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The Great Awakening was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America in the 1730's and 1740's. Christian leaders traveled from town to town preaching about the gospel. The Great Awakening impacted the formation of the U.S. because it had a lasting impact on various Christian denominations and American culture.

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James was the first settlement in the Virginia Colony. It was expanded from the area around the original James Fort. Many settlers left to go get supplies, and the ones who were left behind suffered a lot of illness and disease. Many of them were in constant fear of being attacked by the Algonquian Tribe. Jamestown was important to the formation of the U.S. because it was the first permanent colony in North America. It was also the capital of Virginia for over 80 years.

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The House of Burgesses was the lower house of the colonial Virginia Legislature. The House of Burgesses is important because the leaders of this house came up with the ideas that helped bring about the American Revolutionary War.

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The Mayflower compact was a set of rules to help self govern the new English settlers who took the Mayflower to the New World. The impact of the Mayflower Compact on the formation of the U.S. was that it was one of the first figures of a Democratic government to be established in the colonies, Leaders make the laws and the people follow them.

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Puritans were English protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England. They believed that the church needed to be reformed and needed to become more Protestant. The Puritans came to America to get religious freedom and this was important to the formation of America because England broke away from the Roman Catholic Church.

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This colony was taken over by Puritans and they established a well-governed colony. They wanted a religious community in the New World. This was important to the formation of the U.S. because it was the first provincial true governments to be introduced into the colonies.

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The Pequot War was a war between the Pequot tribe and the Massachusetts Bay Colony and their alliances. It was caused mainly because there was a struggle to control Fur trade. The Dutch won, and the tribe either fled, or were sold into slavery. This had an impact on the U.S. because it was one the first time a colony tried to maintain their political and economic dominance and used violence to do it.

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Glorious Revolution in England were the events from 1688-1689 that resulted in the deposition of James II and the accession of his daughter. People didn't like that King James was Catholic which is why his Protestant daughter took his place. This event changed how England was governed, giving Parliament more power over the monarchy. Glorious Revolution was important to the formation of the U.S. because when the news of the revolution reached Americans, several uprisings in America followed.

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Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers against Governor William Berkeley. The rebellion was led by Nathaniel Bacon because of Berkeley's fail to address the demands of the colonists regarding their safety. Bacon's Rebellion was important to the formation of the U.S. because it started to make distinctions between white and black inhabitants.

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The Salem with trials began in the spring of 1692 after a group of young girls claimed to be possessed by the 🤬 and accused several local women of witchcraft. This event was important to the formation of the U.S. because for centuries there was hysteria about witchcraft being used and many innocent people died from the trials.

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King Philip's War, also known as Metacom's War, pitted Native Americans against English settlers and their Indian allies that was one of the bloodiest conflicts in U.S. history. King Philip's war was important to the formation of the U.S. because it was the Native-Americans last major effort to drive the English colonists out of New England.