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What was the reason the first British colonists came?

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Money

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Religious Freedom

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The King

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Food

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Mercantilism

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belief in the benefits of profitable trading

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Aladdin

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Belief in non profitable trading

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Escape from England

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What helped save the colony of Jamestown economically? -

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Tabacco

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Mr. Sewell

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Corn

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Slaves

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A religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England.

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The Puritans

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Merchants

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The Native Americans

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Bacon's Rebellion - 1676 - Nathaniel Bacon and other western Virginia settlers were angry at Virginia Governor Berkley for trying to appease the Doeg Indians after the Doegs attacked the western settlements. The frontiersmen formed an army, with Bacon as its leader.

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Navigation Acts - Laws that governed trade between England and its colonies.

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Salutary Neglect led to what? - It created self government between the colonies.

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Middle Passage - A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies

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The Virginia House of Burgesses - The first elected assembly in the New World, established in 1619

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What was the Great Awakening? - religious movement

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After the French and Indian War, what two things did Britain do that upset the colonists? - intolerable Acts and not letting the colonist move west

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The Declaration of Independence and John Locke - Document drafted by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 that proclaimed the right of the American colonies to separate from Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson took many concepts from the English philosopher John Locke

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Taxation without Representation - the idea that it is unfair to tax someone without giving them a voice in government

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Thomas Paine's Common Sense - Published in 1776. Pamphlet that challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy.

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Why was the Battle at Saratoga important? - It lifted Patriot spirits and showed Europe that Americans could win.

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Who was our diplomat to France during the Revolutionary War? - Benjamin Franklin

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The Intolerable Acts - series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party

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Marquis de Lafayette - French soldier who joined General Washington's staff and became a general in the Continental Army.

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Roger Sherman and the Great Compromise - an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States

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The Bill of Rights - The first ten amendments to the Constitution

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What is the supreme law of America? - Constitution

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 - Created the Northwest Territory (area north of the Ohio River and west of Pennsylvania), established conditions for self-government and statehood, included a Bill of Rights, and permanently prohibited slavery

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What was our foreign policy under President Washington? - To be a neutral country

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Lewis and Clark Expedition - an expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the northwestern territories of the United States

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Monroe Doctrine - an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers

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The characteristics of Jacksonian Democracy - - Spoils System

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- Manifest Destiny

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- Laissez Faire Economics

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- Pro-Slavery

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The main reason for the War of 1812 - Impressment

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The Erie Canal - A canal between the New York cities of Albany and Buffalo, completed in 1825.

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19th century reform movements - temperance, womens rights, education, abolition of slavery, improved conditions for mentally ill, and prison reform

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Eli Whitney - Interchangeable parts, Cotton Gin

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Seneca Falls Convention - the first national women's rights convention at which the Declaration of Sentiments was written

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Indian Removal Act of 1830 / Trail of Tears - Act that directed the mandatory relocation of eastern tribes to territory west of the Mississippi River.

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Effect of railroads and canals - Easy traveling between long distances

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Manifest Destiny - That the colonist had their god given right to move west

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What were the three main causes of the Civil War? - 1. Slavery

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2. States rights

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3. Sectionalism

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advantages that the North had over the South - 1) More people

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2) More food

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3) More factories

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4) A better railroad system

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At the beginning of the war, what was Abraham Lincoln's main goal? - To reunite the union

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Lincoln's suspension of the writ of habeas corpus - The prisoner is denied the right to secure such a writ and therefore can be held without trial indefinitely. Habeas corpus is the only common-law tradition enshrined in the Constitution, which also explicitly defines when it can be overridden

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The Emancipation Proclamation - Issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862 it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free

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new weapons used in the Civil War - Minié ball and the musket

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Anaconda Plan - Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy

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Importance of the Battle of Antietam - It was the bloodiest day in American history. It displayed the power of new technology, such as the rifle. Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner photographed the battle, showing the horrors of war, damaging the Northern war effort. The Southern defeat made it clear that there would be no European help for the South. The battle also gave Lincoln the victory he needed to launch the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Battle at Vicksburg - 1863, Union gains control of Mississippi, confederacy split in two, Grant takes lead of Union armies, total war begins

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Battle of Gettysburg - Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North.

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Gettysburg Address - A 3-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War (November 19, 1963) at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg

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General William T. Sherman - Union general who captured Atlanta, Georgia, then marched through Georgia to the sea, burning and destroying everything on the way

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Why was Atlanta important during the Civil War? - Main railroad center for the south. The north used this to their advantage. Sherman's march to the sea

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What was the Reconstruction Period? - The period after the civil war that focused on rebuilding and brought great changes to the Constitution and race relations in the South.

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13 th Amendment - abolished slavery

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Freedman's Bureau - The bureau's focus was to provide food, medical care, administer justice, manage abandoned and confiscated property, regulate labor, and establish schools.

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Sharecropping / Tenant Farming - agricultural system where black/poor white farmers rented land in exchange for a certain "share" of the year's crop; landowners manipulated the system to keep tenants in permanent debt and unable to leave

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Tenure of Office Act - The Tenure of Office Act was a United States federal law (in force from 1867 to 1887) that was intended to restrict the power of the President of the United States to remove certain office-holders without the approval of the Senate. The law was enacted on March 3, 1867, over the veto of President Andrew Johnson.

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Compromise of 1877 - Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South,

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John Winthrop - Puritan governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Speaker of "City upon a hill"

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"City on a Hill" - Saying of how John W. wanted Massachusetts to be the leader colony of all.

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