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Common Assessment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| people who wanted to purify the anglican church | puritans |
| The forced transport of enslaved africans from west africa to the americas. (written by oldudant equanio) | middle passage |
| tax on almost all printed goods/materials in the colony | the stamp act |
| device used to determine direction, latitude, and local time. | astrolabe |
| principle in which the people are the only source of government power | popular sovereighty |
| system in which each branch of the government has the power to monitor and limit the actions of the other two | checks and balances |
| period from the 14th to the 16th centuries when great advances in science, economics, political thought, and art occured in europe. | renissance |
| members of the patriot militia who were ready to fight for freedom at a moments notice | minutemen |
| when the governments power is divided among three branches | separation of powers |
| spain sponsered this voyage. it was a hope to reach the indies of east asia by sailing westward across the atlantic. he underestimated the size of the world and had no idea that they americas were there to block his ships | columbus' voyage |
| for independance | patriots |
| against independance; loyal to king | loyalists |
| spanish priest that helped the indians | bartolome de las casas |
| birth of churches of than catholic churches | protestant reformation |
| 3 branches of government | lagislative, executive, and juditial |
| line from north to south along appalachian mts. and declared that colonists couldn't settle any land west of the line without the british governments permission | royal proclamation of 1763 |
| letter writing campaign sending letters out to everyone letting them know every little thing.. | committes of correspondence. |
| reasons for committees of correspondence. | to unify the colonies, shape public opinion, corrdinate strategy. |
| christian but not catholic | protestants |
| was the 1st successful colony. was founded by virginia colonists and named in honor of their king. this colony was financially poor and was saved by John Roth and the product of tobacco. | Jamestown & its economy |
| first ten amendments in the constitution | bill of rights |
| political system in which power is shared between national government and states government | federalism |
| founded the incan empire in peru. Stationed troops in cajamarca. | francisco pizarro |
| involving a three-way exchange of goods | triangular trade |
| known as seven years war. Ends with treaty of france. Britian was left deeply in dept and had to pay for the cost of war | french and indian war |
| official pience of paper (ex: drivers licence); general search warrents | writs of assistance |
| includes boston port acts, massachussettes government act, administration of justice acts, quebec act, and new quarting act | coersice acts |
| absolutely no rules | gurilla warfare |
| shut down boston port. noone goes in or out | boston port acts |
| banned all town meetings | Massachussettes government act |
| allowed governor to transfer the files of english officials & british soldiers to england | Administration of justice act |
| all government is apointed by the king & boundaries are expanded. | quebec act |
| had to house soldiers in your home | new quartering act |
| (canade) quebec act- all government in canada wil be appinted by the king and new boundaries of canada will be expanded | new france |
| england was ignoring the smuggling because it was still benefiting her because she was constantly having money flowing in and out and after the war she put a quick stop to that | salutory neglect |
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