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| Amending | Allows the Constitution to adjust to changing times |
| Amendments 1-10 of Constitution | Protect individual rights |
| American Revolution occurred after | Jamestown was founded, Battles of Lexington and Concord, and signing of the Declaration of Independence |
| American soldier at Valley Forge might write | "I am sick - discontented - and out of humor. Poor food - hard lodging - cold weather - fatigue - nasty clothes - nasty cookery" |
| Appalachian Mts. | One major geographical barrier to the westward expansion in America |
| Articles of Confederation | Power to collect taxes, national court system, power to enforce laws |
| Battle of Saratoga | Turning point of the American Revolution because it prompted the French to join the Patriots |
| Ben Franklin's Albany Plan | Proposed a loose union of the 13 colonies to fight the French |
| Boston Tea Party | Boston colonists , Dec. 16, 1773, "Boston harbor is a tepot tonight! The Mohawks are come!" |
| Boston Tea Party protested | Effects of the Tea Act of 1773 on colonial tea merchants |
| Boston, New York, and Philadelphia grew rapidly because | Located near a good harbor |
| British advantage | Loyalist support among the Americans |
| Constitution signed | Last event in this series: Jamestown founded, Declaration of Independence, American revolution ends |
| Declaration of Independence | Contains the phrase "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" |
| Enlightenment | Intellectual movement in the colonies that stressed clear thinking |
| Farming | Southern colonies primary economic activity |
| Federalism expressed on Constitution | Powers not delegated to the national government are reserved for the states |
| Federalist | Supported ratification of the Constitution |
| Fifth amendment | No person shall stand trial for the same crime twice |
| First Amendment | Right to free speech and peaceful assembly |
| Founders of American Colonies | George Calvert - Maryland, Thomas Hooker - Connecticutt, James Oglethorpe - Georgia |
| Free trade | Unlimited trade |
| French and Indian War | Fought because of the series of forts the English built along the Ohio Valley |
| Great Awakening | Religious movement to rethink ideas about religion, society, and government |
| Great Compromise | Resolved the conflict between Virginia and New Jersey plans presented at the Constitutional Convention |
| John Locke believes | Citizens can rebel when rulers no longer guard their natural rights |
| John Locke supports these events | Boston Tea Party, trade with Indians, and boycott of British goods |
| July 4, 1776 | Declaration of Independence was signed |
| Labor shortages in colonial Virginia and the Carolinas | A reason the plantation system became dependent on slave labor in the 1700's |
| Magna Carta | Emphasizes individual rights over those of the king |
| Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticutt | Plans for self government |
| Mercantilism | Limited trade |
| Metacom, chief of the Wampanoag tribe, 1675, "I am resolved not to see the day when I have no country" means | I would rather fight than allow English colonists to take our lands |
| Mississippi River | Western border of British Controlled lands |
| Patriot advantage | Skill with individually owned weapons |
| Pilgrims leaving England, Mayflower Compact, Roger Williams founding Rhode Island, Toleration Act of 1649 | Steps in developing religious freedom in America |
| Proclamation Line 1763 | Increased British power in the colonies |
| Quatering Act | Prohibits the housing of troops in private homes; precursor to 3rd Amendment of US Constitution |
| Religious freedom, search for wealth, and need for land | The main reasons colonies were colonies were founded in America |
| Republicanism | Electing representatives to pass laws |
| Revolutionary War began with | Battles of Lexington and Concord |
| Salutary neglect causes | England's colonies to become used to acting independently |
| Seperation of Powers | Division of the US government into three branches |
| The colony of Jamestown | Was founded in 1607 |
| Thomas Paine | Wrote Common Sense and The American Crisis to support the revolutionary cause |
| Tobacco, rice, grains | Staple crops grown in the southern colonies |
| Treaty of Paris | Recognized the US as an independent nation in 1783 |
| Triangular Trade | Transatlantic system of trade in which goods, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies in North America |
| United States Constitution | Document that is a reaction to a weak national government in 1787 |
| Virginia House of Burgesses | Began a tradition of representative government in the English colonies |
