11. European economic
doctrine calling for strict
regulation of the economy
in order to ensure a
balance of exports over
imports and increase the
amount of silver and gold
in a nation’s treasury
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13. The first English colony
was founded by 104 men
and boys as a military post.
Many of the inhabitants
refused to work and
resulted in the initial
failure of this settlement
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17. After the advent of African
slavery, colonies quickly
passed laws based on this
type of discrimination that
divides people into
separate/unequal groups
based on physical
characteristics
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21. English religious
reformers who became
political unpopular at
home and emigrated to
New England in 1620 to
build their shining “city
upon a hill”
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23. The principle that religious
institutions should not
exercise civil or judicial
power and that civil
governments should give
no official support to any
religious denomination
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25. Between 1692 and
1693 over 200 people
were tortured and
executed based on the
accusations of a group
of girls and the
fanaticism of a churchcontrolled court
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27. This religious group that
settled Pennsylvania
dressed in a plain and
severe manner, refused to
swear oaths or make war,
and allowed women public
roles of religious
leadership
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31. In the 1760s, New York
(and England) claimed land
in Vermont that this group
of men had already
purchased from New
Hampshire. The group of
men launched a successful
guerilla resistance.
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33. The organization of
slave labor that
assigned specific daily
duties that, after
completion, allowed the
slave to spend the rest
of the day in their own
pursuits
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35. Groups of escaped
slaves, often newly
arrived from Africa, fled
to the frontiers and
established these
settlements in the
South and the
Caribbean.
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39. A spill-over from Europe,
this war lasted from 1754
to 1763 in the American
colonies and is an early
example of a world war.
The old enemies of England
and France included their
colonies in the fight.
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43. In 1765, England
imposed this tax on all
legal documents,
newspapers, diplomas,
playing cards, and dice;
which infuriated the
American colonies.
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45. In March 1770, British
troops clashed with locals
in Massachusetts, leaving 5
civilians dead and
wounding 6 others. Locals
called it by this name and
tried the British troops for
murder.
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47. In 1774, 55 delegates
gathered in Philadelphia to
meet as this political body;
their purpose was to
discuss resistance after
England had sent troops to
quell tax-related protests
in New England.
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49. This main American
rebel military force was
created by the Second
Continental Congress in
July 1775 and was
commanded by George
Washington.
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51. We hold these truths to
be self evident that all
men are created equal
and that they are
endowed by their
creator with certain
unalienable rights…
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55. This is armed conflict
among political rivals,
typically involving guerilla
tactics and violent
intimidation of civilians.
This was the type of war
conducted in the Southern
colonies during the
Revolution.
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