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 A strait of water located near Alaska that was once a land bridge that was used by the Native Americans to cross from Asia to America. |
 Beriginia |
 What was the key to civilization? |
 Agriculture |
 What did Native Americans believe? |
 Believed some places were sacred and that animals, plants and natural forces had spiritual importance. |
 What is reformation and what was an effect? |
 It is the movement to correct the problems in the church. The effect was split the Church into 2 groups-catholics and protestants. |
 3 goals of European countries during the age of exploration? |
 Spread Christianity, expand empire, and become rich |
 Columbian exchange.Postive .negative. |
 The movement of living things between hemispheres.Positive: plants and and animals exchanedNegative: brought diseases that killed N animals were exchanged.ative Americans |
 2 reasons why Bacon's rebellion was important. |
 House of Burgesses passed laws preventing Governors from assuming too much power in the future and this was an important step against tyranny. |
 4 reasons Africans were enslaved |
 1) Africans immune to most European diseases2)No friends or family in new world3) Provided permanent source of cheap labor, 4) worked on farms in Africa so had experience |
 Mayflower compact and two important concepts. |
 It is an agreement by the men who vowed to obey the laws for the good of the colony. The two important concepts were established the idea of self-government and majority rule. |
 Three stops of the mayflower compact |
 New England (where sugar and molasses were dropped off), to Africa where rum and iron were dropped off and slaves picked up), and West Indies (where slaves and gold were dropped off and rum and molasses picked up). |
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What did the cartoon represent?
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The cartoon represented the colonies and urged them to unite against Great Britain.
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What rights played a part in the growth of representative government in the colonies
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The Magna Carta, Glorious Revolution and English Bill of Rights played a part in the growth of representative government in the colonies
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 Why did Britain owe a lot of money after the French and Indian war. |
 They felt the ones who benefitted most from this war were the colonists. Britain decided to attempt to raise revenue from the colonies to pay down the war debt. |
 Who were the sons and daughters of liberty and what did they do. |
 Were a group of lawyers, merchants and craftspeople (those affected most by the Stamp Act). These groups staged protests, attacked customs officials; they sabotaged goods (Tea Party). |
 What was the common sense? |
 Was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that attempted to convince colonists to join the Patriot side in the war. |
