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land bridge and Bering sea
a passage that connected siberia russia to the tip of present day alaska which enabled people and animals to immigrate to the americas
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(America) Farming originated
Central Mexico
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indigenous crops
corn (maize), squash, pumpkins
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Agriculture allowed
Developement of civilization, people could stay in one place, not nomadic. increased job and trade
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Most Africans originate from...
West Africa
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Who paid for columbus's voyage?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, the spanish monarchs
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Conquistadors
Spanish explorers that were in search of gold
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The Spanish Armada
1588, King Phillip of Spain sent out the Armada to stop the spread of Protestantism in England. Marked the fall of spain and rise of England
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French in the new world
looked for beaver pelts
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Jamestown
first colonial town made by the Virginia colonists. 1st permanent settlement in the New World. Hunted for gold and searching for Northwest Passage to Asia. Settlers neglecteed to plant food and food supplies dwindled. Jan 1608 only 38 colonists were still alive. When new settlers arrived they starved and died of disease. Settlers wanted land so governors assigned plots of land to those who fulfilled their terms of service to the company.
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House of Burgesses
1st legislative body in Virginia (made laws). first institution of representative government in the colonies. est. 1619
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indentured servants
people that payed other people time working in exhange for voyage to the new world.
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Puritans
religious group that etablished family values, democracy, and work structure. searched for religious freedom, violence toward Quakers. main goal was to purify church of england
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Mayflower Compact
the first democratic agreement of English colonies, William Bradford.
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Roger Williams
Founder of Rhode Island. He was a seperatist and he was banished from Massachusetts because the Puritans hated how he thought since he sought spiritual religious freedom
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Difference in New England and Virginia colonies
Families settled in New England and men searching for gold in the Chesapeake region. New England prospers
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women contribution to New England
started to run farms and businesses while husbands were away. often traded.spun wool and flax into thread for clothing. made own food and necessities. good knowledge of medicine
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Staple crop of Carolina
rice
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William Penn
A quaker who allowed religious freedom in his colony and helped to make the most diverse country in America. established Pennsylvania
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Native favoring french
Frrench didn't threaten their land, trade partners
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how did natives view property rights?
collectively. everyone owned the land and not one person owned it specifically. settlers viewed this as if they weren't using it and they took it from them
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King Phillip's War
New England (1675-1676). Wampanoags, Narragansetts, and other Indians against English settlers; sparked by English encroachments on Native Islands. Native warriors attacked villages in Plymouth colony, moved into Connecticut river valley, turned towards Boston. Indians were exhausted/weakened by disease, and food shortages. Philip moved into western NE. Men clashed with Mohawks, Philip died in ambush(Aug 1676). English shold many native survivors into slavery. Took King P's head and impaled it on a stake oustide of plymouth as a warning of the price to be paid for resisting colonial expansion
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cost of land in america
cheap compared to europe
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slave codes
rules that slavs had to follow in the colonies under their owners declared slavery to be a lifelong condition that passed from parents to children. Enacted after Nat Turner's rebellion. Cant marry, vote, bear arms, court, etc.
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Mt. Vernon
George Washinton's home in virginia
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Mercantilism
export more than import
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Puritans vs. pilgrims
Puritans wanted to reform Anglican church. Pilgrims wanted to separate from church
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Chesapeake product
tobacco
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sugar from caribbean to new england made what drink for pirates
rum
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most people read what book
bible
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florida at the end of the french indian war
spain traded florida to britain to regain cuba
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stamp act
britain put a tax on all papers and docuuments because they felt that the colonies were responsible for the french and indian war of which britain just got out of. colonists were outraged because of taxation without representation
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boston port act
colonists dumped tea into the harbor in order to protest the taxation. punished by closing major ports in boston
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loyalists prior to revolution
about 15-20% of colonists remained loyal to britain through their time of the stamp act and boston port act
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first casualties of revoluion
lexington and concord
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Thomas Paine
wrote Common Sense, pamphlet pro revolution. aroused the emotions of the colonists to fight against British tyranny
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who wrote the declaration of ind
Thomas Jefferson
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Ben Franklin's role in revolution
envoy in paris, sent to secure the alliance of france with the states. sent to negotiate peace with france
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Yorktown
where General Cornwallis finally surrendered and we beat britain. anaconda plan, trapped by french fleet
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role of france in revolution
aided union in winning the revolutionary war. theyre why we won
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Slavery in Northern states of revolution
northen states began to ban slavery
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land ordinance in 1785
act passed by congress under the Articles of Con. that created the grid system of surveys by which all subsequent public land was made available for sale
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North and west ordinance of 1787
Legislation passed by Congress under the Articles of Confederation that prohibited slavery in the NW territories and proveided the model for the incorporation of future territories into the Union as coequal states
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what was the west in 1790
appalacians to mississippi
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1st secretary of treasury
alexander hamilton
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Antifederalists
a person who opposed ratification fo the Constitution in 1789 and allied with Jefferson's anti fed party. Opposed the powers of federal government
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federalists and french revolution
1789. directed at overthrowin the monarchy. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were executed. Federalists opposed the rev. because they were afraid of the terror and proposed that the same thing would happen due to the republicanism of the american rev. Anti federalists were in favor b/c the french remained the standard beares of the cause of liberty for common people
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alien act
only people who live in us for 14 years are able to vote. made j .adams unpopular
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sedition act
unable to criticize gov. official, flags, etc. Unconstitutional and violated bill of rights
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Louisiana purchase
sold to the states by napoleon because he needed money for his wars
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new england making $ during war
sold war supplies to countries to make money
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section US pro-war in 1812
south and west because they wanted land
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Andrew Jackson
fought in the battle of New Orleans that made him famous. Old hickory. 7th president
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Mcculloch v. Maryland
1819, established federal over state authority, john marshall presided over the casee
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monroe doctrine
declared by P. Jmes monroe (1823). Western hemisphere was to be closed off to further european colonization and the us would not interfere in international fairs of europe
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1st 5 presidents
1. Washington, Jadams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe
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change of politics in 1820
politics became more democratic, allowing more white illiterates the chance to vote
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great awakening
people wanted religion to become more democratic, a tremendous reivval of religion in which people became more intrested in it
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1st president of modern democratic party
andrew jackson ol hick
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trail of tears
cherokee indians moved west and the supreme court ruled it illegal. many died durin gtheir journey naties were forced to move to Oklahoma
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Force Bill
President Andrew Jackson uses whatever forces necessary to enforce federal tariffs. intended to supress South carolina's refusal to collect tariffs during nullification crisis. Calhoun refues to pay and jackson forces to invade, calhoun pays
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