u.s history study guide

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John Adams	Second President from 03/04/1797-03/04/1801. He defended accused soldiers in accordance to the Boston Massacre.
Samuel Adams	American Revolutionary one of the sons of Liberty. He lead the group that threw the tea off of the ships causing the Boston Tea Party.
Ethan Allen	was a leader of, The Green Mountain Boys, he raised them and Connecticut troops and helped capture the British Fort at Ticonderoga.
Bunker Hill	The British defeated the Americans in this battle which really happened on Breed's Hill which led to the Revolutionary War.
Cecilius Calvert	Is the son of George Calvert and also the second rule over Baltimore, Maryland. He approved the act of toleration.
Jonathan Edwards	During the Great Awakening, he helped motivate those of his time for religious revival. He was known for his sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" .. He helped with protestant Theologies.
John Elliot	Was a Puritan missionary to the American Indians, he was called "The Apostle to the Indians." was known for converting Indians.
George Grenville	He was a British Whig, Prime Minister of Great Britain, and he came up with the Stamp Act.
Patrick Henry	Was an American Attorney known as an orator during the movement for independence. He was known for his speech, "Give me Liberty or give me Death". He believed George 3 was a tyrant. He helped defend Kentucky. Was known for his red hair and freckles.
Henry the 8th	Was King of England, the pope called him the defender of the faith, and he had 6 wives he divorced 2, 2 were killed and, the last 2 are unknown on their ending.
Anne Hutchnson	Was a mother of 15 and an important participant in the Antonino ( no law) controversy. She and her family were killed during an Indian Raid.
Intolerable Acts	Was the American name for a series of punitive laws passed by British Parliament in 1774, after the Boston Tea Party. Laws passed to inflict punishment on Americans for throwing Tea off of the ships into the harbor.
John Paul Jones	Was a Scottish American Sailor First well known Naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War. Known as Father of the Navy.
Lexington, Massachusetts	This is where the battle of Lexington and Concord was fought and where the shot around the world happened which started the Revolutionary war.
Mayflower	Was the ship that transported mostly English puritans and separatists from Plymouth, England to the New world, Plymouth Rock. Which lead to the signing of the Mayflower Compact which was the first agreement between the British and the Americans, which said that the Americans would be governed by the British.
Mercantilism	The beliefs of profitable gain for the people and the king through trading of silver and gold. The theory that trade generates wealth.
James Oglethorpe	Was a British general, member of Parliament. he attacked the village of Santa te resa demosa. He believed that drinking alcohol was a crime and against law
Thomas Paine	Was an English and American Political Activist, Philosopher, political Theorist, and Revolutionary. He made the common sense Pamphlet in 1776. He also believed and called George the 3 a Brute.
William Penn	Was a Quaker and founder of the province of Pennsylvania. He received land from Charles the 2nd and was considered the father of Pennsylvania.
King Phillip	Was a chief of Indian tribe called the Wampanooga. His Indian name was Metacouet. He helped the attack of Plymouth and other towns, near by. He was killed and had his head placed on a stake in Plymouth.
Pocahontas	Was born in 1595 - March 1617 she was born into her families Indian tribe until she left with John Smith back to England where she Married John Rolfe. In England she was changed to an American and also changed her name to Rebecca Rolfe, losing her Indian heritage.
Proclamation of 1763	Was Issued on October 7, 1763, by King George the 3rd. After the Indian War/Seven Years war this forbade settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian, Mountains.
Stamp Act of 1765	Was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new act was imposed on all American Colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
George Whitfield	Was an English Anglican Cleric who helped spread The Great Awakening, in Britain and especially in the American Colonies.
Roger Williams	Was an English Protestant Theologian, he began the colony of Providence plantation which provided a refuge for religious minorities. He bought land with the dutch and Quakers was ordered to return to England in 1635 and Escaped. Williams was arguably the first abolitionist in North America, being the first to attempt to prohibit slavery in any of the original thirteen colonies.
Four philosophical approaches (other than christian) to history.	1.Has no meaning 2. Constantly Repeats itself 3. Is determined by class conflict 4. Is determined by climate and geography
Six specific beliefs in a Christian Approach to history as presented in class.	1. God is the Creator. 2. God is sovereign (Doctrine of Providence) 3. History is significant: it's been somewhere and it's going somewhere, and, facts do exits. 4. The reality of the Fall and that man is a Sinner. 5. History illustrates principles. 6. Man, being made in the imago Dei, is Significant and is the focus of history.
Five points of Calvinism	1. Total Depravity. 2. Unconditional Election. 3. Limited Atonement. 4. Irresistible Grace. 5. Perseverance of the saints.
Four issues for why America declared Independence.	1. taxation. 2. Territory. 3. Trade. 4. Tyranny regarding religious liberty

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