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unit 1 - AP US History Flashcards

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4820235355Columbian Exchangeexchanges of plants, animals, diseases, and technology transformed European and Native American ways of life0
4820235356John SmithEnglish explorer, soldier and writer; best known for his role in establishing the first permanent English colony in the New World (Jamestown)1
4820235357Jamestownfirst permanent English settlement in North America2
4820235358Joint-Stock companiesbusiness entity where different stocks can be bought and owned by shareholders3
4820235359Conquistadorleader in the Spanish conquests of America, Mexico, and Peru in the 16th century4
4820235360Encomiendadependency relation system that started in Spain during the Roman Empire; the stronger people protected the weakest in exchange for a service5
4820235361Great Awakeningseries of religious revivals in the North American British colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries6
4820235362Jonathan Edwardsrevivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist Protestant theologian7
4820235363French 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
4820235364Proclamation of 1793statement that declared the war had ended following the British victory over France in the French and Indian War9
4820235365King George IIIEngland's longest ruling monarch before Queen Victoria10
4820235366Sugar 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
4820235367Samuel Adamsan American statesman and founding father of the United States who opposed British taxation and helped organize the Boston Tea Party12
4820235368Boston MassacreIn 1770, some colonists threw snowballs at a group of British soldiers and the soldiers fired their guns, killing 5 colonists.13
4820235369Boston 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
4820235370Declaration 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
4820235371SaratogaIt 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
4820235372Marquis de Lafayettea French aristocrat and military officer who fought for the United States in the American Revolutionary War17
4820235373Charles Cornwallisa British Army officer and colonial administrator (1753-1762)18
4820235374Yorktown1781 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
4820235375Treaty of Parisdocument that ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the colonies20
4820235376Articles of Confederationagreement among the thirteen colonies that served as its first constitution21
4820235377Bill of RightsThe first 10 amendments to the Constitution that make up the Bill of Rights22

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