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__, a minister in Salem Bay settlement, taught that church and state should be separate.

Roger Williams

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__ initiated a long period of European expansion and colonialism in the Americas.

Columbus arrival

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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.

Virginia Company

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In August of 1492, __ used three caravels, supplied and funded by the Spanish crown, to set sail toward India.

Colombus

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__ was a woman in a resolutely patriarchal society which turned many against her.

Anne Hutchinson

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__ had their own complex societies, cultures, and religions.

Native Americans

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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.

Indian War

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In __, Virginia established the House of Burgesses, in which any property- holding, white male could vote.

1619

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__ was populated by Native Americans, not to be confused with native- born Americans.

North America

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In __, Separatists set sail for Virginia on the Mayflower, but went off course and landed in modern- day Massachusetts.

1620

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Slavery was rare in __, but farms in middle and southern colonies were much larger, requiring large numbers of enslaved Africans.

New England

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Intermarriage was common between Spanish and French settlers and the natives in their colonized territories (though rare among __ and Dutch settlers)

English

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Was the __ of the triangular trade route among the colonies, Europe, and Africa.

middle leg

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__ had a larger proportion of enslaved Africans than European settlers.

South Carolina

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__ led a Protestant movement called Puritanism in the 16th century.

English Calvinists

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__ 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.

Intercontinental trade

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The __ was the dominant religious institution in western Europe.

Roman Catholic Church

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__ was funded by a joint- stock company, a group of investors who bought the right to establish New World plantations from the king.

Jamestown

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A(n) __ is a territory settled and controlled by a foreign power.

colony

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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)

Spain

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__, a prominent proponent of antinomianism, banished for challenging Puritan beliefs and authority of Puritan clergy.

Anne Hutchinson

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__ was home to hundreds of tribes, cities and societies.

North America

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__ also marks the introduction of slavery to the English colonies.

1619

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horses, pigs, rice, wheat, grapes

Old World to New World

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corn, potatoes, chocolate, tomatoes, avocado, sweet potatoes

New World to Old World

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In __, Massachusetts became a royal colony under new monarchs, suffrage was extended to all Protestants.

1691

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__ played a major role on plantations, but majority of Southerners were subsistence farmers.

Slavery

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__ made a treaty with the Delawares to take only as much land as could be walked by a man in three days.

Penn

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Colonies on the __ were seen primarily as markets for British and West Indian goods, but also as sources of raw materials.

North American continent

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Slavery was rare in __, but farms in middle and southern colonies were much larger, requiring large numbers of enslaved Africans.

New England

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__ had a larger proportion of enslaved Africans than European settlers.

South Carolina

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__ regulated trade and government in its colonies but interfered in colonial affairs as little as possible.

England

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In 1664, __ waged war against the Dutch Republic and captured New Netherland.

Charles II of England

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__ of 1733, imposed an exorbitant tax upon the importation of sugar from the French West Indies.

Molasses Act

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__ had powers similar to the king, but also dependent on colonial legislatures for money.

Governor

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__ allowed eased transition to independence in following century.

Autonomy

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__, a Quaker, received colony as a gift from King Charles II.

William Penn

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__ was largest commercial power of the century and economic rival of the British.

Dutch Republic

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__ 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.

Navigation

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__ and Mary was chartered in the South in 1693.

College of William

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__ from Barbados marked the beginning of the slave era in the colonies.

Arrival of settlers

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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.

West Indies

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__, a recent immigrant, rallied the farmers and demanded Governor William Berkeley grant him authority to raise a militia and attack nearby tribes.

Nathaniel Bacon

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__ preached severe, predeterministic doctrines of Calvinism.

Edwards

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__ also prohibited the colonies from manufacturing a number of goods that England already produced.

Navigation Acts

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__ and tobacco played a larger role in the Chesapeake than in the middle colonies.

Slavery

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__ established liberal policies towards religious freedom and civil liberties.

Penn

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__ in New England were higher due to the Puritan legacy of teaching children to read the Bible.

Literacy rates

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__ defended the soldiers in court, helping to establish a tradition of giving a fair trial to all who are accused.

John Adams

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__ discuss ways to alter relationship between mother country and colonies.

Colonial newspapers

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__, the English Prime Minister during the war, was supportive of the colonists and encouraged them to join the war effort.

William Pitt

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__, negotiated by Ben Franklin in 1778, brought the French into the war on the side of the colonists.

