Unit 2
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Middle Colonies | Very diverse; mainly Protestants; Immigration; good farmlands & wheat crops.
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| Southern Colonies - Chesapeake | Virginia & Maryland; tobacco; slaves; monocultural.
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| Southern Colonies - South Carolina & Georgia | Rice & indigo; slaves; similar to Caribbean traditions.
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| Backcountry | Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, & South Carolina; Native Americans; Germans & Scots-Irish.
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| Economic Development | Navigation Acts (1660-1776); powerful England.
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| Great Awakening | Church growth (1740s); new preaching styles; Old Lights & New Lights; ability to choose denomination; ability to choose "after-life"; no pre-destination.
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| Enlightenment | Universe is ruled by a set of laws (gravity, etc.); Benjamin Franklin & Thomas Jefferson.
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| Population | Natural increase; immigration growth.
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| Wars for Empire | Mainly inconclusive; very expensive; lead to the "7 Years War".
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| 7 Years War/French & Indian War | 9-year war; 1750s- Colonists feel pressured due to population growth; Both French & Indians want land near West Virginia.
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| 7 Years War/French & Indian War - Aftermath | Huge land gain; huge debt; Pontus Rebellion
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| Navigation Acts | 1660-1776; items needed to be shipped to England before being shipped anywhere else; taxation!
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| Pontus Rebellion | 1763; Indian rebellion; leads to the "Proclamation of 1763".
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| Proclamation of 1763 | New York through Georgia; all land to the west belongs to the Indians.
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| Stamp Act | 1765; needed to raise money to clear debts; imposed taxes on newspapers, marriage licenses, legal documents, etc.
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| Townshend Duties | 1767; direct & indirect taxation; Benjamin Franklin proposed enforcement of indirect tax by England.
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| Tea Act | 1773; enforced tax on tea.
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| Stamp Act Riots | 1765; "taxation without representation" protest; mobs; attacks.
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| Boycotts | 1770; due to the Townshend Acts.
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| Boston Massacre | 1770; fight between foreign troops & settlers; 5 total deaths.
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| Boston Tea Party | 1773; "Sons of Liberty" toss all English tea out into the ocean; wanted to prevent people from purchasing it.
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| Common Sense Pamphlet | 1776; Monarchy makes no sense; everyone wants a Republican government; everyone will be happy.
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| Conditions for Victory: Americans | Retreating (making the English chase after them); French assistance.
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| Conditions for Victory: British | Army is trapped and everntually surrenders (1781); moving from Middle Colonies to South Colonies.
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| 1775 | War begins!
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| 1776 | Independence declared!
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| 1777 | Articles of Confederation proposed
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| Articles of Confederation | Need unanimous agreement; have no money; has little authority.
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| 1780 | Massachusetts Constitution ratified
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| 1781 | War ends!
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| 1783 | Treaty signed; Articles of Confederation are ratified.
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| 1786 | Shays's Rebellion
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| Shays's Rebellion | Uprising in Western Massachusetts.
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| 1787 | Constitutional Convention
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| Conflict with First State Governments | Unresolved conflict due to the Articles of Confederation; no national government; all states are sovereign & powerful; need to tighten executive authority & expand legislative power.
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| Northwest Ordinance | 1787; changed land into states; did not want to replicate the colonies; very anti-colonial; no slavery; very equal.
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| Republicanism | Governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is elected (not hereditary); stresses liberty & rights as central values, makes the people as a whole sovereign, rejects inherited political power, and expects citizens to perform civil duties.
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| Federalists | Arguing against the Articles of Confederation; wanted a new constitution; wanted a stronger national government.
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| Antifederalists | Opposed a new constitution; argue that the central governing authority should not be equal or inferior to that of the states; state governments should be more powerful.
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| 1788 | New Constitution!!!
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