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| was a wealthy planter who raised an army to fight native Americans on the Virginia frontier |
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| worked for planters for a term of 4-7 years in return for paid passage to the american colonies |
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| help smooth things out relations between the Powhatan people and the English settlers at Jamestown |
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| wanted to purify the church of England , and they fled to England to escape persecution |
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| was signed by the pilgrims to establish laws for their new colony at Plymouth |
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| argued that settlers had no rights to take land from the Indians . He was prosecuted by the authorities and fled to Rhode island where he founded Providence |
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| was banished from the Massachusetts by John Winthrop . She was seen as a threat by those who opposed the preaching of women |
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| three-way pattern of trade that involved England , English Colonies in the Americas , and west Africa |
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| individual who agreed to work without wages for a period of time in exchange for transportation to the colonies |
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| economic power under which a nation accumulates wealth by exporting more goods than it imports |
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| the forced transport of enslaved African from west Africa to the Americas |
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| British policy in early 1700s which allowed the colonies virtual self rule a sling as Great Britain was gaining economically |
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| English document from 1215 that limited the power of the king and provided basic rights for citizens |
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| eighteenth century movement during which European philosophers believed that societys problems could be solved by reason and science |
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| British trade laws enacted by parliament during the mid -1700's that regulated colonial commerce |
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| was a violent uprising in 1763 by Indians in the Great lakes region |
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| was a document guaranteeing a number of freedoms and restating many of the right granted in the Magna Carta |
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| would b considered the father of the Enlightenment in the american colonies . he was a scientist, author and inventor |
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| was a failed proposal in 1754 to create one government for the 13 colonies |
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| was a religious movement that swept through the English colonies during the 1730s ansd 1740s which was heavily inspired by evangelical ministers |
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| was fought from 1754 to 1763 , in which Britain and its colonies defeated France and its Indian allies |
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| was a declaration by the British king ordering all colonist to remain east of the Appalachian Mountains |
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| signed in 1763 , ended the french and Indian war and awarded the British all french lands east of Mississippi River |
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| Northwest ordinance of 1787 |
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| provided a government for the northwest territory and banned slavery |
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| set up a system for managing the northwest territory and dispensing public lands |
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| farmers who were upset over bank foreclosures took up arms and shut down the local courts in Massachusetts |
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| proposed a bicameral legislature with representation in both houses based on population ,which would favor larger states |
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| proposed a unicameral legislature in which representation would be equal for all states. This plan favored smaller states |
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| was a series of 85 essays that became to be known as the federalist papers and they were written to stir up support ratification the constitution |
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| was added to the Constitution due to the resistance of the anti federalist these are the first ten amendments to the constitution |
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| stated that the congress would have the authority to pass any laws reasonably necessary to carry out its duties |
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| american name for the coercive acts which parliament passed in 1774 to control the colonies |
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