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The Magna Carta is a document that King John of England was forced into signing. The Magna Carta became the basis for English citizen's rights. The Magna Carta is considered the founding document of English liberties and hence American liberties. The influence of Magna Carta can be seen in the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights
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The Renaissance was important because it awakened the world from a very long, dark sleep. The Middle Ages had ruined people's dreams and forced them into an meaningless pattern of life. The Renaissance period brought progression, change, and beauty. In the word renaissance means rebirth. And the earth was, in a way, reborn when the Dark or Middle Ages reached their close.
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Columbus was an impact for the explorations of America because he was the first one that landed in the America's.
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The Colombian Exchange was a massive movement of trading goods and items around the world. It occured shortly after Columbus arrived in the Americans.
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Mercantilism suggests that the ruling government should advance goals by playing a protectionist role in the economy by encouraging exports and discouraging imports, noticable through the use of subsidies and tariffs respectively.
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they were spanish soldiers that had arrived to explore, especially those who conquered the Native peoples of Mexico and Peru.
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The arrival of missionaries were people who traveled to a territory or community in order to make converts to their religion.
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The people that were inslaved was the Africans American. They were slaved because they had to raise cash crops and the Native Americans were dying of disease.
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The Middle Passage was from Africa to America that was a passage of a long journey. Many died from sickness and despair.
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Jamestown was a city located in Virginia. It was the first colony that missionaries settled in.
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The Indentured Servants is a person who signed an indenture, or an agreement to work for a master for a period of years. Indentured servants were not free until they completed their term of service.
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The House of Burgesses was important because it marked the beginning of Representative Democracy, in what is now the United States. It helped alot and it was a real law.
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They came to explore, to make money, to spread and practice their religion freely, and to live on land of their own. The Pilgrims and Puritans came to America to practice religious freedom.
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It describes the way they would govern themselves in the new world.
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The democracy was ruled by people. In a democarcy, ctizens elected representatives to make and carry out laws. thhis helped alot of people because it made them iunderstand that they can vote for their own rights. The assemblies was an elected group of lawmakers. It was really important for alot of citizens.
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A cash crop is something such as tobbac, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities in order to be sold for profit mostly started in the southeast region.
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The fundamental orders describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers. The thing that was so important about the fundamental orders of connecticut is that the laws were a constitution, the fundamental orders extended voting rights to non-church members, and limited the power of the governer. they expanded the idea of representive government.
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It was a major victory that was found in1265. It was made of representatives from across england.
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The Great Awakening was a religious revival in American religious history. It was important because they wanted something new like accepting God as their savior and being free from their religion.
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They crossed the Bering Strait searching for new resources. They traveled from Asia to the Americas.
