The New World
Early Colonization
British Acts Imposed
Upon the Colonies
The American Revolution
Key Terms
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The journey between Africa and the Americas that slaves had to endure.

The Middle Passage

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A large-scale movement in primarily Puritan areas where (mostly) women were accused of wrongdoing.

Salem Witch Trials
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The acts that were a retaliation to the Boston Tea Party and are largely viewed as "the final straw" for the colonists declaring independence.

The Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)

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The first battles of the Revolutionary War.

The Battles of Lexington and Concord.

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A document signed by representatives from all 13 colonies that preceded the Revolutionary War.

The Declaration of Independence

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The first European people to set foot in North America.

The Vikings

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The first permanent English colony in the "new world"

Jamestown

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An act that forced the colonies to only purchase a certain item from the British East India company.

Tea Act

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A series of pamphlets by Thomas Paine that supported colonial independence.

Common Sense

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People from Europe who would willingly pledge years of their life in order to eventually gain freedom in the Americas.

Indentured Servants

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The transfer of products between Europeans and Native Americans.

Columbian Exchange

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The colony that was primarily formed by Quakers.

Pennsylvania

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An act levied in 1765 that was essentially a tax placed on every official document or document used for business.

Stamp Act

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A British fort attacked successfully by a colonial militia that yielded cannons that the militia transported back to Boston.

Fort Ticonderoga

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The first governing document of the United States of America.

The Articles of Confederation

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The four European nations that were vying for land in the Americas.

Spain, Great Britain, France, and Portugal

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A religious group that settled primarily in New England that came to North America because they disagreed with the direction of the Church of England.

The Puritans

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An act that occurred a few different times that forced the colonies to provide housing for British soldiers.

The Quartering Act

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The final battle of the Revolutionary War.

Battle of Yorktown

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Soldiers for hire.

Mercenaries

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A system under which European settlers were granted authority over conquered Native American lands with the right to extract forced labor from the native inhabitants.

Encomienda

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A conflict after which British soldiers remained in the colonies "for protection".

The French and Indian War (Seven Years War)

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A 1767 act that levied taxes on the import of tea, paint, glass, and paper.

The Townshend Acts

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British General who failed to present his sword in surrender at Yorktown.

General Cornwallis

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A person who disagrees with a majority belief or opinion.

Dissenter