GEORGIA US HISTORY END OF COURSE
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VIRGINIA COMPANY - ANS -FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH COLONY IN AMERICA
(JAMESTOWN)
POWHATAN - ANS -NATIVE AMERICANS WHO ENCOUNTERED A CONFLICT WITH THE
JAMESTOWN SETTLERS
HOUSE OF BURGESSES - ANS -FIRST ELECTED LEGISLATURE IN COLONIAL AMERICA
(VIRGINIA)
BACON'S REBELLION - ANS -POOR FARMERS REBELLING AGAINST WEALTHY
LAWMAKERS. SHOWED THE AVERAGE POOR FARMER IN AMERICA WAS DIFFERENT
AND DID NOT MIND STANDING UP FOR HIS RIGHTS.
SLAVERY - ANS -FIRST SLAVES BROUGHT TO VIRGINIA TO CULTIVATE TOBACCO
NEW ENGLAND - ANS -MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDED TO GAIN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
FOR THE PURITANS FROM ENGLISH OPPRESSION. GOAL WAS TO CREATE A PERFECT
SOCIETY BASED ON OBEDIENCE TO GOD AND HARD WORK.
KING PHILIP'S WAR - ANS -CONFLICT WITH NATIVE AMERICANS BY COLONISTS IN
NEW ENGLAND
TOWN MEETINGS - ANS -A FORM OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY PRACTICED IN
MASSACHUSETTS WHERE THE CITIZENS MADE THEIR OWN LAWS
RHODE ISLAND - ANS -FOUNDED BY ROGER WILLIAMS WHO WAS BANISHED FROM
MASSACHUSETTS BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IN SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
LOSS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS CHARTER - ANS -THE KING OF ENGLAND TOOK
CONTROL OF MASSACHUSETTS BECAUSE OF THE POWER OF THE PURITAN CHURCH.
MASS WAS MADE INTO A ROYAL COLONY
SALEM WITCH TRIALS - ANS -CONFLICT (RICH V POOR) IN MASSACHUSETTS
SHOWING SIGNS OF SOCIAL DISCONTENT WITH THE RIGID LIFE OF PURITANS
MID-ATLANTIC COLONIES - ANS -ECONOMY BASED ON COMMERCIAL INTERESTS;
LARGEST CITIES; BIRTHPLACE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
, NEW AMSTERDAM - ANS -NOW KNOWN AS NEW YORK; FIRST SETTLED BY THE
DUTCH; TAKEN OVER BY THE ENGLISH
NEW YORK - ANS -THRIVING COMMERCIAL CENTER TAKEN FROM THE DUTCH BY
THE BRITISH
PENNSYLVANIA - ANS -FOUNDED BY WILLIAM PENN AS A HAVEN FOR QUAKERS
MERCANTILISM - ANS -ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COLONIES AND
ENGLAND; THE COLONIES SUPPLIED RAW MATERIALS AND MARKETS FOR GOODS
MADE IN ENGLAND
MIDDLE PASSAGE - ANS -THE PART OF TRANSATLANTIC TRADE FROM AFRICA TO
THE AMERICAS; SLAVE TRADE
TRANSATLANTIC TRADE - ANS -TRIANGULAR TRADE PATTERN BETWEEN AFRICA,
EUROPE, AND THE AMERICAS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE - ANS -A UNIQUE CULTURE WHICH DEVELOPED AS A
RESULT OF THE IMPORTATION OF SLAVES TO AMERICA WHERE THEY KEPT SOME OF
THEIR AFRICAN CULTURE AND BLENDED THESE WITH EUROPEAN CULTURE
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR - ANS -FOUGHT BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND THE BRITISH;
BRITISH VICTORY; CAUSED THE BRITISH TO IMPOSE TAXES ON THE COLONISTS
WHICH THE COLONISTS OPPOSED; SEEN AS ONE CAUSE OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
1763 TREATY OF PARIS - ANS -ENDED THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR; BRITISH
VICTORY; FRANCE LOST POSSESSIONS IN CANADA
PROCLAMATION OF 1763 - ANS -AN ORDER BY THE BRITISH KING FOR AMERICANS
TO NOT SETTLE ACROSS THE APPALACHIAN MTNS. IT WAS IGNORED THUS SHOWING
THE LACK OF RESPECT FOR BRITISH AUTHORITY
STAMP ACT - ANS -TAX PASSED BY THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT IN ORDER TO PAY
FOR THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. AMERICAN PATRIOTS RESPONDED WITH THE
STAMP ACT COMMITTEE WHICH VOTED TO BOYCOTT BRITISH GOODS; PARLIAMEND
REPEALED THE TAX; (NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION)
INTOLERABLE ACTS - ANS -LAWS PASSED BY PARLIAMENT TO PUNISH THE
AMERICANS FOR THE BOSTON TEA PARTY. BOSTON HARBOR WAS CLOSED AND THE
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE WAS ABOLISHED THE AMERICANS RESPONDED BY
CALLING THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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VIRGINIA COMPANY - ANS -FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH COLONY IN AMERICA
(JAMESTOWN)
POWHATAN - ANS -NATIVE AMERICANS WHO ENCOUNTERED A CONFLICT WITH THE
JAMESTOWN SETTLERS
HOUSE OF BURGESSES - ANS -FIRST ELECTED LEGISLATURE IN COLONIAL AMERICA
(VIRGINIA)
BACON'S REBELLION - ANS -POOR FARMERS REBELLING AGAINST WEALTHY
LAWMAKERS. SHOWED THE AVERAGE POOR FARMER IN AMERICA WAS DIFFERENT
AND DID NOT MIND STANDING UP FOR HIS RIGHTS.
