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| First English speaking colony in the U.S. |
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| What did the early colonists bring to U.S.? |
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| English language, customs, Anglican religion and slavery. |
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| What year did the Mayflower land in Massachusetts? |
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| Pilgrims experienced what form of persecution in England? |
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| What type of government did the Pilgrim males establish? |
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| What was the name given to the agreement made by Pilgrim's for a limited democracy? |
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| Who established a Catholic colony in Maryland during colonial times? |
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| Who lead the Quakers of Pennsylvania? |
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| What major aspect of colonial life helped shape American attitudes? |
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| What did the Calvinists believe? |
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| God's chosen people would be marked by prosperity. |
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| What was the "Protestant Work Ethic"? |
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| Lack of enforcement of Parliamentary laws in the colonies. |
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| Government of colonies 1607-1763 |
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| Which war did Britain and Americans fight from 1754-1763? |
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| Which European power would possess large areas of North America. |
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| Who won the French and Indian War? |
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| British, but heavily in debt. |
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| Proclamation Line of 1763 |
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| Prohibited colonists from settling in the Ohio River Valley |
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| British monarch who tried to raise funds through a series acts against the colonies. |
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| A tax on certain documents |
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| A duty on sugar, originally the molasses act |
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| An act to encourage the purchase of company tea, and basically causing the colonists to be forced to pay the duty |
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| Period of the great thinkers, like John Locke and Rousseau. Belief in natural rights and social contract. |
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| Advocates argued that democracy and liberty are fragile. An urge for power can ruin a democracy. |
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| The First Great Awakening |
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| Religious revival of the 1730's. Emphasis on equality in the eyes of God. |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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signed July 4th, 1776
List of grievances against the king of England. Contains ideals of liberty, equality, democracy and opportunity. Inspired by the Enlightenment. |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| Original governmental document post revolution. Weak and ineffective. |
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| Unhappy group of farmers that lead to a rebellion. |
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| Meeting location and year for the constitutional convention. |
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| Exact location where 55 white men met to write the Constitution. |
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| Features of the Constitution accomplished by the writers. |
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| Federalism, checks and balances, separation of powers, and popular sovereignty. |
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| independent authority over a regional area |
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| Distribution of power between a centralized government and the constituents |
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| each branch of government checks and can veto the acts of another |
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| Resulted in a two house Congress with a Senate with two representatives from each state and a House of Representatives based on population. |
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| Preserved slavery and counted them as 3/5ths of a person |
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| Amendments to the Constitution |
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| Freedom of religion, assembly and speech. |
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| Government may not establish a religion |
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| prohibits the government from limiting the fee exercise of religious beliefs |
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| Expansion from Atlantic to Pacific |
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