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American History 1 R
1st 25 Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| CHRISTOPHER COLUMBAS | An Italian explorer who traveled to Spain and the Americas |
| REASONS FOR COLONIZATION | Religion, resources, land |
| SPAIN | Traveled Mexico, South West U.S.A, and Latin America |
| FRANCE | Traveled Canada and the Great Lakes of Louisiana |
| GREAT BRITAIN | Jamestown, original 13 colonies East Coast |
| NEW ENGLAND COLONIES | Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, had diverse economy |
| MIDDLE COLONIES | New York, Penns., and New Jersey |
| SOUTHERN COLONIES | Plantation and crops |
| MAYFLOWER COMPACT | 1st document, laws |
| SOCIAL CONTRACT | People give up some freedom for protection |
| DIRECT DEMOCRACY | all people vote on laws |
| REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY | elected officials and laws |
| JAMESTOWN | 1st permanent English colony |
| BACON'S REBELLION | VA farmer rebelled unfair representation |
| COLOMBIAN EXCHANGE | Triangular Trade |
| NAVIGATION ACTS | British laws to regulate colonial trade |
| GREAT AWAKENING | religious revival 1730's influence on us government |
| FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR | France out of North America British Debt |
| WAR DEBT | British Debt |
| SALUTARY NEGLECT | British allows colonies to run themselves beneficial independent |
| MERCANTILISM | British uses th colonies for a favorable balance of trade |
| WRITS OF ASSISTANCE | British soldiers search colonists w/o a warrant |
| SONS OF LIBERTY | Samuel Adams, protest taxation without representation |
| DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE | July 4, 1776 explanation to the world |