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AP Us notes chapter 1-4
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12/10/2011

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Jamestown
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Virgina company 1607, captin john smithused military discipline to make the colony strive.injured= starving time. John Rolfe= tabacco , river system
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House of Burgess
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wealthy planters make Virginia law system, bad Indian policy results(Powhatan) in ambush or good friday
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Indentured servants
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contract work, later freed and gained land. tabacco planters need large/cheap later.english economy^=slaves
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Great Migration
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Puritans and Pilgrims migrate to Massachusetts usually in fams for religious reasons 1620s-40s
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Puritans
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English protestant who want to reform church of England
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Pilgrims
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seperate from the church of england want religous freedom went holand and later came on mayflower
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City on a Hill
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example for england
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Predestination
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God knows what is going to happen
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Mayflower compact
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1620 establishes order when get to plymouth
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Bacons Rebellion
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1676 Nathaniel Bacon angry with protection provided by Sir william Berkley. attacked indians and tried forcing out sir william. also wants in fur trade
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middle passage
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the sea journey taken by slave ship from West Africa to West indies. triangular trade with Europe
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Navigation acts
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restricions passed to regulate colonial commerce, eliminate dutch and favor Englands wealth.
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Balance of trade
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equal trade among colonies/contries. better to export then to import= more profit
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Mercantilism
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theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances
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salutary neglect
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long standing british policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep the american colonies obedient to Great Britain
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Glorious revolution
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in 1688 events resulted in james 2 from the throne, mary and William of the protestants were crowned. Parliament asserted its supremact over king and catholicism was kept from further influence in England.
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The Enlightenment
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18th century philosophical movement that emphasized the pursuit of knowledge through reason and refused to accept ideas on the stregnth of religion or tradition alone.
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Lockes social contract
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every one is born with certain rights
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Salem witch trials
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caused by economic change and local resentments. Wealthy accused poor,stopped by cotton mather
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Proclamtion of 1763
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a line is drawn to deny westward migration to the colonist. British felt it was to expensive to have troops protect from indians(pontiacs rebellion) colonisst angry because felt the lands (ohio valley) was theres after f&I war.
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Albany plan of union
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1754 Ben Frrank formation of a grand council made up of elcted delegates from colonies to over see forieghn policy and tax.
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Queen annes war/War of spanish succession
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King Georges War
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war of Jenkins Ear
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