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| Written by Benjamin Franklin and other colonial delegates that called for colonies to form a close confederation to promote defense. |
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| Britain's policy of healthy ignorance. Great Britain allowed the colonists to practice religion and establish their own gov't. |
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| (1754-63) Conflict between British and French that began in the American colonies and spread to Europe as the Seven Years' War. |
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| Ended Revolutionary War and established Britain's formal recognition of the United States. |
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| Nation can become powerful by obtaining gold and silver or maintaining a favorable balance of trade in which it exports more than it imports. |
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| Law passed by Parliament that placed a tax on printed matter. |
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| Law passed by Parliament placing duties on certain items imported by the colonists. |
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| Proposed Albany Plan of Union and helped draft the Declaration of Independence. He also participated in negotiating the Treaty of Paris which ended the Revolutionary War. |
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| Supporter of independence. |
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| Thomas Paine, Common Sense |
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Argued that the conflict between the Colonists and Crown could not be resolved. His pamphlet stirred up public support for the Revolution and called for the end of
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| First Continental Congress |
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| Convention of colonial delegates to discuss their grievances against Parliament. |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| Created the Articles of Confederation. |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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1. Announced to the world that the colonies were now an independent nation.
2. Explained and justified the reasons that the united colonies had decided to become the USA.
3 parts= a theory of gov't, a list of grievances against the King, a formal resolution declaring independence.
Key ideas= 1. People have natural rights (life, liberty, pursuit of happiness). 2. Government receives power from the people. 3. The people can abolish/alter gov't that is not up to snuff. |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| Second Continental Congress drafted and adopted these in 1777. Created congress of annually elected delegates from 13 colonies. Each state had one vote in congress. Weakened national congress. Congress had to power over taxes; no power to regulate interstate or foreign trade; no power to enforce its laws; approval of nine states was needed to enact laws; amendments required consent of all 13 states; no executive branch; no national court system. |
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| Granted each state an equal voice in the Senate and representation according to population in the House of Representatives. |
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| Stated that 3/5ths of a state's slave population would count in determining that state's representation in the House of Reps. |
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| Supporters of the ratification of the Constitution. |
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| Feared a powerful national government and did not support the Constitution. |
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| Promoted ratification of US Constitution. |
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| Signed by King George of England; document that limited the power of the monarchy, guaranteed basic liberties for nobles, and protected trading rights. |
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| English constitutional document that limited power of King. |
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| Protection against unlawful imprisonment. |
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| Bill of Rights (English version) |
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| Act made following the Glorious Revolution. |
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| Written by Pilgrim settlers; established a self-governing colony based on majority rule of male church members. |
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| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
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| Document considered to be first written constitution |
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| Colonial Virginia's elected assembly. First bicameral legislature in colonies. |
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| Voiced spoke out against colonial governor William Cosby in a newspaper and was arrested. |
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| United States Constitution |
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| The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America.[1] The Constitution originally consisted of seven Articles. The first three Articles embody the doctrine of the separation of powers, whereby the federal government is divided into three branches: the legislature, consisting of the bicameral Congress; the executive, consisting of the President; and the judiciary, consisting of the Supreme Court and other federal courts. The fourth and sixth Articles frame the doctrine of federalism, describing the relationship between State and State, and between the several States and the federal government. The fifth Article provides the procedure for amending the Constitution. The seventh Article provides the procedure for ratifying the Constitution. |
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| Founding Fathers of the United States. |
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| Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson (principal author of DoI), Thomas Paine. |
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| self-determination; autonomy |
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| person who takes a journey for religious reasons. |
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| practice pure form of Protestantism. |
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| broke away from Anglican Church. |
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| over 400,000 pilgrims migrated to the colonies from Britain. |
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| religion key factor in life. |
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| puritan who challenged authority of religious leaders and was arrested for that. |
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| Maryland law that granted a degree of religious freedom to settlers. |
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| religious group that established Pennsylvania, which is most noted for their early opposition to slavery. |
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| people that were against slavery. |
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| overthrowing of the King. |
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| Raise money through the sale of unmapped territory west of the original states acquired in the Treaty of Paris. |
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| Expansion of states westward. |
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| Farmer could not pay off his debts following American Rev, so he led rebellion against capital. Impetus for change in gov't. This happened during the AoC. |
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| required colonists to house and supply British troops. |
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| British soldiers fired into a group of colonists. |
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| Boston Tea Party (Tea Act) |
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| Patriots dumped tea into the harbor in protest of the monopoly on American tea importation. |
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| Imposed tax on sugar/molasses |
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| restricted colonial trade. |
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| Continental Congress sends King George III a peace offer in order to restore harmony between Britain and the colonies. |
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| Colonists who supported independence (opposite of loyalist). |
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| One vote per state for equal representation under one legislative body. |
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| Proposed a bicameral legislature. |
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