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•The transition of people, plants, insects, and microbes between

two hemispheres initiated when

Columbus reached the Americas in 1492

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COLUMBIAN

EXCHANGE

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European economic doctrine calling for strict

regulation of the economy in order to ensure a

balance of exports over imports and increase the amount of silver and gold

in a nation’s treasury

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MERCANTILISM

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The first English colony was founded by 104 men

and boys as a military post.

Many of the inhabitants refused to work and resulted in the initial

failure of this settlement

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JAMESTOWN

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Indentured servitude was replaced by this

involuntary labor that was introduced to the new world as early as

1619

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SLAVERY

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After the advent of African slavery, colonies quickly

passed laws based on this type of discrimination that

divides people into separate/unequal groups

based on physical characteristics

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RACISM

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An Indian confederacy of Mohawk, Oneida,

Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca that exerted

enormous influence in the northeast colonies

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IROQUOIS LEAGUE

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English religious reformers who became political unpopular at

home and emigrated to New England in 1620 to build their shining “city

upon a hill”Show Answer

PURITANS

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The principle that religious institutions should not exercise civil or judicial

power and that civil governments should give no official support to any religious denomination

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SEPARATION

OF

CHURCH

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Between 1692 and 1693 over 200 people

were tortured and executed based on the accusations of a group

of girls and the fanaticism of a church-

controlled courtShow Answer

SALEM WITCH TRIALS

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This religious group that settled Pennsylvania dressed in a plain and

severe manner, refused to swear oaths or make war, and allowed women public

roles of religious leadership

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QUAKERS

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This is a skilled craftsman such as a

blacksmith, a cooper, a miller, a tailor. Paul

Revere was a silversmith example of

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ARTISAN

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In the 1760s, New York (and England) claimed land in Vermont that this group

of men had already purchased from New

Hampshire. The group of men launched a successful

guerilla resistance.

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ETHAN ALLEN

AND THE

GREEN

MOUNTAIN

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The organization of slave labor that

assigned specific daily duties that, after

completion, allowed the slave to spend the rest of the day in their own

pursuitsShow Answer

THE

TASK

SYSTEM

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Groups of escaped slaves, often newly

arrived from Africa, fled to the frontiers and established these settlements in the

South and the Caribbean.

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MAROON

COMMUNITIES

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The intellectual movement that

flourished in the 1700s and stressed the power of reason and natural law to promote human

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THE

ENLIGHTENMENT

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A spill-over from Europe, this war lasted from 1754 to 1763 in the American colonies and is an early example of a world war.

The old enemies of England and France included their

colonies in the fight.

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THE

FRENCH

AND

INDIAN

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Because war had doubled its debt,

Britain imposed these duties on trade to

regulate the flow of commerce in the

coloniesShow Answer

TARIFFS

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In 1765, England imposed this tax on all

legal documents, newspapers, diplomas, playing cards, and dice;

which infuriated the American colonies.

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THE

STAMP

ACT

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In March 1770, British troops clashed with locals

in Massachusetts, leaving 5 civilians dead and

wounding 6 others. Locals called it by this name and tried the British troops for

murder.

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BOSTON MASSACRE

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In 1774, 55 delegates gathered in Philadelphia to meet as this political body;

their purpose was to discuss resistance after

England had sent troops to quell tax-related protests

in New England.

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THE

FIRST

CONTINENTAL

CONGRESS

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This main American rebel military force was created by the Second

Continental Congress in July 1775 and was

commanded by George Washington.

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CONTINENTAL ARMY

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We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal

and that they are endowed by their

creator with certain unalienable rights…

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THE

DECLARATION

OF

INDEPENDENCE

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The American colonial supporters of the King of England were known to American rebels by

this name.

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TORIES

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This is armed conflict among political rivals,

typically involving guerilla tactics and violent

intimidation of civilians. This was the type of war

conducted in the Southern colonies during the

Revolution.Show Answer

PARTISAN

WARFARE

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The framework of government that

establishes the contract between rulers/leaders

and the people.

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CONSTITUTION

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We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice,

insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to

ourselves and our posterity…

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THE

PREAMBLE

TO THE

CONSTITUTION

OF THE

UNITED STATESBack to Board

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