery |
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Boston Tea Party
tax on tea and people really needed it
symbol of involvement
too much by British government
had been trading + doing well on their own without any interference
war paint
crates not tea bags
upset British+made their point |
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mother country+colonies
economic system |
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intolerable acts
closed Boston's port
town meetings no longer allowed in Mass
to stop town meetings and take away rights+freedom of speech |
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