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First Semester Am. Hist.
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189
History
11th Grade
12/14/2010

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Term
Columbus
Definition
Discovered America
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Magellan
Definition
Circumnavigate
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H. Cortes
Definition
Defeat Aztecs
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De Soto
Definition
Found Mississippi River
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Marquette +ACY- Joliet
Definition
explored Mississippi River
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La Salle
Definition
Mouth of Mississippi
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Hudson
Definition
Claimed New York
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Cabot
Definition
East Coast for England
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New England Colonies
Definition
Religion
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Middle Colonies
Definition
In middle between religion and money
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Southern Colonies
Definition
Money
Term
French and Indian War
Definition
7 Years War
Term
7 Years War was over+ICY-
Definition
dispute between Eng. And Fr. Over land
Term
Ft. Duquesne
Definition
Washington+IBk-s militia defeated
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Treaty of Paris-1763
Definition
Eng. Gets Canada, land east of Mississippi, and Spain
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Treaty of Paris-1763
Definition
Spain gets Louisiana
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Proclamation Act of 1763
Definition
no settling west of Appalachians
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Quartering Acts
Definition
Must house English troops
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Sugar Act
Definition
lowered sugar tax
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Stamp Act
Definition
tax on all things printed on paper (newspapers, pamphlets, etc.)
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Declaratory Act
Definition
repeals stamp act, but England has power to make laws colonies must follow
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Townshend Acts
Definition
series of acts passed by England, indirect tax on imports
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Tea Act
Definition
lowered tax on tea
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Intolerable Acts
Definition
Coercive Acts
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Intolerable Acts
Definition
final trigger for Revolution
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Stamp Act Congress
Definition
formed to protest Stamp Act
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Boston Massacre
Definition
1770, 5 killed (Crispus Attucks among them)
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Gaspee Incident
Definition
English ship burned
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Committee+IBk-s of Correspondence
Definition
kept colonies informed of problems
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Boston Tea Party
Definition
tea dumping in 1773, Sam Adams and J. Hancock led
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Coercive Acts
Definition
closed Boston port
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First Continental Congress
Definition
colonies prepare arms, led by J. Hancock, Sam Adams, J. Adams
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
Definition
first violence, 1775
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Prince Henry
Definition
Opened exploration school
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De Gama
Definition
1st to reach India
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Columbus
Definition
Discovered America
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Vespucci
Definition
N & S Am. Are continents
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De Leon
Definition
Florida
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Balboa
Definition
Pacific Ocean
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Magellan
Definition
Circumnavigate
Term
Cortes
Definition
Aztecs
Term
Pizarro
Definition
Incas
Term
De Soto
Definition
Discovered Miss. River
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Coronado
Definition
El Dorado/Grand Canyon
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Cartier
Definition
Claimed Canada
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Champlain
Definition
Established Quebec
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Marquette and Joliet
Definition
Explored Miss. River
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La Salle
Definition
Claimed Miss. River
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Hudson
Definition
Claimed NY
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Cabot
Definition
Claimed East Coast for Eng.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
Definition
established Roanoke
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John White
Definition
Went to Eng. For supplies for Roanoke
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John Smith
Definition
Saved Jamestown
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John Rolfe
Definition
Tobacco = Cash Crop
Term
House of Burgesses
Definition
