SOL Review Packet United States & Virginia History Tuscarora – Flashcards
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Driven off their land and wiped out by disease
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Explain how arrival of colonists impacted the lives of Native Americans.
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Formed Mayflower Compact agreeing to stick together on religious principles
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How did the Pilgrims form a covenant community?
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First permanent English colony in North America
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What is the significance of Jamestown?
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The House of Burgesses was the first assembly of elected representatives of English colonists in North America.
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What was the Virginia House of Burgesses?
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Land
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What was the major area of conflict between the Europeans and Native Americans?
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Aristocrats who supported the King of England
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What are cavaliers?
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When one country takes control of another territory
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Define colonization.
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Lost culture, loss of land, disease, introduction of Christianity
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What were the major impacts of Europeans on the Native Americans?
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Shipbuilding, fishing, trade
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Describe the colonial economy in New England.
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Advocated the ratification of the Constitution
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Why were the The Federalist Papers important in U.S. history?
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Purchase from Spain
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How did we acquire Florida?
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Kept American continent free of European colonization
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What is the Monroe Doctrine?
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Jackson eased voting requirement to benefit his election
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How did democracy expand during the Age of Jackson?
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Jackson distrusted banks and vetoed renewal of National Bank - started run on banks
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What was the Panic of 1837?
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Faster and not limited to natural waterways
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What advantage did the railroad have over canal travel?
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Texas Revolution (Alamo) and then Annexation
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How did Texas become part of the United States?
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Final acquisition of land in Continental U.S. (1853)
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What was the Gadsden Purchase?
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Expansion & Slavery (Federalism)
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What two issues dominated U.S. politics between 1820 and 1860?
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Harriet Tubman
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Who helped over 300 slaves escape slavery in the south via the underground railroad?
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slave who led rebellion in VA
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Who was Nat Turner?
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John Brown
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Who turned to violence in the fight over slavery and took part in the "Pottawatomie Massacre" and the "raid on Harpers Ferry"?
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Opposed the extension of slavery
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What was the major aim of the Free-Soil Party?
