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UNIT 1
U.S. History -Unit 1 (SSUSH 1-3)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mercantilism | An economic theory that the earth held a limited supply of wealth. Britian used the colonies to gain wealth. |
| Navigation Acts | A way for Britain to tax and control everything in the American colonies. |
| Triangular Trade/Trans-Atlantic Trade | Trade routes that the British took manufactured goods and human cargo to the American colonies. England --> West Africa --> Colonies |
| Indentured Servant | Free people who sign a contract to work for passage. |
| Middle Passage | The sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa. -part of the triangular trade |
| cash crop | A crop made for(money)not for food. Example: Tobacco and cotton |
| Jamestown | 1st permanent English settlement in the American Colonies |
| Virginia Company | A joint-stock company established to set up colonies (Jamestown). |
| Puritans | A religious group that wanted to "purify" the Church of England: Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| Mayflower Compact | It was the 1st self-governing document in New England |
| King Phillip's War | Bloody conflict between Native Americans led by Metacom and Puritans. |
| William Penn | Founder of Pennsylvania. It was a safe haven for Quakers |
| New Netherlands/New Amsterdam | Dutch colony: it was a money-making venture, taken over by the British. |
| Salutary Neglect | When Britain allows the Colonies to self-govern themselves with no enforcement as long as Britain gain wealth. |
| House of Burgesses | The 1st legislative style government in the Colonies: Virginia |
| Bacon's Rebellion | Rebellion to overthrow the Virginian government; Bacon use people to take over; shift to slavery |
| Great Awakening | A religious revival that challenged established authorities and called for independence |
| French and Indian War | Seven Years War: British colonies expanded into French owned Ohio River Valley. |
| 1763 Treaty of Paris | Treaty that ended the French and Indian War, terrority to Britain and debt to Colonist. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Imaginary line that expanded the Appalachian Mountain chain that was a no pass zone; angered colonist |
| Stamp Act | British tax on paper; No Taxation without Representation |
| Intolerable Acts | Punishment for the Boston Tea Party. Closed Boston harbor, colony under direct rule, & put soldiers into homes (quartering act). |
| Sons of Liberty | Male based-peaceful but destructive. (Boston Tea Party). |
| Daughters of Liberty | female based-peaceful protests (boycotts). |
| Committee of Correspondence | letters connecting the colonies, the first united effort against the British. |
| Tea Act | Tax on tea making British tea cheaper. |
| Boston Tea Party | Sons of Liberty protest-dumped tea in the Boston Harbor |
| Townshend Acts | A series of taxes on imported goods (Daughters of Liberty protest) |
| Common Sense | A pamphlet by Thomas Paine -logical explanation colonist should want independence |
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