elected landowners that counseled royal governer
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Lord Baltimore-George Calvert
Definition
settled Maryland
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James Oglethorpe
Definition
settled Georgia
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William Penn
Definition
settled Pennsylvania
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Roger Williams/Anne Hutchinson
Definition
found Rhode Island
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John Winthrop
Definition
led Massachusetts
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Calvinism
Definition
type of Christianity, followed in Massachusetts
Term
General William Braddock
Definition
French officer defeated at Ft. Duquesne
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William Pitt
Definition
Prime Minister that raised taxes on colonies
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Generals James Wolfe and Jeffrey Amherst
Definition
took over English armies
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Montcalm
Definition
defeated at Battle of Quebec
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Battle of Montreal
Definition
last battle of 7 Years War
Term
Proclamation Act of 1763
Definition
no settling west of Appalachians
Term
Quartering Acts
Definition
colonists must let English troops live in their house and provide for the soldiers
Term
Cherokee War
Definition
forced Cherokee to leave Carolinas and Virginia
Term
Pontiac’s Rebellion
Definition
Indian rebellion last 3 years
Term
Currency Act
Definition
colonists can’t print money
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Sugar act
Definition
lowered Sugar tax
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George Grenville
Definition
Prime Minister who enforced Sugar Act
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Writs of Assistance
Definition
warrants to search for smuggled goods
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Stamp Act
Definition
tax on all paper goods that are printed
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Stamp Act Congress
Definition
sent Delaration of Rights and Grievances
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Delaratory Act
Definition
Parliament makes laws for colonies
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Townshend Act
Definition
tax on imports
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Crispus Attucks
Definition
killed in Boston Massacre
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Committeee’s of Correspondence
Definition
kept colonies informed of problems
Term
Tea Act
Definition
Cheaper tea, puts smugglers out of business
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Coercive Acts
Definition
punished Boston, closed port
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General Thomas Gage
Definition
made governor of Boston by Coercive Acts
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Benedict Arnold
Definition
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
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Washington
Definition
commander of Continental Army
Term
Common Sense
Definition
Thomas Paine
Term
Thomas Jefferson
Definition
Declaration of Independence
Term
Gen. William Howe
Definition
General of British Army who offers peace at NY
Term
General Horation Gates
Definition
joins with Benedict Arnold to crush British at Saratoga
Term
Burgoyne
Definition
defeated at Saratoga
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Von Steuben
Definition
drills Washington’s Army at Valley Forge
Term
Franco-American Alliance
Definition
France aides US with troops and supplies
Term
George Rogers Clark
Definition
captures Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and Vincennes
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John Paul Jones
Definition
Navy guy for US
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Henry Clinton
Definition
English commander who moves Rev. War to the South
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Lord Cornwallis
Definition
left in charge of South after Battle of Charleston
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Nathaniel Greene
Definition
led the hillbillies who conquered at King’s Mountain
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Daniel Morgan
Definition
led Militias at Cowpens
Term
Shay’s Rebellion
Definition
post-war depression leads to violent uprising in Massachusetts
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Land Ordinance of 1785
Definition
sold land for $1/acre, funds used to finance Congress
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Definition
established rules for statehood
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VA Plan
Definition
proposed by Madison
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NJ Plan
Definition
proposed by William Paterson
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Anti-federalists
Definition
oppose Constitution until Bill of Rights added
Term
Gaspee
Definition
Englsih anti-smuggling ship burned
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Washington’s Sec of Treasury
Definition
Alexander Hamilton
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Washington’s Sec of State
Definition
Thomas Jefferson
Term
Cabinet
Definition
Presidents work force, essentially
Term
Judiciary Act
Definition
court system established
