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-Monarchs of Spain
-Funded Columbus' first expedition to the new world to inspire others to explore as well -
-A result of Columbus' voyage
-Connected the Americas, Africa, and Europe to everyone's textiles and crops -
-Called the Catholic Church out on how indugences were not of God and that paying to get rid of your sins was wrong
-He helped push Protestantism -
-Started in 1606
-Funded the voyage to Jamestown to create a new country -
-Large farm land to grow acres of tobacco
-Shaped the region through where it was planted and made farmers money -
-The Mayflower arrives at Plymouth Bay
-New England is generally where the people came to seek shelter from religious persecution -
-Salem and the Massachusetts Bay colony
-Puritan refugee sociey -
-3rd Anglo-Powhatan War
-He massacred the Indians and took furs, wampum, corn, and people as slaves -
-Overthrow of James II to get the Catholic way done with
-bloodless; rise of William & Mary -
-Time of increased religious activity
-Moved across the colonies and focused on getting back to your roots -
-Also known as the French and Indian War
-Happened because of the exploration of the Ohio River Valley -
-Taxes on paper products (newspaper, legal docs, stamps, paper)
-Represented how we were not properly represented in Parliament -
-Tax on imports from Britain (glass, paint, lead, paper, tea)
-Funds pay government officials in America -
-Exchanged letters and information across the colonies
-1st attempt to maintain a connection -
-Sent to England to declare America as a separate country and wanted to be their own people
-Written by Thomas Jefferson -
-Truning point in the war
-Made France realize that helping America wouldn't be a waste -
-Included the first 10 ammendments to the Constitution
-Stated everyone's basic rights -
-Purchased by Thomas Jefferson from Napoleon
-It doubled the size of America -
-A fight due to America's need for independence from Britain
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-Helped create the 36th parallel to determine which states in the Louisiana Territoy as slave states
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-Included Eastern Revivals and the rise of new religions (Methodist, Moromons, Shakers)
-Made people want to come back to the church and God -
-People started to realize how wrong slavery was
-They fought back and wanted slavery to end -
-Leading crop during the pre-Civil War era
-Perfect in Virginia (warm summers, wet springs, dry autumns) -
-Slaves worked the hrdest on the planttion
-10-20 slaves on each and had their own little community
