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Jamestown, the first permanent English
settlement, was founded
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1607
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Agreement signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in
Plymouth, to consult each other about laws for
the colony and a promise to work together to make
it succeed.
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Mayflower Compact
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A member of the Sons of Liberty who started the
Committee of Correspondence to stir public
support for American independence.
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Sam Adams
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The King of England who disbanded the colonial
legislatures, taxed the colonies, and refused the
Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break
with the colonies.
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King George III
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He Founded Georgia as a haven for English debtors.
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James Oglethorpe
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Policy that said the Colonies existed to benefit
England
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Mercantilism
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Laws designed to enforce Mercantilism that
required all goods shipped out of the Colonies to
be sold to England
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Navigation Acts
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The tax placed on legal documents, newspapers,
playing cards and dice
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Stamp Act
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Placed a tax on glass, paper, paint, lead and tea
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Townshend Acts
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Acts that closed the port of Boston, outlawed
town meetings, allowed British officials accused
of crimes to be tried in England and enacted a
new quartering act.
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The Intolerable Acts
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Puritans in Massachusetts governed their colony
with this. A group of male church members elected
to make decisions for what was generally best
for the colony
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General Court
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Plan of government used by Thomas Hooker in
Connecticut. It gave all male property owners the
right to vote and limited the power of the
Governor.
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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The first representative assembly in the New
World.
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The Virginia House of Burgesses
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Law in Maryland that allowed all Christians t
practice their religion freely
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Maryland Toleration Act
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Series of laws in the Southern Colonies that set
out rules for the behavior of slaves and ensured
that slaves were treated as property
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Slave Codes
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He wrote the Declaration of Independence became
the 3rd President of the United States and
purchased the Louisiana territory, doubling the
size of the United States.
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Thomas Jefferson
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He was the leader of the Continental Army who
became the first President of the United States.
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George Washington
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He wrote pamphlets like Common Sense and The
Crisis to encourage American independence and
resolve.
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Thomas Paine
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He was an inventor, statesman, diplomat, signer
of the Declaration of Independence and delegate
to Constitutional Convention.
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Ben Franklin
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He was arrested and charged with libel for
printing an article in a newspaper that was
critical of the governor of New York. Today the
Bill of Rights protects the press from arrests
like this.
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John Peter Zenger
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These were the first battles of the Revolutionary
War.
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Lexington and Concord
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This petition was a last minute attempt to avoid
war with England. In it the Colonies declared
their loyalty to the King and asked him to repeal
the Intolerable Acts.
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The Olive Branch Petition
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This document listed 27 grievances the Colonies
had against the King of England
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The Declaration of Independence
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This battle is known as the turning point of the
Revolutionary War
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Saratoga
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This was the final battle of the Revolutionary
War. General Cornwallis surrendered to Americans
after retreating to the sea and being caught
between the Continental Army and the French Navy
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Yorktown
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This area, across the Appalachian Mountains, was
claimed by both England and France. Conflict over
this area led to the French and Indian War.
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The Ohio River Valley
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Ben Franklin proposed a plan for the Colonies to
unite in response to the French and Indian War.
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The Albany Plan of Union
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He became famous for his heroism in the French
and Indian War.
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George Washington
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Treaty that ended the French and Indian War and
marked an end to French power in North America.
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The Treaty of Paris
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This law forbade colonial settlement west of the
Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian
War. This land was promised to the Colonists by
the King in exchange for their help in fighting
the French.
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The Proclamation of 1763
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