Key AP US History terms and events, colonial era through Civil War.
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- In what year did Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, become established?
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1607- What group of English settlers arrived on the Mayflower in 1620 seeking religious freedom?
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Pilgrims- Name the 1638 agreement that established Connecticut as a self-governing colony based on written law.
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut- What was the primary economic system of the northern colonies?
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Merchant capitalism and commerce (small farms, shipbuilding, fishing, trade)- What was the primary economic system of the southern colonies?
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Plantation agriculture based on slave labor (tobacco, rice, indigo)- Which series of laws (1651-1673) required colonists to trade only with England and use English ships?
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Navigation Acts- What was the Enlightenment idea that all people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property?
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Natural rights (or social contract theory)- In what year did the Great Awakening, a religious revival movement, begin in the colonies?
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1730s- Which war (1754-1763) between Britain and France was fought partly in the American colonies?
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French and Indian War- What 1763 British proclamation forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?
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Proclamation of 1763- What 1765 tax on printed materials like newspapers and documents sparked colonial outrage?
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Stamp Act- What was the colonial protest slogan against taxation without representation?
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No taxation without representation- Which 1770 incident in Boston, where British soldiers fired on colonists, escalated tensions?
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Boston Massacre- What 1773 protest involved colonists dumping British tea into Boston Harbor?
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Boston Tea Party- What are the four laws passed after the Boston Tea Party that colonists called the Intolerable Acts?
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Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act
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