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gave settlers the right to tax local Native Americans or to make them work
what is the Encomienda System
what are the reasons english colonization
Religious freedom, profit (gold, raw materials, cash crops)
called for American independence and the creation of a democratic republic
thomas paine's common sense
How the British allowed the colonies to govern themselves.
what is salutary neglect
Founded primarily by Puritans, that wanted a group of like-minded individuals; close-knit, longer life expectancies; mixed economy of farming and trade
what are characteristics of the new england colonies
The trading of various animals, diseases, and crops between the Eastern and Western hemispheres
what is the Colombian Exchange
The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia is..
what is Jamestown
1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
what is the stamp act
First 10 amendments to the Constitution
what is the bill of rights
Supremacy of white common man; opposed special privileges to elite men; wanted western land cheap so common man could buy land = Indians need to move further west.
what is Beliefs of Jacksonian Democrats
A company made up of a group of shareholders.
what is joint-stock company
what kind of group were the puritans
What is a religious group
the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain
what is declaration of independence
what class is this
APUSH
a strong federal government, similar to the Federalist Party that preceded it. The federal government must provide its citizenry with a transportation infrastructure to assist economic development. Many Whigs also called for government support of business through tariffs.
what is the Beliefs of the Whig Party
Reasons for Spanish Colonization
what is Gold, converting natives to Christianity and land.
indentured servants
who are Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years
1. Colonial rivalries btwn. Great Britain and France. 2. France and Great Britain traded with different Native American groups for fur. 3. france and Great Britain arm the Native Americans. 4. Disputed land claims in Ohio River Valley (both sides wanted the same fur-rich land)
what are Causes of the French and Indian War
The first bloodshed of the American Revolution (1770), as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five Americans
what is the boston massacre
economic changes where people buy and sell goods rather than make them themselves
what is the market revolution
Reasons For French Colonization
what is to Establish trade and fur trapping in Canada, and the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys
King Philip's War exact date
what is 1675.
Act passed in 1766 after the repeal of the stamp act; stated that Parliament had authority over the the colonies and the right to tax and pass legislation "in all cases whatsoever."
what is the declaratory act
protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped british tea into boston harbor
what is the boston tea party
The U.S. economy was devastated.
Large areas of the nation's capitol were destroyed.
American nationalism intensified.
The nation won foreign respect for its military capabilities.
The Federalists and New England were discredited for their antipathy to the war and the actions they took to impede its efforts.
Military careers were launched and enhanced by the war.
what are the effects of the war of 1812