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| 11037141085 | Virginia Company | A group of private investors that established the first permanent English settlement in America. | 0 | |
| 11037141086 | joint-stock company | A business in which investors share the company's profits and losses | 1 | |
| 11037141087 | Jamestown | 1607 - first permanent English settlement | 2 | |
| 11037141088 | John Rolfe | Married Pocahontas, eased tensions with Powhatan. | 3 | |
| 11037141089 | Mercantilism | Economic policy practiced by Great Britain where more goods are exported than imported | 4 | |
| 11037141090 | Virginia House of Burgesses | First representative government in the colonies | 5 | |
| 11037141091 | Indentured Servant | Person who worked for a specific number of years in exchange for passage to America | 6 | |
| 11037141092 | Mayflower Compact | An agreement that set a precedent for government based on the will of the people | 7 | |
| 11037141093 | Middle Passage | The journey of slaves from Africa to the America | 8 | |
| 11037141094 | Bacon's Rebellion | a series of attacks against the Indians in Virginia during the 17th century; result of land and high taxes | 9 | |
| 11037141095 | King Philip's War | A conflict between settlers and the Wampanoag tribe | 10 | |
| 11037141096 | Half-Way Covenant | This gave partial membership into the Puritan Church | 11 | |
| 11037141097 | Salem Witch Trials | In Massachusetts; resulted in wide spread hysteria, trials and deaths | 12 | |
| 11037141098 | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | 1st written constitution in America | 13 | |
| 11037141099 | John Locke | Political philosopher who said government is based on a social contract with the people | 14 | |
| 11037141100 | Common sense | Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine encouraging colonists to join the fight for independence | 15 | |
| 11037141101 | Intolerable Acts | Harsh measures, including closing Boston Harbor, revoking the mass after the Boston Tea Party | 16 | |
| 11037141102 | Stamp Act | Placed a tax on printed documents | 17 | |
| 11037141103 | Treaty of Paris 1763 | Ended the French and Indian War | 18 | |
| 11037141104 | Proclamation of 1763 | Prohibited westward expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains | 19 | |
| 11037141105 | Battle of Saratoga | Turning point of the American revolution because it persuaded the french to come to the aid of the patriots | 20 | |
| 11037141106 | Yorktown | Battle that ended the American revolution with the surrender of British General Cornwallis | 21 | |
| 11037141107 | Treaty of Paris 1783 | Ended the American Revolution and gave Americans British Territory West to the Mississippi and from The Great Lakes to Florida | 22 | |
| 11037141108 | Articles of Confederation | 1st government of the U.S. states operated under this ; gave states most of the power. | 23 | |
| 11037275394 | Federalists | Supported a strong central gov't and ratification of the constitution | 24 | |
| 11037275395 | Great Compromise | bicameral legislature with equal representation based on population in another house | 25 | |
| 11037275396 | Three-Fifths Compromise | an agreement that determined how slaves would be counted for representation in Congress | 26 | |
| 11037275397 | Montesquieu | Philosopher who said that the powers of gov't should be split between the executive and legislative branches | 27 | |
| 11037275398 | Separation of Powers | Divided the gov't into three branches so that no one branch could become too powerful | 28 | |
| 11037275399 | Bill of Rights | The first ten amendments to the Constitution | 29 | |
| 11399621354 | Federalism | Powers divided by federal and state gov't | 30 | |
| 11399724739 | Cabinet | President's closest advisors | 31 | |
| 11399724740 | NW Ordinance | Established a set of principles for statehood | 32 | |
| 11399724741 | Whiskey Rebellion | Resulted from a tax being placed on a product made from surplus corn and rye in an attempt to pay national debt, angering farmers | 33 | |
| 11399724742 | Louisiana Purchase | Obtained from the French, largest land deal in history, doubled US size | 34 | |
| 11399724743 | Lewis and Clark | Explorers who mapped out the Louisiana Purchase | 35 | |
| 11854778032 | Manifest Destiny | Stated that America was destined to expand its borders from Atlantic to Pacific | 36 | |
| 11854778033 | War of 1812 | Conflict between U.S. and Great Britain over Britain's impressment of U.S. sailors, violating American neutrality, and aiding Indian uprises | 37 | |
| 11854778034 | Spoils system | Practice of giving government jobs to political supporters regardless of qualification | 38 | |
| 11854778035 | Monroe Doctrine | Stated that America was off limits to further European Exploration | 39 | |
| 11854778036 | Temperance | Movement encouraged the idea that people should limit or eliminate the use of alcohol | 40 | |
| 11854778037 | Erie Canal | This connection of two bodies of water for purpose of trade; resulted in the growth of cities such as New York | 41 | |
| 11854778038 | Jacksonian Democracy | Expanded the power of presidency and extended voting rights for "Common Man". | 42 | |
| 11854778039 | Horace Mann | 19th century reformer whose focus was public education | 43 | |
| 11854778040 | Missouri Compromise | Legislation that allowed Missouri to enter as slave state and Maine as free | 44 | |
| 11854778041 | Fugitive Slave Act | Made aiding a runaway slave a crime, required citizens to assist in capturing these runaway slaves | 45 | |
| 11854778042 | Seneca Falls Conference | Marked the beginning of women's rights suffrage (right to vote) | 46 | |
| 11854778043 | Nullification Crisis | Result of tariff of 1828, southern states argued that they had a right to nullify or council this piece of legislation because it was damaging to the southern economy | 47 | |
| 12006629500 | State's rights | The right of the state to pass and enforce laws without the federal gov't interfering | 48 | |
| 12006629501 | Marbury vs Madison | Supreme Court ruling that established judicial review | 49 |