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Tariff Act
Definition
tariffs put into effect
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Tariff
Definition
tax on imported goods
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Excise tax
Definition
tax on goods to finance interest on bonds and pay debt
Term
Whiskey Rebellion
Definition
Pennsylvania farmers refuse to pay whiskey tax, crushed by army. Fed. Government supreme
Term
Adams
Definition
XYZ Affair
Term
Adams
Definition
Alien and Sedition Acts
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Adams
Definition
Franco-American Accord
Term
Jefferson
Definition
small farms over big cities
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Jefferson
Definition
repeals Whiskey Tax/Alien and Sedition Acts
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Jefferson
Definition
Marbury v. Madison
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Marbury v. Madison
Definition
establishes judicial review
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Jefferson
Definition
Louisiana Purchase
Term
Jefferson
Definition
Embargo Act
Term
Embargo Act
Definition
closes all shipping
Term
Jefferson
Definition
Lewis and Clark
Term
Madison
Definition
Nonintercourse Act
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Madison
Definition
Jefferson’s handpicked successor
Term
Harrison
Definition
Battle of Tippecanoe
Term
Tecumseh
Definition
led Indian Resistance during Madison
Term
War Hawks
Definition
congressmen that wanted war & Canada
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Clay/Calhoun
Definition
led War Hawks
Term
Oliver Hazard Perry
Definition
seized control of Lake Erie
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Treaty of Ghent
Definition
signed by battle of New Orleans
Term
Monroe
Definition
Era of Good Feelings
Term
Monroe
Definition
roads, bridges, canals, good industry, gov’t powerful, US powerful in world affairs
Term
Monroe
Definition
McCulloch v. Maryland
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McCulloch v. Maryland
Definition
National Bank constitutional
Term
Monroe
Definition
Sec. of State JQ Adams
Term
Monroe
Definition
Rush-Bagot Agreement
Term
Rush-Bagot Agreement
Definition
demilitarized Canada border
Term
Monroe
Definition
Anglo-American Accords
Term
Anglo-American Accords
Definition
set Louisiana/Canada border
Term
Monroe Doctrine
Definition
isolation policy of US
Term
Henry Clay
Definition
Great Compromiser
Term
Monroe
Definition
Missouri Compromise
Term
Jackson
Definition
began Spoils System
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Jackson
Definition
Indian Removal Act
Term
Trail of Tears
Definition
25% of Cherokee died
Term
Black Hawk’s War
Definition
500 Indian’s massacred
Term
Seminole Wars
Definition
Osceola resisted in Florida
Term
John Marshall
Definition
ruled Indian Removal unconstitutional
Term
Jackson
Definition
Nullification crisis
Term
Jackson
Definition
vetoed National Bank
Term
Van Buren
Definition
banks failed, unemployment raged
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Harrison
Definition
died one month after inauguration
Term
Tyler
Definition
annex Texas
Term
Polk
Definition
Mexican War
Term
Moses Austin
Definition
Receives land grant
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Stephen Austin
Definition
settles Austin, Texas, first Am. Colony
Term
General Santa Anna
Definition
enforces rules on Austin
Term
Sam Houston
Definition
defeats Santa Anna
Term
Taylor
Definition
Mexican War hero
Term
Polk
Definition
gets southwestern US
Term
Winfield Scott
Definition
invades Veracruz and takes Mexico City during Mexican War
Term
Taylor
Definition
Compromise of 1850
Term
Compromise of 1850
Definition
California state, South gets Fugitive Slave Law
Term
Taylor
Definition
California Gold Rush
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Fillmore
Definition
UTC by HBS published
Term
Pierce
Definition
Osttend Manifesto
Term
Ostend Manifesto
Definition
South threaten to conquer Cuba and spread slavery
Term
Pierce
Definition
Transcontinental RR
Term
Stephen Douglas
Definition
proposes Transcontinental RR
Term
Pierce
Definition
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Term
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Definition
northern route for RR, states decide whether they want slavery
Term
John Brown
Definition
pro-slave, killed in Bleeding Kansas
Term
Pierce
Definition
Bleeding Kansas
Term
Charles Sumner
Definition
nearly beat to death for anti-slavery believes
Term
Preston Brooks
Definition
beat Sumner
Term
Buchanan
Definition
Dred Scott
Term
Dred Scott
Definition
slaves not citizens
Term
Dred Scott
Definition
due process property rights
Term
Black codes
Definition
North and South rules that kept blacks 2nd class citizens
Term
Slave codes
Definition
harsh rules used to keep slaves ignorant and weak
Term
William Lloyd Garrison
Definition
wrote The Liberator
Term
The Liberator
Definition
calls for immediate emancipation
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Temperance
Definition
worked for prohibition of alcohol
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Definition
called for full equality for women
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Robert Fulton
Definition
Steamboat
Term
Erie Canal
Definition
connects Great Lakes to Atlantic Ocean through NY
Term
Eli Whitney
Definition
cotton gin
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