English colonization — motives?
Economic gain and religious freedom
13 colonies — significance?
Foundation of the United States
Indigenous displacement — effect?
Loss of land and culture
Common law — influence?
Shaped colonial legal systems
Representative institutions — role?
Allowed colonial self-governance
Puritan moral mission — impact?
Founded American exceptionalism
American Exceptionalism — roots?
Puritan religious ideas and moral mission
Declaration of Independence — year?
1776
Taxation without representation — cause?
Colonial unrest and demand for rights
Constitution — key feature?
Separation of powers and federalism
Slavery — role in economy?
Central to plantation economy and triangular trade
Civil War — main issue?
Slavery and states' rights
Gilded Age — characteristic?
Industrial growth and wealth inequality
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2. How are the colonial assemblies similar or different from British political institutions?
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