AP Flashcards

10546036626	Virginia Company	A group of private investors that established the first permanent English settlement in America.	0
10546036627	joint-stock company	A business in which investors share the company's profits and losses	1
10546036628	Jamestown	1607 - first permanent English settlement	2
10546036629	John Rolfe	Married Pocahontas, eased tensions with Powhatan. Tobacco!	3
10546036630	Mercantilism	Economic policy practiced by Great Britain where more goods are exported than imported	4
10546036631	Virginia House of Burgesses	First representative government in the colonies	5
10546036632	Indentured Servants	Person who worked for a specific number of years in exchange for passage to America	6
10546036633	Mayflower Compact	An agreement that set a precedent for government based on the will of the people	7
10546036634	Middle Passage	The journey of slaves from Africa to the America	8
10546036635	Bacon's Rebellion	a series of attacks against the Indians in Virginia during the 17th century; result of land and high taxes	9
10546036636	King Philip's War	A conflict between settlers and the Wampanoag tribe	10
10546036637	Half-Way Covenant	This gave partial membership into the Puritan Church	11
10546090717	Salem Witch Trials	In Massachusetts; resulted in wide spread hysteria, trials and deaths	12
10546090718	Fundamental Orders of Connecticut	1st written constitution in America	13
10546090719	John Locke	Political philosopher who said government is based on a social contract with the people	14
10546109179	Common sense	Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine encouraging colonists to join the fight for independence	15
10546109180	Intolerable Acts	Harsh measures, including closing Boston Harbor, revoking the mass after the Boston Tea Party	16
10546109181	Stamp Act	Placed a tax on printed documents	17
10724329992	Treaty of Paris 1763	Ended the French and Indian War	18
10724329993	Proclamation of 1763	Prohibited westward expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains	19
10724329994	Battle of Saratoga	Turning point of the American revolution because it persuaded the french to come to the old of the patriots	20
10724329995	Yorktown	Battle that ended the American revolution with the surrender of British General Cornwallis	21
10724329996	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
10724329997	Articles of Confederation	1st government of the U.S. states operated under this ; gave states most of the power.	23