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| first English colonist who disappeared |
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| British policy of ingnoring its colonies |
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| Major Economic activitties (in England colonies) |
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| Growing tobacco and trading |
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| theory that a countrys wealth should be based on the amount of gold and silver that is controlled. |
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| Columbain Eschange effects (3) |
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| 1. new diseases 2. cash-crop farming 3.triangler slave trade |
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| wanted permanent settlements in the U.S. to expand the gold and silver industry, so cosisted of small mining and missionary communities. |
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| not allowed to own land and unless they were widowed |
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| fougfht to much among there selves/had difficalty defeting more colonists |
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| raise British toax revenues and keep colonists happy by cutting the duty on imported molasses in half. |
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| british taxed American colonist to pay off war debts |
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| the first tax for raiseing money "No taxation without reporsentation" |
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| Declaration of indepentdance |
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| written by Thomas Jefferson |
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| pamplet urging the colonies to break ties with Britain |
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| Responible for orginizing the boston tea party |
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| Battles of lexington and concord |
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| Begin the Revolutionary War |
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| Patriots greatist advantages during the American revolution (3) |
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| 1.outlast the british 2.did not convention war statigeys 3. british treated the colonists poorly |
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| Believed that people form governments to protect their natural rights |
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| convinced Americans that a stronger national government was needed |
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| favored by the large states |
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| the number of senators would be thesame for each state |
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| "life, liberty and the persute of happyness" |
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| Specific inalienable rights |
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| Articles of confederation |
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| failed to give the federal government the powers to tax and raise an army |
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| to aviod a concentration of political power |
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| to override a presidential veto, each house of Congress must have a? |
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| Length of term for presedent |
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| Length of term for repersentative |
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| Length of term for a senator |
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| if the presedent wins a majority of the electoral college votes is he elected ? |
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| enforces and administers laws |
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| an amendment to the constitution must be ratified by congress and |
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| what does the first amendment guarantee? |
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| Beleived you could not trust the"common man" |
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| it proved the strength of the federal government |
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| set the principle of judicial review |
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| it repersented the first major foreign test fo the new American Government. |
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| The first 2 political partys in the U.S. were |
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1. Jefferson Republicains
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| Thomas Jeffersons purchase of the Louisiana Territory was significant becouse? |
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| it was a new use of federal power |
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| the undeniable fate for amercans to settle from sae to shining sea |
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1. industrialization had replaced the need for slavery.
2. convinced that slavery would ruin the nation after reading Uncle toms cabin |
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1. Geography encourged the development of large plantation farms 2. Defended slavery by criticizing the North for not caring aboot the wellbeing of there workers. 3. prepare and wait 4. expected British aid b/c it produced cotten used in British textile mills. |
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| banned slavery in new territories north of the 36 30' line of laditude |
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| Stephen Douglas proposed that territories should decide if slavery would be legal in the territiories by popular sovereignty |
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| decision of whether or not to allow slavery in a territory would be made by the voters |
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| led the raid on Harpers Ferry deepened the division between the north and south. |
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| First state to leave the union |
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| Missouri Compromise was undone when the Supream Court ruled that slaves were property |
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| Lincoln won the election without getting a single Southeren vote |
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| Secessionists argued that they had the right to leave the Union becouse |
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| They joined union volinteraly |
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| Lincolns main goal during the early part of the civil war was? |
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| what was the greatist cause of death during the civel war |
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| Emancipation proclamation |
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| after this was signed, many african americans rushed to join the Union army |
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| Where General Lee surrendered the last Confederat Army |
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| Congreeional Reconstruction |
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| differed from Johnsons reconstruction plan in that it was not as lenient toward the south |
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| made voter discimination based on race illegal |
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| establisheda sort of fake slavery system in the south |
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| offically ended in 1877 when remaining U.S. troops are removed from the South |
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