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| Trade of plants, animals, and diseases from the New World and the Old World |
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| A sea route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean |
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| Virginia House of Burgesses |
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| First representative government in the Colonies |
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| Curiosity, fame, religion, new trade routes, wealth, national pride, and foreign goods |
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| Religious movement that taught colonists the skill of questioning authority |
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| He was expelled from Massachusetts for pushing settlers to buy land from Indians and separating church from state |
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| Taxation Without Representation |
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| Complaint colonists made against paying fees without anyone to speak on their behalf in Congress |
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| One Cause of the American Revolution |
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| French and Indian War prompted by British government to begin taxing colonists |
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| American who won a naval victory over the British |
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| Appalachian mountain area the colonists were forbidden to cross to save the king money |
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| Set to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party which closed Boston's port, sent more troops, and dismissed the Massachusetts legislature. It caused the colonists to meet at the first Continental Congress |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| The source of governmental authority in the consent of the people |
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| Washington's winter camp, told in Thomas Paine's "Sunshine" |
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| Turning point for the Continental Army |
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| Bunker Hill and Lexington / Concord, Massachusetts |
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| First battles of the Revolutionary War |
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| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Capitol of the new Continental Congress |
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| Last battle of the Revolutionary War |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| First written plan of government used during the Revolution and before the Constitution was written |
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| A plan for setting up territories acquired by the US and for the creation of new states |
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| Resulted in a bicameral (two-house) legislature, with a House of Representatives based on the state's population, and a Senate, based on equal representation from all states |
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| Legislative Branch Powers |
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| Major issue of the Continental Convention; balance of power between states and national government |
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| Powers of the National Government |
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| Regular commerce, conduct foreign affairs, army, declare war, print money |
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| Powers of the State Governments |
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| Powers Shared by State and National Governments |
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| Taxation, setting up courts, making laws, enforcing laws, and regulating local business |
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| First Amendment to the Constitution |
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| RAPPS: Freedom of Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, and Speech |
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| Fifth Amendment to the Constitution |
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| Due process (protection of those accused of a crime) |
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| Rules for what a person born outside the country (that is, not a US citizen), must go through to become a US citizen |
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| First Ten Amendments to the Constitution |
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