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1066 Battle of Hastings, William gets England centralization of Eng

1215 Magna Carta, Limits power of King taxes

1492 Columbus sails ocean blue discovery/exchange

1607 Jamestown, 1st permanent settlement in U.S.start of Eng

colonization

1776 Declaration of Independence unalienable rights

1775-1783 American Revolution liberation from GB

1787 Constitution is ratified, (approved by states) federalism

1789 French Revolution ex: limited gov't

1803 Louisiana Purchase doubled size of US

1861-1865 American Civil War power of states ???

1914-1918 WWI US enters in 1917

1939-1945 WWII US enters in 1941

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13th Amend. Slaves freedprior: Emancipation

Proc

14th Amend. Citizenship/due processprotection before the

law

15th voting rights for freed slavesall men except Native

Am

17th direct elections of senators  

18th prohibition temperance; alcohol

19th women voteindependence post

WWI

24th abolition of poll taxend discrimination of

poor

26th vote at 18 Vietnam War

FederalismDivision of power between state & federal

government Constitution

Due Process Protects individual rights Habeas Corpus

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Unalienable Rights Natural Rights life, liberty, property

Suffrage Right to vote 15,19,26

Bill of Rights 1st 10 amendments of constitutionappease anti-

federalist

Limited Government System controlled by constitutional law

Magna Carta/constitution

Anti-Federalist Supported states rightsBill of Rt. Swayed

them

Republicanism People elect representatives key is "elected" govt

Popular Sovereignty People choose "We the People…"

Seperation of Powers Legislative, Judicial, Executive

each has different duties

Secondary Source Person who didn't actually see it

Encyclopedia, History book

Primary Source Someone who actually witnessed it Picture, Diary

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Cultural Exchange Exchange of goods & ideas

Silk Road/Columbian Ex

Industrialization Mass production of goods by machines Factory

Cottage Industry Goods produced at home home vs factory

Command Economy Government owns production Cars, Trains

Market Economy

Production of commercial sell and distribution-Profit profit

Subsistence Economy Growing just enough to survive  

Free Enterprise Privately owned business capitalism

Columbian Exchange

Exchange of plants & animals from 1 hemisphere to another cultural diffusion

Genocide Total destruction of Religious or ethnic group Holocaust

Holocaust Great or total destruction of life "final solution"

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Checks and Balances

Assures 1 branch of government isn't more powerful than the others  

Articles of Confederation

1st Constitution, Failed because central government was weak  

Capitalism People own business laissez-faire

Socialism Government operates large industry Healthcare

Communism Everyone shares everything radical socialism

Marxism System of government like communism "bloody revolution"

Imperialism 1 country dominated by another Japan during WWII

Nationalism Pride in country secular religion

Feudalismmedieval political system in absence of

centralize rule decentralized

Fascism Oppressive dictional control Hitler

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Habeas Corpus Right to trial, Speedy process due process

Triangular Trade 3 Legged trade route

foundation of Am slavery

Hammurabi's Code 1st Law of Code (Babylonian) eye for an eye

Justinian's Code Law Code (Roman) categorized law

Magna Carta Limited the power of the kingbasis of

constitutionalism

Woodrow Wilson WWI President "safe for democracy"

Winston Churchill English Prime Minister during WWII  

Hitler German leader during WWII totalitarian/fascist

Vladimir Lenin Russian Communist, WWII leader Russian Revolution

Mao Zedong Chinese Communist  

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Gandhi Indian, Passive ResistanceIndian separation

from GB

Copernicus Polish, Heliocentric Theory heliocentric

Galileo Astronomer, Creates telescopeMoon has uneven

surface

Newton Law of Gravity  

BoyleChemist, distinguished elements from

compounds  

James Watt Steam Engine industrialization

Albert Einstein Theory of Time Travel, Atomic Bomb  

Eli Whitney Invented the Cotton Gin industrialization

Robert Fulton Steamboat industrialization

Thomas Edison Worked with electricity industrialization

Thomas Paine Wrote Common Sense George III a tyrant