Apush Period 2 Vocab

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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense encouraged Americans to oppose the British and create a government based on Enlightenment ideals.

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This pamphlet sparked the Revolutionary War.

Front

First law by Parliament raising colonial tax revenues, increasing duty on foreign imports from the West Indies.

Back

Sugar Act

Front

New World conflict in the imperial struggle between Britain and France, ending with British victory and debt.

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Both A and B

Front

Framework of natural rights influencing the American and French Revolutions, capitalism, and thinkers like Jefferson and Paine.

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The Enlightenment

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The Second Continental Congress

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Managed the Colonial war effort and moved towards independence, adopting the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

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New England law allowing Protestants to worship freely

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The Tolerance Act

Front

Term for indentured servant families

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Redemptures

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1773 Pennsylvania purchase seen as fraudulent with the Lenni Lenape, taking more land than expected.

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The Walking Purchase

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Passed by Oliver Cromwell in 1651 to control world trade, requiring American goods to be shipped only in English ships.

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The Navigation Acts

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1676 Bacon's Rebellion was an uprising against the governor for land through Native American removal.

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William Berkeley