America Land I Love Test 2 – Flashcards
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America's colonial era
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period from the founding of Jamestown to the outbreak of the War for Independence
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Moravians
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wrote the first classical music to be composed in America
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New England
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region least suited to agriculture because of long winters, short growing season, and rocky terrain
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middle colonies
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"bread colonies"--produced much grainz
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blacksmiths
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shod horses and made tools with iron
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mercantilism
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belief that the colonies existed solely for the good of the Mother Country. The colonies should supply English factories with raw materials
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frontier
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sparsely populated area on the fringe of settlement
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Cumberland Gap
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natural pass through the mountains near the Virginia-Tennessee border
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hornbook
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paddle-shaped board with printed sheet of alphabet and scripture
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New England Primer
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most widely used textbook in colonial America
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Philadelphia Academy
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founded by Benjamin Franklin, now University of Pennsylvania
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apprentices
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boys placed under the authority ans care of a master craftsman to learn a trade
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public libraries
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encouraged to start by Benjamin Franklin to spread general knowledge
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Poor Richard's Almanac
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book with meteorological info, proverbs, and advice with humor
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Paul Revere
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a skilled colonial silversmith
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William Billings
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traveled throughout New England conducting singing schools
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Benjamin Banneker
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built a clock made entirely of wood
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Cotton Mather
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Puritan who helped introduce the smallpox vaccine to America
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royal colonies
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colonies under the direct authority of the king
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proprietary colonies
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colonies granted by the king to individual owners
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self-governing colonies
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colonies granted charters to rule themselves
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governor
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chief executive officer of a colony
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John and Charles Wesley
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began the Methodist denomination
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Great Awakening
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revival in America in the mid-1700s
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George Whitefield
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Englishman who played an important role in the Great Awakening
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Jonathan Edwards
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colonial America's foremost theologian
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Jonathan Edwards
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preached the sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
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George Whitefield
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preached to crowds of up to 20,000
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David Brainerd
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best-known missionary to the Indians
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French and Indian War
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helped prepare to colonists for independence by uniting them to defend their homes
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Virginia Rangers
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local militia unit that George Washington belonged to
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Fort Duquesne
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English fort that the French captured and renamed
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General Edward Braddock
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led the British troops in the French and Indian War
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fight "like an Indian"
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using rocks and trees for cover during a fight
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Seven Years' War
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another name for the French and Indian War
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British defeated the French
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outcome of final battle of French and Indian War on the Plains of Abraham
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George III
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king who planned to bring the colonies into subjection
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Proclamation of 1763
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made all previous land grants null and void
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Proclamation of 1763
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barred settlements in all lands west of the Appalachians
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the Stamp Act
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tax on all legal documents
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the Quartering Act
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required colonists to supply housing to British troops
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Declaratory Act
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declared that the colonies were "subordinate" to England