Franco American Alliance

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Women were largely excluded from __ but had an important civil role and responsibility.

political activity

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The animosity between __ and Hamilton and the growing belligerence between the Federalists and Democratic- Republicans set the ugly, divisive tone for Adamss term.

Jefferson

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__ (broad constructionist) argued bank implied power of government and not explicitly forbidden by Constitution.

Hamilton

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__ sent three diplomats to Paris, where French officials demanded a huge bribe before they would allow negotiations even to begin.

Adams

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__ replaced Prime Minister Grenville with Lord Rockingham, who had opposed the Stamp Act.

George III

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Patriots were mostly white Protestant property holders and gentry, as well as urban artisans, especially in __.

New England

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The __ actually lowered the duty on molasses coming into the colonies from the West Indies.

Sugar Act

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The treaty gave England control of Canada and almost everything east of the __.

Mississippi Valley

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__ led a colonial contingent, which attacked a French outpost and lost.

George Washington

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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.

English settlers

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__ (grants greater liberties to Catholics, extends boundaries of Quebec Territory) further impeding westward expansion, causing further dissatisfaction among colonists.

Quebec Act

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The __ became a war for independence with the signing of the Declaration.

Revolutionary War

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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.

American history

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__ was concerned about no uniform commercial policy and fear for the survival of the new republic.

Alexander Hamilton

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_ who supported ratification of the Constitution are often the same people as _ who favored strong federal government.

Federalists

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__ called for federal government to assume states 'debts, repay by giving debt holders land on western frontier.

Financial plan

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__ had been a strictly masculine quality in the past, private virtue emerged as a very important quality for women.

Public virtue

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Also called the French and __, it was actually one of several "wars for empire "fought between the British and the French.

Indian War

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__, Currency Act, and Proclamation of 1763 caused a great deal of discontent in the colonies.

Sugar Act

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enumerate American grievances, develop strategy for addressing grievances, formulate colonial position on relationship between royal government and colonial governments

Goal

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executive, legislative, judicial

Three branches of government

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__ settled territorial dispute by signing treaty with England.

Polk administration

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__ in distribution of wealth in northern cities, elite few controlled most of the personal wealth and led lives of power and comfort.

Great disparity

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__ was instrumental in pushing for public education and education reform in general.

Horace Mann

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__, supported by popular magazines and novels that glorified home life.

Cult of domesticity

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__ suffered a stroke after the initial election and was not a real contender for the House vote.

William Crawford

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__ received the greatest number of popular votes and electoral votes but no one had a majority.

Andrew Jackson

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__ resulted in bigger cities with large (and often impoverished) migrant and immigrant neighborhoods.

Industrialization

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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.

John C Calhoun

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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.

Adams

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__ declared independence from Spain in 1821, included what is now Texas and Southwest.

Mexico

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__ replaced sailing ships for long sea voyages and railroads replaced land travel.

Steamships

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__ sent explorers, among them Lewis and Clark, to investigate the western territories, including much of what was included in the Louisiana territory.

Jefferson

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__ in 1813 allowed manufacturers to produce both thread and finished fabric in own factories quickly and efficiently.

Power loom

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__ engine and telegraph revolutionized travel and shipping, allowing for faster and more efficient transportation and communication.

Inventions of steam

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__ allowed for immediate long- distance communication and widespread use followed its invention almost immediately.

Telegraph

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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.

Midwest

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Jackson's campaign for presidency in __ was vicious, with surrogates accusing opponents of corruption and misconduct.

1824

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Family and church played a dominant role in __, as there were few people around to support organized cultural and leisure events.

social life

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_ was another common commercial enterprise on the frontiers, with _ often being the first pioneers in a region.

Fur trading

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Growth of American economy in __ brought about numerous social changes.

early 19th century

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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.

19th century

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Farming played less of a role in __ than elsewhere in the country.

northeastern economy

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__ brought new set of social problems, including issues of land ownership, displacement of Native Americans, and question of slavery.

Westward migration

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__ unified area tribes to stop American expansion.

Tecumseh

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__ and Industrial Revolution in England altered southern agriculture and increased reliance on slave labor.

Cotton gin

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Americans believed in God- given right to western territories, known as America's __.

Manifest Destiny

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In 1828, __ won the election by a large margin and became the first president who wasn't born in Virginia or named Adams.

Jackson