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National pride or loyalty
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Joint-Stock Companies were companies that sent colonists to work in america so they can get their profit
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In 1607, an adventerous settler John Smith found Jamestown. John Smith was a very famous and well known man. The king personaly sent him.
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Indentured servants were poor people who worked for a period of years to the person who paid their way to America. They didnt stop working until their years were over, it ussually lasted for 2-5 years.
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colonists to work in america so they can get their profit.Jamestown was the first colony settled in America. It was settled by the colonist sent by Joint-Stock Companies.
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Pilgrams were people who came from England to America to escape from religious conflict or persecution. Pilgrims later became known as Puritens because their want to purify the Anglican Church.
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The nations power was a product of wealth. The nations wealth was measured by its stock of precious metals(natural resources).
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Bacons Rebillion was initiated by Nathaniel Bacon. It was basically a rebellion against all Indians in the Chesapeake because the farmers wanted to settle an area that was guaranteed to the Indians.
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Where english protestants rid themselves of hated officials.
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A revival of religious beliefs. Started by Jonothan Edwards.
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An unsuccessful attack by the Ottawa chief Pontiac and his allies agaisnt the British forts on the Northwest frontier in an attempt to drive out the European settlers.
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A british ban on colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Placed taxes on sugar and molasses.
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Forced colonists to supply housing for troops.
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Law passed by parliament that placed taxes on printed material
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placed duties on certain items imposed by colonists
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An incident in which British soldiers fired into a group of colonists gathered in front of a customs house, killing several people.
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A protest against the Tea Act in which a group of colonists boarded British Tea ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor.
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a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that stirred up public support for the american revolution and called for the end of the colonists.
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a document that created an association of states while gaurunteeing each state sovereignty, freedom, and independence. it was the first form of government in the colonies
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Enlightenment thinker John Locke developed natural rights. These natural rights included "People were born with Life, Liberty, and Property".
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Supporters of ratification of the constition.
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A meeting in Philadelphia at which states delegates wrote the U.S. constitution, it was called to strengthen the articles of confederation.
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An agreement worked out at the consitutional convention; granted each state an equal voice in the upper house of the legislature and representation according to the population in the lower house.
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A uprising of Massachusetts farmers led by Danieal Shay to protest taxes, debt, and foreclosures.
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A plan drafted by James Madison at the constitutional Convention that shifted the power away from the states and towards the central government
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The power of courts declare an act of congress unconstitutional.
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The US purchase of French land between the mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains that has been called the largest land deal in California.
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A Cuban poet who revolted against Cubans spanish rulers.
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A yellow Journalist who was interested in the Cuban situation. He used the yellow journalism to revive the San Fransisco Examiner.
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The quest for colonial empires.
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Journalists who made interesting yet false reports in order to get more money and sell more paper.
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A cavalry unit of about 1000 soldiers who were made of college athletes, cowboys, American Indians, and ranchers.
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A filipino who fought with America against Spain in the Philippines.
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A battleship that had been exploded. Yellow Journalists claimed that the enemies exploded them even though it was just a mistake.
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It gave all nations equal access with trade and invenstments in China.
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An island in Asia who traded with the West in an open-door policy.
