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Roger Williams
________, a minister in Salem Bay settlement, taught that church and state should be separate.
Columbus arrival
________ initiated a long period of European expansion and colonialism in the Americas.
Virginia Company
In 1618, the ________ introduced the headright system as a means of attracting new settlers to the region and addressing the labor shortage created by the emergence of tobacco farming.
Colombus
In August of 1492, ________ used three caravels, supplied and funded by the Spanish crown, to set sail toward India.
Anne Hutchinson
________ was a woman in a resolutely patriarchal society which turned many against her.
Native Americans
________ had their own complex societies, cultures, and religions.
Indian War
French played a significant role in the French and ________ (1754- 1763) but overall had a much lighter impact on native peoples compared to Spanish and English.
1619
In ________, Virginia established the House of Burgesses, in which any property- holding, white male could vote.
North America
________ was populated by Native Americans, not to be confused with native- born Americans.
1620
In ________, Separatists set sail for Virginia on the Mayflower, but went off course and landed in modern- day Massachusetts.
New England
Slavery was rare in ________, but farms in middle and southern colonies were much larger, requiring large numbers of enslaved Africans.
English
Intermarriage was common between Spanish and French settlers and the natives in their colonized territories (though rare among ________ and Dutch settlers)
middle leg
Was the ________ of the triangular trade route among the colonies, Europe, and Africa.
South Carolina
________ had a larger proportion of enslaved Africans than European settlers.
English Calvinists
________ led a Protestant movement called Puritanism in the 16th century.
Intercontinental trade
________ became more organized with the creation of joint- stock companies, corporate businesses with shareholders whose mission was to settle and develop lands in North America.
Roman Catholic Church
The ________ was the dominant religious institution in western Europe.
Jamestown
________ was funded by a joint- stock company, a group of investors who bought the right to establish New World plantations from the king.
colony
A(n) ________ is a territory settled and controlled by a foreign power.
Spain
Englands first attempt to settle North America came a year prior to its victory over ________, in 1587, when Sir Walter Raleigh sponsored a settlement on Roanoke Island (now part of North Carolina)
Anne Hutchinson
________, a prominent proponent of antinomianism, banished for challenging Puritan beliefs and authority of Puritan clergy.
North America
________ was home to hundreds of tribes, cities and societies.
1619
________ also marks the introduction of slavery to the English colonies.
Old World to New World
horses, pigs, rice, wheat, grapes
New World to Old World
corn, potatoes, chocolate, tomatoes, avocado, sweet potatoes
1691
In ________, Massachusetts became a royal colony under new monarchs, suffrage was extended to all Protestants.
Slavery
________ played a major role on plantations, but majority of Southerners were subsistence farmers.
Penn
________ made a treaty with the Delawares to take only as much land as could be walked by a man in three days.
North American continent
Colonies on the ________ were seen primarily as markets for British and West Indian goods, but also as sources of raw materials.
New England
Slavery was rare in ________, but farms in middle and southern colonies were much larger, requiring large numbers of enslaved Africans.
South Carolina
________ had a larger proportion of enslaved Africans than European settlers.
England
________ regulated trade and government in its colonies but interfered in colonial affairs as little as possible.
Charles II of England
In 1664, ________ waged war against the Dutch Republic and captured New Netherland.
Molasses Act
________ of 1733, imposed an exorbitant tax upon the importation of sugar from the French West Indies.
Governor
________ had powers similar to the king, but also dependent on colonial legislatures for money.
Autonomy
________ allowed eased transition to independence in following century.
William Penn
________, a Quaker, received colony as a gift from King Charles II.
Dutch Republic
________ was largest commercial power of the century and economic rival of the British.
Navigation
________ Acts passed between 1651 and 1673, required colonists to buy goods only from England, sell certain of their products only to England, and import non- English goods via English ports and pay a duty on those imports.
College of William
________ and Mary was chartered in the South in 1693.
Arrival of settlers
________ from Barbados marked the beginning of the slave era in the colonies.
West Indies
Colonies were important mostly for economic reasons, which is why the British considered their colonies in the ________ more important than their colonies on the North American continent.
Nathaniel Bacon
________, a recent immigrant, rallied the farmers and demanded Governor William Berkeley grant him authority to raise a militia and attack nearby tribes.
Edwards
________ preached severe, predeterministic doctrines of Calvinism.
Navigation Acts
________ also prohibited the colonies from manufacturing a number of goods that England already produced.
Slavery
________ and tobacco played a larger role in the Chesapeake than in the middle colonies.
Penn
________ established liberal policies towards religious freedom and civil liberties.
Literacy rates
________ in New England were higher due to the Puritan legacy of teaching children to read the Bible.
John Adams
________ defended the soldiers in court, helping to establish a tradition of giving a fair trial to all who are accused.
Colonial newspapers
________ discuss ways to alter relationship between mother country and colonies.
William Pitt
________, the English Prime Minister during the war, was supportive of the colonists and encouraged them to join the war effort.
