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Period 1/2/3 - AP US History Flashcards

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5108243060Columbian Exchangeexchanges of plants, animals, diseases, and technology transformed European and Native American ways of life0
5108243061John SmithEnglish explorer, soldier and writer; best known for his role in establishing the first permanent English colony in the New World (Jamestown)1
5108243062Jamestownfirst permanent English settlement in North America2
5108243063Joint-Stock companiesbusiness entity where different stocks can be bought and owned by shareholders3
5108243064Conquistadorleader in the Spanish conquests of America, Mexico, and Peru in the 16th century4
5108243065Encomiendadependency relation system that started in Spain during the Roman Empire; the stronger people protected the weakest in exchange for a service5
5108243066Great Awakeningseries of religious revivals in the North American British colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries6
5108243067Jonathan Edwardsrevivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist Protestant theologian7
5108243068French and Indian WarWar between colonists of Britian and colonists of France & Native Americans during 1754 to 1760. The purpose was to get North American lands for farming crops and securing a place to live well.8
5108243069Proclamation of 1793statement that declared the war had ended following the British victory over France in the French and Indian War9
5108243070King George IIIEngland's longest ruling monarch before Queen Victoria10
5108243071Sugar ActBritish law enacted in 1764 that put a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies; this law effected the manufacture of rum in New England11
5108243072Samuel Adamsan American statesman and founding father of the United States who opposed British taxation and helped organize the Boston Tea Party12
5108243073Boston MassacreIn 1770, some colonists threw snowballs at a group of British soldiers and the soldiers fired their guns, killing 5 colonists.13
5108243074Boston Tea PartyIn 1773, a group of colonists protested the tea tax by dressing up as Native American and climbing on British ships in the Boston Harbor. They threw all the tea into the water to show they wouldn't buy tea from England.14
5108243075Declaration of IndependenceThomas Jefferson wrote a document stating that the 13 colonies wanted to be independent. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress accepted it.15
5108243076SaratogaIt was the turning point of the war for independence. After this battle, the American colonists were in an advantageous place. There were heavy British casualties.16
5108243077Marquis de Lafayettea French aristocrat and military officer who fought for the United States in the American Revolutionary War17
5108243078Charles Cornwallisa British Army officer and colonial administrator (1753-1762)18
5108243079Yorktown1781 battle which led to a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops; General George Washington led this defeat against Cornwallis' troops19
5108243080Treaty of Parisdocument that ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the colonies20
5108243081Articles of Confederationagreement among the thirteen colonies that served as its first constitution21
5108243082Bill of RightsThe first 10 amendments to the Constitution that make up the Bill of Rights22

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