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This was a printer, scientist and inventory who helped write both the Declaration of Independence and the Constituion
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Benjamin Franklin
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This is the act, by a militarily strong country, of invading and taking over the sovereignty of another area
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Colonization
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These are Spanish explorers who conquered native American cultures/searched for God, Gold & Glory
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Conquistadors
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This was the first representative government in North American (New World) located in Virginia/legislature of the Virginia Colony
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House of Burgesses
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He was an English soldier and sailor, who is now remembered helping to establish jamestown, the first permanenet English colony in North America
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John Smith
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This was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony, signed by the Pilgrims in November of 1620
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Mayflower Compact
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This was the name given to British soldeiers in American Colonies
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Redcoats
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This was an American revolutionary who led the Boston Tea Party/leader of the Sons of Liberty
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Samuel Adams
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He was a founding father and author of the Federalist Papers, the first Secretary of the Treasury, and the architect of the first fiscal plan for the US after the ratification of the Constituion, However, he is most popular for losing a duel with Aaron Burr that eventually cost him his life/developed the Economic Plan for the US during the 1790's
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Alexander Hamilton
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Special Laws passed by southern state governments immediately after the Civil War. They were designed to control former slaves, and to subvert the intent of the 13th Amendment
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Black Codes
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This is the 1787 meeting at which the Constitution of the US was debated and agreed upon/held to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more controlled government
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Constitutional Convention
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This was the "Great Chief Justice", he presided over the case of Marbury v Madison and was rememberd as the principal founder of the US system of constitutional law/served 34 years & helped shape a powerful national government
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John Marshall
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This is the power of a court to review a law or an offical act of a government employee or agent for constitutionality or for the villation of basic principles of justice
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Judical Review
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This is the policy that the law making, executive, and judicial powers be held by different groups and people
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Separation of Powers
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This group of Patriots was formed in 1765 and urged colonial resistance to the Stamp Act using any means available...even violence
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Sons of Liberty
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