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| Cultural Borrowing | to borrow and use an idea that you got from another culture
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| 1492 | columbus discovers america
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| Fundamental Oreders of Connecticut | 1st written form of government in America; gave the right to vote to non-church members
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| Mercantilism | country controls the imports and exist for its colonies; the colonies exist for the good of the mother country
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| 1607 | 1st permanent english settlement at jamestown
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| Triangular Trade | shipping and trade routes between the colonies & africa & west indies islands
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| Virginia house of burgesses | first form of representative government in america
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| Magna carta | in 1215, king john was forced to share power with parliament; (no one was above the law & right to trial by jury
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| The middle passage | ship's voyage importing slaves from africa; many africans died
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| middle colonies | AKA the breadbasket colonies; raised lots of grain, animals, produced iron
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| Southern colonies | longer growing season, frtile soil, grew cotton and tabacco. life revolved around plantations
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| Albany plan of union | first proposal to unite the american colonies; by Ben Franklin " join or die"
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| William Bradford | leader of pilgrims at plymouth
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| New England Colonies | economy based on fishing & shipping trade. cold climate, short growing season. used town meetings to govern
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| William Penn | founder of Pennsylvania; he believed in paying indians for their land, freedom, of religion, and self-government
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| Anne Hutchinson | woman accused of heresy( false teaching); exiled from massachusetts
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| mayflower compact | written by pilgrims said they would follow the laws the wrote. ( idea: power comes from the people & self-government
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| the first great awakening | religious movement in the 1700s; increased religious toleration & more "equality in eyes of god"
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| primary source | first- hand information; eye witness account of an event
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| second source | second- hand information; heard from other sources: not an eyewitness
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| 1620 | pilgrims settle at plymouth
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| the Enlightenment | intellectual movement in 1700s; the power of REASON led to many inventions
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| Roger Williams | exiled from massachusetts; founder of colony of Rhode Island
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| John Smith | leader of Jamestown colony
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| Lord Cornwallis | commander of the british forces; surrendered at Yorktown
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| Tariff | a tax, usually on imported goods
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| Samuel Adams | leader of the sons of liberty in Boston
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| Crispus Attacks | African- American who was the first to die in the Boston Massacre
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| Boston Massacre | Brawl or fight between British Redcoats and Bostonians
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| Lexington and Concord | first battles of the american revolution; the " shot Heard round the world"
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| Benjamin Franklin | inventor, discoverer of elecrticity, negotiated peace treaty with France
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| Boston Massacre | Brawl or fight between British Redcoats and Bostonians
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| Lexington and Concord | first battles of the american revolution; the " shot Heard round the world"
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| Benjamin Franklin | inventor, discoverer of elecrticity, negotiated peace treaty with France
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| Treaty of Paris | treaty that ended the American Revolution
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| Taxation without representation | slogan of colonial grievance due to paying $ without consent
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| Valley Forge | Washington's starving, poorly equipped troops trained here during freezing winter
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| George Washington | commander of the American troops during the revolution; 1st president
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| Saratoga | turning point in the American Revolution; the 1st time that it looked like the Americans would win
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| 1776 | American declares independence from Britain
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| Inalianable rights | rigths that all people are born with, life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness
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