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Puritans
Protestants who wished to "purify" the angelican church of all catholic rituals and traditions . -
Jamestown
Location near one of the rivers along Chesapeake Bay for English settlemerz , naming it Jamestown in honor of thier king. -
John Smith
Catain , an adventurous explorer , mapmaker , and soldier . President of the council of soldiers in 608 -
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john smith
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Identural servant
An identural servant was bound for a period of years to the perso who paid his or her way to America. -
Pilgrims
Colony of plymoth , known as pilgrims had left England because of religious conflict. -
Mercantilism
Mercantilists held that a nation's power was a product of wealth , and a nation's wealth was to maintain a favorable balance of trade , that is , to export more than imported . -
Bacons Rebeliion
Around 1660 , tabacco prices tumbled , making it difficult for these people to earn enough money to start their own farms. -
Glorious Revolution
In 1688 the Protestant opposition staged a bloodless rebellion . -
Great Awakening
Series of religious revivals . -
Enlightment
Revolution in ideas that swept across Europe in the 1700s . -
Proclamation of 1763
Banning settlement west of the Appalachain Mountains . -
Stamp Act
A tax on printed matter of all kinds ; advertisement , diplomas , legal , documents , newspaper , and playing cards . -
Sugar Act
Imposed a duty , or import tax , on foreign sugar , molasses , and several other items entering Great Britain's American colonies . -
Quartering Act
New York's colonial refusal to provide money to quarter , or house and supply troops . -
Townshend Act
Laws placed import duties on such common items as tea , lead , glass , and dyes for paint . -
Boston Massacre
Incident in which British soldiers fired into a group of colonists gathered in front of a customs house , killing several people . -
The Articles of Confederation
The Articles authorized Congress to borrow and coin money , coduct foreighn affairs , set policy toward American Indians , and settle disputes in the states . -
Boston Tea Party
Protest against the Tea Act in which a group of colonists boarded British tea ships and dumped 342 chests of tea in Boston Harbor . -
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Thomas Paine
Wrote pamplet Comon Sense -
Thomas Paine
wrote pamplet Common Sence -
John Locke
Enlightment thinker , English philospher who developed the theory of '' natural rigghts'' locke believed that all people were bron with the rights of life , liberty and property , and that the role of government was to protect the rights. -
Antifederilist
People who feared a powerful national government and opposed the Constitution as written . -
Shays Rebellion
Uprising of Massachusetts farmers led by Daniel Shays to protest taxes , debt , and forclosure . -
Virginia Plan
Plan drafted by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that shifted power away from the states and toward the central government . -
Constitutional Convention
Meeting in Philadelphia at which state delegates wrote the U.C Constitution . -
New Jersey Plan
New Jersey Plan provided for a strong unicamera , or one house , legislature in which each state would have one vote . -
Great Comprimise
The Great Comprimise granted each state regardless of size ,an equal voice in the upper house . -
Federalist
- Supporters of ratification of the Constituation .
- '' The Federilists '' The Federilist Papers , a book of essays written by supporters of the Constitution in 1787 and 1788 .
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Bill Of Rights
First 10 amendments to the U.S Constitution ; ratified in 1791 .