College American History-Unit 1 – Flashcards
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first settlements of America
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Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymoth
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Roanoke
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the "lost colony"
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Joint Stock Company
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pooling money together to fund trip to America
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Royal Charter
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Ask the king of England for funding for trip to America
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Plymoth
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Pilgrim settlement
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Jamestown
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Most famous successful English settlement in America; in Virginia
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John Winthrop
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Established the city of Boston- "City on the Hill"
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St. Augustine
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Oldest city in America
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New England Colonies
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Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
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Mid-Atlantic Colonies
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Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware
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Southern Colonies
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Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
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Bacon's Rebellion
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burning of James town; resulted in the end of indentured servants, instead turned more towards slavery
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Headright System
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for every person one brings to America, one would recieve 50 acres for each person brought with
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Age of Enlightenment
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Time when people thought more about the scientific explanations of life
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Great Awakening
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Religious movement; when people came "back to God" after Enlightenment
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Salem Witch Trials
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happened because of politics and paranoia; Tituba; supposed Black Magic users
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Mercantilism
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economic system developing during the decay of fuedalism, a favorable balance of trade, the development of agriculture and manufactures, and the establishment of foreign trading monopolies
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Navigation Acts
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restriction on trade and imports made by England on colonies to close connections between Puritans and colonial government
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Salutary Neglect
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England caught up in English Revolution and neglects the colonies who become more independent and set up a government of their own
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Seven Years War-French and Indian War
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"1st World War"; war fought between England and France in 1754-1763
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Peace of Paris
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Treaty ending the French and Indian War
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Proclamation of 1763
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declared that all colonists were not to move west of the imaginary line drawn along the east side of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Sugar Act (Revenue Act of 1764)
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put taxes on sugar and molasses; rose tariffs;
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Currency Act (1764)
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colonies can no longer make their own money
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Quartering Act (1765)
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Colonists have to house and feed British soldiers
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Stamp Act (1765)
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All paper products (cards, marriage liscenses, etc) needed to have a stamp of proof of taxation
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Patrick Henry
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"No taxation without representation."
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Declatory Act
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England can tax colonies whenever they want
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Townshend Acts
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tax on glass, lead, paper, tea, and paint; all items that had to be imported
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Boston Massacre
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only 5 people died in a Boston street; British soldiers being harassed; gunshots go off when someome yells "fire"
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Gaspee Incident
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British custom ship that makes wrong turn and gets stuck on the coast; colonists burn it after telling British sailors to get off
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Committees of Correspondence
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Group of colonists that communicate together quickly
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Quebec Act
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gave the people of Quebec freedom as long as they remained a part of England
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Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms
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people of the colonies declaring they only have two choices: give into tyranny, or take up arms against British
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Olive Branch Petition
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written by 2nd Continental Congress; written to King George III explaining that the colonists are not upset with him, but with Parliament
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Coercive Acts
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Intollerable Acts in retalliation to the Boston Tea Party; England shut down all governments in Massachusetts, and shut down Boston Harbor until recompinsated for the BTP