Franco American Alliance
________, negotiated by Ben Franklin in 1778, brought the French into the war on the side of the colonists.
political activity
Women were largely excluded from ________ but had an important civil role and responsibility.
Jefferson
The animosity between ________ and Hamilton and the growing belligerence between the Federalists and Democratic- Republicans set the ugly, divisive tone for Adamss term.
Hamilton
________ (broad constructionist) argued bank implied power of government and not explicitly forbidden by Constitution.
Adams
________ sent three diplomats to Paris, where French officials demanded a huge bribe before they would allow negotiations even to begin.
George III
________ replaced Prime Minister Grenville with Lord Rockingham, who had opposed the Stamp Act.
New England
Patriots were mostly white Protestant property holders and gentry, as well as urban artisans, especially in ________.
Sugar Act
The ________ actually lowered the duty on molasses coming into the colonies from the West Indies.
Mississippi Valley
The treaty gave England control of Canada and almost everything east of the ________.
George Washington
________ led a colonial contingent, which attacked a French outpost and lost.
English settlers
The war was the inevitable result of colonial expansion, where ________ moved into the Ohio Valley, and the French tried to stop them by building fortified outposts.
Quebec Act
________ (grants greater liberties to Catholics, extends boundaries of Quebec Territory) further impeding westward expansion, causing further dissatisfaction among colonists.
Revolutionary War
The ________ became a war for independence with the signing of the Declaration.
American history
The Declaration has been considered as a seminal document in ________, and has been a source of inspiration for movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
Alexander Hamilton
________ was concerned about no uniform commercial policy and fear for the survival of the new republic.
Federalists
________ who supported ratification of the Constitution are often the same people as ________ who favored strong federal government.
Financial plan
________ called for federal government to assume states 'debts, repay by giving debt holders land on western frontier.
Public virtue
________ had been a strictly masculine quality in the past, private virtue emerged as a very important quality for women.
Indian War
Also called the French and ________, it was actually one of several "wars for empire "fought between the British and the French.
Sugar Act
________, Currency Act, and Proclamation of 1763 caused a great deal of discontent in the colonies.
Goal
enumerate American grievances, develop strategy for addressing grievances, formulate colonial position on relationship between royal government and colonial governments
Three branches of government
executive, legislative, judicial
Polk administration
________ settled territorial dispute by signing treaty with England.
Great disparity
________ in distribution of wealth in northern cities, elite few controlled most of the personal wealth and led lives of power and comfort.
Horace Mann
________ was instrumental in pushing for public education and education reform in general.
Cult of domesticity
________, supported by popular magazines and novels that glorified home life.
William Crawford
________ suffered a stroke after the initial election and was not a real contender for the House vote.
Andrew Jackson
________ received the greatest number of popular votes and electoral votes but no one had a majority.
Industrialization
________ resulted in bigger cities with large (and often impoverished) migrant and immigrant neighborhoods.
John C Calhoun
In 1828, ________, Jackson's vice president, anonymously published "The South Carolina Exposition and Protest "arguing that states who felt the 50 percent tariff was unfairly high could nullify the law.
Adams
The Tariff of 1828, also known as the Tariff of Abominations, was passed during the ________ administration but almost turned into a national crisis during Jackson's administration.
Mexico
________ declared independence from Spain in 1821, included what is now Texas and Southwest.
Steamships
________ replaced sailing ships for long sea voyages and railroads replaced land travel.
Jefferson
________ sent explorers, among them Lewis and Clark, to investigate the western territories, including much of what was included in the Louisiana territory.
Power loom
________ in 1813 allowed manufacturers to produce both thread and finished fabric in own factories quickly and efficiently.
Inventions of steam
________ engine and telegraph revolutionized travel and shipping, allowing for faster and more efficient transportation and communication.
Telegraph
________ allowed for immediate long- distance communication and widespread use followed its invention almost immediately.
Midwest
Smith's preaching, particularly his acceptance of polygamy, drew strong opposition in the East and ________, culminating in his death by a mob while imprisoned in Illinois.
1824
Jackson's campaign for presidency in ________ was vicious, with surrogates accusing opponents of corruption and misconduct.
social life
Family and church played a dominant role in ________, as there were few people around to support organized cultural and leisure events.
Fur trading
________ was another common commercial enterprise on the frontiers, with ________ often being the first pioneers in a region.
early 19th century
Growth of American economy in ________ brought about numerous social changes.
19th century
The ________ saw the beginnings of true social reform in the United States, with many social reform movements growing out of the Second Great Awakening, a period of religious revival.
northeastern economy
Farming played less of a role in ________ than elsewhere in the country.
Westward migration
________ brought new set of social problems, including issues of land ownership, displacement of Native Americans, and question of slavery.
Tecumseh
________ unified area tribes to stop American expansion.
Cotton gin
________ and Industrial Revolution in England altered southern agriculture and increased reliance on slave labor.
Manifest Destiny
Americans believed in God- given right to western territories, known as America's ________.
Jackson
In 1828, ________ won the election by a large margin and became the first president who wasn't born in Virginia or named Adams.
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