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7610621461Jefferson Bill of religious freedomConsidered one of Jefferson's great accomplishments0
7610629780Loyalist during revolutionary warThe majority of them stayed and fought with British, fled to Canada, and were harassed by Patriots1
7610629781Yorktown"The Battle of Yorktown" in Virginia, where Washington forced generals to surrender under General Cornwallis. French waved General Ohara toward Washington to surrender.2
7610634374Articles of ConfederationThe first form of government for the US in November of 1777. - Each state only had one vote. - During the Revolution, colonists were working of making each colony independently governed and have own constitutions. - Each state had a Bill of Rights that they believed in. - Who had the power to conduct foreign affairs but they didn't have power to tax. - 9/13 votes could change things.3
7610642261Northwest Ordinance of 1787Congress established rules for crating states between Great Lakes & Ohio River - granted limited self gov. & prohibited slavery4
7610645974Virginia Declaration of RightsWritten by George Mason in June of 1776 - right to pursue happiness - reform, alter, or abolish - prohibited excessive bail - addressed cruel and unusual punishment - free speech and assembly5
7610648806Thomas Paine: Common SenseJanuary of 1776, where he labeled King George III as a "royal brute"6
7610661991John Dickinson: Letters from a Farmer in PennsylvaniaArgued for taxes, but wanted to come from a perceptive to a large majority of people.7
76106654901 & 2 Continental CongressMeet and talked over responses - couldn't agree: diverse groups - Georgia did not come - Sufflok resolved eliminated Intolerable Acts - Delecaration of Rights and Grievances8
7610673141Boston Massacre9
7610682201Ways American colonist resisted British colonist boycott nonimportation Gaspee affair10
7610684763Stamp Act11
7610687679Tea Act12
7610689709Boston Tea Party13
7610692820Decretory Act14
7610692821Quebec Act15
7610695875Coercive Act16
7610708668Albany Conference 175417
76107112457 yrs war French and Indian War18
7610720834French, Spanish, and English colonies know difference19
7610720835Great Awakening20
7610726292George Whitefield21
7610729936Enlightenment22
7610741100Jonathan Edwards, Roger Williams, John Winthrop, William Bradford colonies/religions23
7610746798Difference between New England colonies and middle colonies and Chesapeake24
7610754835Tobacco25
7610754836Slavery26
7610759380Middle Passage Triangle Trade Route27
7610759381Stono Rebellion28
7610763604Crops cultivated in certain areas29
7610763605Quakers30
7610768080Puritans31
7610768081Pilgrims32
7610768082Catholics33
7610773437Who opposed slavery34
7610773438Slaves resisted35
7610782623Restoration of Stuart Monarchy led to new colonies, British colonizing36
7610785562Roanoke37
7610791785Portuguese prince Henry38
7610791786Christopher Columbus39
7610794854Amerigo Vespucci40
7610794855French and fur trade41
7610798916Jamestown42
7610807039Settle NE (family unit) settled Chesapeake (young, single indentured servants)43
7610807040King Charles44
7610811070Virginia Company45
7610817086One folded as safe haven catholics46
7610817087City on a Hill47
7610820822Plymouth48
7610820823Rhode Island49
7610823701Puritan society50
7610832605Salem Witch Trials51
7610835034Great Migration52
7610855784Holy experiment (William Penn, Quakers)53
7610855785Bacon Rebellion54
7610861332Mundus Novus - Amerigo Vepucci55
7610865063Columbian Exchange crops new to old - good to bad56
7610869643Vartolome Delascasas57
7610873202Longest standing St. Augustine, Florida58
7610873203Encomienda system59
7610881357Protestant reformation - Henry VIII breaking away Martin Luther60
7610892248Frontier of inclusion (French and Spanish) and exclusion (English)61
7610892249Head-right system62
7610896400Anne Hutchinson63
7610896401John Locke64
7610902419Treaty of Tordesillas - Pope divided65
7610902420Miracle Crops66
7610904802Mestizo - Mullato67
7610913157Beringia Land Mass68
7610932857Clovis Tradition69
7610936582Meso America70
7610941909Iroquois Confederacy71

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