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Virginia Company -A joint stock company created to start new settlements in virginia

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1—Virginia Company
-A joint stock company created to start new settlements in virginia
2—Jamestown
-first engilsh settlement was founded in virginia in the year of 1607 and later became knowns as the united states of america
3—Powhatan Relations
- Chief of the powhatan tribe his daughter was married to an English settler and the tribe and the English maintained peaceful relations
4—House of Burgesses
-The first legislative assembly in the American colonies
-Ideas helped bring about the revolutionary war
5—Bacons Rebellion
- A group of settlers followed a Virginia settler who went by the name of Nathaniel Bacon into a rebellion against the Virginia Governor William Berkely and the Tidewater Aristocrats
6—King Philip’s War
- The last efforts by Native Americans to drive out the English settlers who were greedy for more and more land
7—Puritan
-English protestants who strived to purify the Roman Catholic and the Church of England
-Felt as if the church needed to become more protestant
8—Pilgrims
-Someone who journeys to a sacred place for there religious beliefs
-First English pilgrims came over on the Mayflower
9—Development of Rhode Island
- In 1636 Roger Williams started a colony that offers total political and religious freedom to refugees from the Massachusetts Bay Colony
10—Half-Way Covenant
- Allowed second generation puritans to become half-members of the church so that they would be allowed to baptize their children
11—Salem Witch Trials
-Series of trials/hearings and prosecutions of at least 200 people for being accused of witchcraft in Massachusetts
12—Loss of the Massachusetts Charter
-Meant that Massachusetts would no longer become its own colony
-The king included British colonies in the New England territory of Massachusetts Bay colony to have more control over trade
13—Dutch Settlement of Amsterdam
-Dutch the West India Company colonized Amsterdam which thrived in its development and is now known as New York City
14—Settlement of Pennsylvania
-William Penn received a grant of land from the King of England because of money owed to his dead father
Became a center of religious liberties
15—French settlement in Quebec
-Champlain settled his colony here so that he could maintain access to the furtrade and so that the settlers coming from France would have someplace to make better lives for themselves
16—Mercantilism
-National economic policy set in place to maximize the number of exports
-trade generates wealth
17—Trans-Atlantic Trade
-A system of trade that traded slaves, manufactured goods and products throughout Africa, Europe and the New World
18—Middle Passage
-Millions of Africans were forced and transported to the new world to become slaves
-part of the Atlantic slave trade
19—The Great Awakening
-series of religious revivals and reforms across the America colonies in the late 1730s-1740s
20—French and Indian War
-The British and the French wanted to expand their colonies into the Ohio territory
-Britain won
21—1763 Treaty of Paris
-Treaty that ended the French and Indian war
-France gave up all its mainland territories
-British expanded
22—Proclamation of 1763
-King George III issued the proclamation stating that settlers could not go west of the Appalachian mountains
-He did this in hopes to avoid anymore conflict with the Natives
23—Stamp Act
-Act of parliament in which taxed people in the British colonieS
-Ordered most printed things must be on stamped paper
24—Intolerable Acts
-Laws put in place by Parliament after the Boston Tea Party
-Quartering act, Quebec act, Massachusetts Government Act, Boston Tea Port act, Administration of Justice Act
25—Thomas Paines "Common Sense"
-writing that preached of independence from Britain to the people
26—Declaration of Independence
-Article declaring the independence of America from Great Britain and why
27—John Locke
-One of the most influential philosophers of the Enlightenment period
-He believed in the right to life, liberty and property.
28—French assistance during the American Revolution
-The treaty of Alliance made France and the US of enemies of war from Britain so France decided to aid in helping the US by sending over money, supplies and troops
29—Marquis De Lafayette
-French aristocrat and military leader that helped aid in the American Revolutionary War
-believed the cause was noble
-lead both Americans and the French in some battles
30—George Washington
-1st President of the United States of America
-served as a general and commander and chief during the Revolutionary War
-lead and won many battles
31—Crossing of the Delaware River
-First move in a surprise attack against Hessian troops in the American Revolutionary War
-Led by George Washington
32—Valley Forge
-Camp in East Pennsylvania occupied by George Washington and the continental army between the years of 1777-1778
-Faced harsh weathers waiting for the British to attack but they never did
-Turning point in the war, troops regained confidence
33—Battle of Yorktown
- battle that took place in Yorktown, Virginia on October 19, 1779 and was won by the French and American Continental Army against the British during the Revolutionary War
34—Treaty of Paris, 1783
- A treaty signed in Paris on September 3, 1783 by representatives of Great Britain And the United States Of America to end the Revolutionary war
35—Weaknesses Of The Articles Of Confederation
1.Each State was only allowed one vote in congress
2.Congress could not tax
3. Congress could not regulate or interstarte commerce
36—Daniel Shay's Rebellion
-Daniel Shay led rebels into rebellion because of unjust civil and economic rights
-The rebellion amongst the farmers led to the writing of the new Constitution
37—Federalists
-Believed in a strong central government
-Did not believe the bill of rights was neccesary
38—Anti-Federalists
-Did not want a strong central government
-Wanted a strong state government
-Articles of Confederation allowed this
39—Checks & Balances
-principle of government that states not one branch can be more powerful than another
-each branch is able to check each other
Ex. 3 Branches of Government
40—Alexander Hamilton
-American founding father who helped with the Constitution
-Leader of the federalist party
-First secretary of treasure
41—James Madison
-Founding father also known as the "Father of the Constitution"
-4th President of the US
42—The Great Compromise
-Announced one representative per state in Senate
-proportional representation within the House
-combination of the New Jersey and Virginia plan
43—Separation of Powers
-The government is dived between three branches in which each have their own purpose and responsibility's
-Executive, Legislative and Executive branches
44—Limited Government
-limits the powers of government
-People of high authority still must follow the same laws as others
45—Bill of Rights
-First 10 amendments in the Constitution
-Guarantees our rights
46—John Adams
-Founding father that served as the first vice president
-2nd President of the US
-diplomat that helped with the Treaty of Paris which ended the American Revolutionary War
47—Whiskey Rebellion
-Rebellion against the new tax on liquor
-First serious challenge agaisnt federal authority