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Jamestown
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Indentured Servants
People who paid his or her way into America, for period of years. -
John Smith
an adventerous explorer, mapmaker, and soldier.
President of the concil of settlers in 1608. -
Puritans
People whovwanted to purify the Anglican Church. -
Pilgrams
First English settlers in Massachusetts left England de to religious conflicts. -
merchantilsm
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Enlightment
Revolution in ideas that swept across Europe in the 1700s -
Bacons Rebellion
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Glorious Revolution
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Great Awakening
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Sugar Act
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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act placed a tax on printed matter of all kinds: advertisements, diplomas, legal documents, newpapers, and playing cards. -
Articles of Confederation
was the first constitution of the United States of America and specified how the national government was to operate. -
Shay's Rebellion
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Great Compromise
Agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention; granted each state an equal voice in the upper house of the legislature and representation according to population in the lower house. -
Virgina Plan
Plan drafed by Jame Madison at the Constitutional Convention that shifted power away from the states and toward the central goverment. -
Slave System
As cotton plantations spread throughout the South, the number of slaves in the South also grew - from half a million in 1790 to nearly 4 million in 1860. Cotton cultivation required a great deal of labor. -
Southern Society
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North Society
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Thomas Jefferson
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Judicial review
John Marshall established many basic principles of U.S. constitutional law. Among these was the principle of judicial review -
Louisiana Purchase
U.S. purchase of French land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains that has been called the largest land deal in history. -
John Marshall
Marshall established many basic principles of U.S. constitutional law. The principle of judicial review - the power of the courts to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional. -
Lewis and Clark
was the first overland expedition undertaken by the United States to the Pacific coast and back.