8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Review Exploration and Colonization and American
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| Puritans | show 🗑
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| Quakers | show 🗑
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| show | A form of government where people elect others to represent their ideas and beliefs; it is also known as republicanism - the belief that government should be based on a lot of peopple being represented by others.
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| show | The colonies located the furthest south. They had a Catholic and Anglican tradition but tended to focus around the very rich and good soil so that they developed large plantations. Initially they farmed rice but eventually, cotton became the most import
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| Treaty of Paris of 1763 | show 🗑
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| Triangular Trade | show 🗑
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| show | Founder of Pennsylvania and a Quaker, Penn believed in religious freedom, was successful in having good relations with Natives, and helped to plan and develop the city of Philadelphia.
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| Anne Hutchinson | show 🗑
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| Colonization | show 🗑
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| show | An area of part of a country that was partly in control by a larger country, usually settled there by some of the people from the larger country. They live their with the aim of establishing a life and influencing the area based on the beliefs they bring
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| show | A law passed by the British parliament that gave the British certain civil rights in 1689. The English Bill of Rights becomes the foundation for the U.S. Bill of Rights amended to the Constitution.
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| show | The idea of looking for new things by moving from one place to another in search of something different than what you're used to. In history, the idea is connected to people migrating from one region to another in hopes of discovering a better life.
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| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | show 🗑
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| Fur Trade | show 🗑
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| show | A conquistador from Spain that came to the North America, landed in Mexico and eventually worked to conquer the Aztecs with the help of disease (like Small Pox) and better weaponry than the weaponry of the Natives.
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| show | The first group of representatives in Virginia chosen to create and use laws on behalf of other colonists. The Virginia House of Burgesses influences the foundation of representative government in the U.S.
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| Jamestown | show 🗑
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| show | Philosopher who established the beliefs of life, liberty, and the pursuit of property that later became the foundation for Thomas Jefferson's belief in "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" found in the Declaration of Independence.
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| show | The leader of the Virginia Company who landed in the area eventually known as Jamestown (named after King James), who sponsored his voyage, and eventually helped the people in town to survive by becoming friends with native tribes.
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| Joint-stock company | show 🗑
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| Magna Carta | show 🗑
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| Mayflower Compact | show 🗑
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| show | The belief that a country had an oblication to keep control of a country's economic power, invest in it, and work to make more money for that country, therefore, making it more powerful .
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| Middle Colonies | show 🗑
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| show | The most northern of the original 13 American colonies, they tended to focus around subsistence farming, had rocky soil, and had a strong Puritan tradition with a lot of things focused around families and small towns.
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| Parliament | show 🗑
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| show | A religious group who felt that the Church of England needed to get rid of all Catholic practices. They believed in strict practices and condemned people who were not active in strict religious practice.
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| show | A relgious group who were oftentimes seen as different because they believed that people had a responsibility to have a direct relationship with God; in many ways, they believed that everyone was a priest that could interact with God directly.
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| show | A form of government where people elect others to represent their ideas and beliefs; it is also known as republicanism - the belief that government should be based on a lot of peopple being represented by others.
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| show | The colonies located the furthest south. They had a Catholic and Anglican tradition but tended to focus around the very rich and good soil so that they developed large plantations. Initially they farmed rice but eventually, cotton became the most import
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| Treaty of Paris of 1763 | show 🗑
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| Triangular Trade | show 🗑
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| show | Founder of Pennsylvania and a Quaker, Penn believed in religious freedom, was successful in having good relations with Natives, and helped to plan and develop the city of Philadelphia.
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| show | The first battles of the American Revolution, the towns of Lexington and Concord are so close to one another, and the battles happen so close in chronology, that they're usually "lumped" together.
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| Battle of Saratoga | show 🗑
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| Battle of Yorktown | show 🗑
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| show | An act of civil disobedience where an "underground" secret society known as the "Sons of Liberty" protested passing of the Tea Act, a law that gave tax benefits to the government-run East India Tea Company, by having colonists dress up as Native Americans
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| show | The U.S. document written by Thomas Jefferson aimed at letting Great Britain know what the colonies were declaring themselves independent, separating themselves from England because the had complaints (grievances) against the British government.
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| Intolerable Acts | show 🗑
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| King George III | show 🗑
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| show | A person who was loyal to the British government's idea of maintaining control over the colonies and the colonies staying with the British government.
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| Patriot | show 🗑
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| Preamble | show 🗑
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| Proclamation Act of 1763 | show 🗑
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| Quartering Act | show 🗑
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| show | the act of one group rising up against their leadership in order to get different rules established
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| Samuel Adams | show 🗑
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| Stamp Act | show 🗑
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| Tea Act | show 🗑
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