SLAVERY - ANS -FIRST SLAVES BROUGHT TO VIRGINIA TO CULTIVATE TOBACCO
NEW ENGLAND - ANS -MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDED TO GAIN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
FOR THE PURITANS FROM ENGLISH OPPRESSION. GOAL WAS TO CREATE A PERFECT
SOCIETY BASED ON OBEDIENCE TO GOD AND HARD WORK.
KING PHILIP'S WAR - ANS -CONFLICT WITH NATIVE AMERICANS BY COLONISTS IN
NEW ENGLAND
TOWN MEETINGS - ANS -A FORM OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY PRACTICED IN
MASSACHUSETTS WHERE THE CITIZENS MADE THEIR OWN LAWS
RHODE ISLAND - ANS -FOUNDED BY ROGER WILLIAMS WHO WAS BANISHED FROM
MASSACHUSETTS BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IN SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
LOSS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS CHARTER - ANS -THE KING OF ENGLAND TOOK
CONTROL OF MASSACHUSETTS BECAUSE OF THE POWER OF THE PURITAN CHURCH.
MASS WAS MADE INTO A ROYAL COLONY
SALEM WITCH TRIALS - ANS -CONFLICT (RICH V POOR) IN MASSACHUSETTS
SHOWING SIGNS OF SOCIAL DISCONTENT WITH THE RIGID LIFE OF PURITANS
MID-ATLANTIC COLONIES - ANS -ECONOMY BASED ON COMMERCIAL INTERESTS;
LARGEST CITIES; BIRTHPLACE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
, NEW AMSTERDAM - ANS -NOW KNOWN AS NEW YORK; FIRST SETTLED BY THE
DUTCH; TAKEN OVER BY THE ENGLISH
NEW YORK - ANS -THRIVING COMMERCIAL CENTER TAKEN FROM THE DUTCH BY
THE BRITISH
PENNSYLVANIA - ANS -FOUNDED BY WILLIAM PENN AS A HAVEN FOR QUAKERS
MERCANTILISM - ANS -ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COLONIES AND
ENGLAND; THE COLONIES SUPPLIED RAW MATERIALS AND MARKETS FOR GOODS
MADE IN ENGLAND
MIDDLE PASSAGE - ANS -THE PART OF TRANSATLANTIC TRADE FROM AFRICA TO
THE AMERICAS; SLAVE TRADE
TRANSATLANTIC TRADE - ANS -TRIANGULAR TRADE PATTERN BETWEEN AFRICA,
EUROPE, AND THE AMERICAS
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE - ANS -A UNIQUE CULTURE WHICH DEVELOPED AS A
RESULT OF THE IMPORTATION OF SLAVES TO AMERICA WHERE THEY KEPT SOME OF
THEIR AFRICAN CULTURE AND BLENDED THESE WITH EUROPEAN CULTURE
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR - ANS -FOUGHT BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND THE BRITISH;
BRITISH VICTORY; CAUSED THE BRITISH TO IMPOSE TAXES ON THE COLONISTS
WHICH THE COLONISTS OPPOSED; SEEN AS ONE CAUSE OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
1763 TREATY OF PARIS - ANS -ENDED THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR; BRITISH
VICTORY; FRANCE LOST POSSESSIONS IN CANADA
PROCLAMATION OF 1763 - ANS -AN ORDER BY THE BRITISH KING FOR AMERICANS
TO NOT SETTLE ACROSS THE APPALACHIAN MTNS. IT WAS IGNORED THUS SHOWING
THE LACK OF RESPECT FOR BRITISH AUTHORITY
STAMP ACT - ANS -TAX PASSED BY THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT IN ORDER TO PAY
FOR THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. AMERICAN PATRIOTS RESPONDED WITH THE
STAMP ACT COMMITTEE WHICH VOTED TO BOYCOTT BRITISH GOODS; PARLIAMEND
REPEALED THE TAX; (NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION)
INTOLERABLE ACTS - ANS -LAWS PASSED BY PARLIAMENT TO PUNISH THE
AMERICANS FOR THE BOSTON TEA PARTY. BOSTON HARBOR WAS CLOSED AND THE
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE WAS ABOLISHED THE AMERICANS RESPONDED BY
CALLING THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
