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Stack #4538519
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Charles de Montesquieu | dividing the government into legislative, executive, and judicial branches. separation of powers & checks & balances. |
| New Netherlands | Dutch colony in North America, New York, Roanoke, Jamestown and Virginia |
| Mayflower Compact | Self government established law for the good of the colony and protected religious freedoms |
| Merchantilism | Believe in the benefits of profitable trading |
| Indentured servitude | A way for immigrants to get to America by working. 5-7 year commitment |
| George Washington | He was the first president of the United States and was commander and chief of the American Revolution and the establishment of the new nation |
| Thomas Jefferson | the Declaration of Independence, which articulated the concepts of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," third president |
| Boston massacre | March 5th 1770. Crowds attacked British soldiers. Quartering act- colonists had to house an feed British soldiers |
| Stamp act Congress | 1765- Taxed legal documents, newspapers, almanacs, playing cards, and dice. All products needed a stamp to prove the tax was paid |
| Bunker Hill | June 17, 1775. First major battle of the war. British try to break out of colonial siege of Boston after three charges the British are successful British casualties 1000 American casualties 400. |
| John Locke | Said “Life Liberty and property”. His perspective of Enlightenment |
| Jamestown | first permanent English settlement in America |
| Middle passage | The "Middle Passage" was the brutal sea voyage that enslaved Africans endured from Africa to the Americas. |
| Navigation act | Regulated trade between Britain and her colonies • Only British and colonial ships could carry goods to and from the colonies • Colonies could not trade with other European nations or other colonies. • Many merchants “looked the other way.” |
| Apprenticeship | learning a trade |
| Ethan Allen | After volunteering for service in the French and Indian War, Ethan Allen settled in and founded Vermont, |
| French and Indian war | |
| Sugar act | The tax was removed off of sugar |
| The intolerable act | Boston Harbor closed = economic ruin. • II: Town meetings limited to once a year unless approved by governor. • III: British officials in the colonies would be tried for major crimes in Britain or Canada. |
| Enslavement | To be a slave |
| New France | Quebec (1608) • Great Lakes Region • Louisiana (1682) • Land along Mississippi river from Lake Michigan to Gulf of Mexico. |
| Magna Carta | There was elected burgesses (people who make laws) or representatives that started a government. |
| Triangular trade | Colonial America harvest raw materials and sends to Europe. Europe turns those materials into manufactured goods. Then trade those goods for enslaved africans |
| The enlightenment | Basic idea is that reason and scientific methods could be applied to the study of society. |
| Paul Revere | Known for riding through the night warning the minutemen that the British (red coats) were coming |
| King George the third | King of Great Britain who is against all the acts |
| Stamp act | Every good had to have a stamp that proved the products were paid for |
| Boston tea party | Most taxes repealed by the British (except those on tea) No more quartering British soldiers.Tea act lowers the cost of tea, but cuts outAmerican merchants • December 16th, 1773: Colonists dump tea into Boston Harbor. |
| Lexington and Concord | The battle that Began the American Revolutionary War after British troops marched to seize colonial weapons in Concord. |
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