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Unit IV Flashcards

Unit IV Flashcards. # 1. Continental army. Review. The army created in June 1775 by the Second Continental Congress to oppose the British. MARK FOR REVIEW. SHOW. NEXT. # 2. Bunker Hill. Review. The second battle of the war, on June 16, 1775, pitting Thomas Gage against William Howe.

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Unit IV Flashcards

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  1. Unit IV Flashcards

  2. #1 Continental army Review The army created in June 1775 by the Second Continental Congress to oppose the British. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  3. #2 Bunker Hill Review The second battle of the war, on June 16, 1775, pitting Thomas Gage against William Howe. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  4. #3 Abigail Adams Review Wife of a future president, her frequent letters gave her sage advice on politics and the war, while home tending to the family farm. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  5. #4 Loyalists Review Colonists who remained loyal to Britain during the Revolutionary War, which totaled roughly 1/5 of the population in 1775. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  6. #5 Glorious Revolution Review Relatively bloodless revolution reasserting Protestant influence in England and its empire. It saw King James flee to France, and William III and Mary II become corulers. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  7. #6 English Reformation Review Reform effort initiated by King Henry VIII that included banning the Catholic Church and declaring the English monarch head of the new Church of England but little change in doctrine. Henry’s primary concern was consolidating his political power. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  8. #7 Virginia Company Review A joint-stock company organized by London investors in 1606 that received a land grant from King James I in order to establish English colonies in North America. Investors hoped to enrich themselves and strengthen England economically and politically. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  9. #8 Jamestown Review The first permanent English settlement in North America, established in 1607 by colonists sponsored by the Virginia Company. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  10. #9 Navigation Acts Review English laws passed in the 1650s and 1660s requiring that English colonial goods be shipped through English ports on English ships in order to benefit English merchants, shippers, and seamen. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

  11. #10 Bacon’s Rebellion Review An unsuccessful rebellion against the colonial government in 1676, led by frontier settler Nathaniel Bacon, that arose when increased violence between Indians and colonists pushing westward was met with government refusal to protect settlers or allow them to settle Indian lands. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT

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