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| founder of Virginia company and leader at Jamestown;his leadership and friendship with native americans saved jamestown |
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| frist permanent settlement in the us leader =john smith |
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known as the "lost" colony;no one know what happened to it
-only clue was "croatoan" on a tree |
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| n example of a joint stock company ;company that paid colonists to settle in north america |
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| the ship that the pilgrams sailed over to get to america;where the mayflower compact was written |
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part ownership in a company in exchange for future profits
example:virgina company |
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protestant group of dissenters;mainly settled in Pennsylvania
-William Penn was the most famous Quaker |
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| Nathaniel bacon and other westerners attacked native Americans and set fire to Baltimore after the governor agreed not to settle on an native american land |
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| what three reasons did colonist have for moving to the new world |
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1-in search of better life
2-gold and riches
3-religious freedom |
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| what was the triangular trade name three things that were inculcated in the trade |
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a trade involving the west indies north america ,Europe,and west Africa
1-north america row materials to Europe
2-Europe manufactured goods to west Africa
3-west Africa sent slaves to north america |
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| who took part in the french and Indian war? name three different groups |
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1-France
2-native Americans
3-britan |
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| what was a result in British winning the war |
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| s a result of the war ,Britain ran up debt.they needed money to pay off there debt |
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| what does "taxation without representation"mean? |
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colonist argued that great Britain should not be allowed to tax the colonists if the colonists were not being represented in parliament
-colonists had no say in taxes |
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placed a tax on all printed materials
examples:newspapers,pamphlets,wills and playing cards |
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esablished to save the east india tea co.
->allowed east India company to pat only a small amount of taxes on tea ->less colonists making less $$ on tea |
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nickname given to the coercive acts passed as punish for the Boston tea party
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-banned town meetings
-British soldiers could be tried elsewhere
-quartering acts |
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| event in Boston that 5 colonists were killed by British soldiers Paul revere: "bloody massacre"engraving ->propaganda |
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| people who remained loyal to britan |
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| all people have natural rights life,liberty,hppiness |
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| in religiuos tolerance/freedom |
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| order in society would come from freedom not from control by a king |
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| what day was the declaration or independence signed? |
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| who wrote the declaration or independence? |
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| three advantages Britain had in the revolutionary war? |
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1-strongest and navy in the world
2-wealth of a worldwide empire
3-larger population (8 million vs. 2.5 millions Americans |
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