Unit 1: Establishing an American Republic, 1492-1896

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What established the government of the new Plymouth Colony, direct democracy for men only, town meetings for discussion and voting, and resulted in majority rule?

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Mayflower Compact

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Colonial region
1. focused on cash crops like cotton and tobacco
2. slavery became much more important in the southern colonies than any other colonial region.

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Southern Colonies (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)

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Colonial region that focused on shipping and manufacturing

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Northern Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)

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Colonial region focused on food crops such as wheat: Northern Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island), Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland), Southern Colonies (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)

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Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland)

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Economic theory which said that a nation should export more than they import, and should create colonies for natural resources.

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Mercantilism

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Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, spoke about the colonies becoming independent from Great Britain.

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Common Sense

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Political authority that directed the struggle for independence beginning in 1775.

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Second Continental Congress

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Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries; it declared the United States as a free state.

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Declaration of Independence

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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

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George Washington