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American Revolution for Grade 10 ADV History
American Revolution for Grade 10
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10th Grade
12/19/2012

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Term
Mayflower Compact
Definition
All able bodied humans on the Mayflower make it their mission for the colony to survive
Term
House of Burgesses
Definition
Legislature, house of representatives, established in Jamestown
Term
Differences between Spanish and English colonization
Definition
Spanish
-Brutal
-interracial marriages (Mestixc populations)
-Cultural clashed
-Encomienda system (began using African slaves)
English
-Separate from North America
-Kicked the Native Americans out of their lands
-13 colonies
-colonized to save the country's economy
Term
Mayflower Compact
Definition
*All able bodied humans on the Mayflower make it their mission for the colony to survive
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Colombian Exchange
Definition
-Global transfer of living things
-introduction of new plants, animals, goods, diseases, etc.
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Bacon's Rebellion
Definition
-indentured servants were in war with the indians
-Berkley ignores plea for help
-Bacon's Men pillage Jamestown and almost burn it down
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King Phillip's Rebellion
Definition
-Native American Rebellion
-Hit and run tactics on outlying New England settlements
-disease, food shortages, heavy casualties forces the Native Americans to Surrender
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Stono Rebellion
Definition
-20 slaves rebelled and brutally murdered planter families
-led to harsher slave laws
Term
John Smith
Definition
- Said "He who shall not work shall not eat."
- Created a good relationship with the Indians
Term
Dominion of New England
Definition
-Attempt by James II to tighten control over colonies
-Replaced governor by man appointed by the king
-Administer of the Navigation Acts
Creates resentment towards the king because it humiliated Massachusetts
Term
"City Upon a Hill"
Definition
-John Winthrop
Sermon Expressing the sense of mission that bound Puritans together
Term
Who founded Massachusetts?
Definition
Massachusetts Bay Company
Term
Who founded Virginia?
Definition
The London Company
Term
Who founded New Jersey?
Definition
John Mason
Term
Who founded New York?
Definition
Peter Stuyvesant
Term
Who founded Delaware?
Definition
New Sweden Company
Term
Who founded New England?
Definition
Term
Who was Friedrich von Steuben?
Definition
Continental Congress general with Nathaniel Greene at Valley Forge
Term
Who was Marquis de Lafayette?
Definition
Another general at valley forge
Term
What was the Waxhaw rebellion?
Definition
(Cornwallis=patriot)(Davie=English)
Cornwallis drove Davie and his fighters through all the forest and made them wear out and surrender
Term
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783?
Definition
When the American Revolution ended
Term
Halfway Covenant
Definition
-partial church membership
-less religious piety over time
-"jeimad" sermons
-decline in conversion experience
-baptism but no full communion
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