200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100...
-
Upload
laura-fordham -
Category
Documents
-
view
222 -
download
0
Transcript of 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100...
200
300
400
500
100
200
300
400
500
100
200
300
400
500
100
200
300
400
500
100
200
300
400
500
100
Early Colonial Period
ColonialLabor & Trade
The Am. Rev.
The USConstitution
Miscellaneous
The southern colonies economically relied on ___
mostly.
agriculture
The early French colonies economies were based mainly on?
The fur trade
What was the main reason Great Britain formed colonies in North
America?
To enrich the mother country (mercantilism)
The first elected representative body in North America was formed in
Virginia in 1619. This early form of participatory government was known
as the ___?
The House of Burgesses
Pennsylvania was an example of a ___ colony. (What type of charter
did it have?)
Proprietary
This event convinced many colonists in the South to move
from using indentured servants to a less politically dangerous form of
labor.
Bacon’s Rebellion
Indentured servants generally served for this many years?
4-7 years
While southerners utilized slave labor on plantations and for
farming, New Englanders’ main role in slavery was?
Transporting/Shipping (trade)
Duties placed on imported goods such as glass, lead, paint were part
of the ___ Acts.
Townshend
In 1651 Parliament passed the first in a series of measures designed to tighten control of colonial trade.
These laws were the?
Navigation Acts
The document that stated that people have the right to rise up
against unjust governments was?
Declaration of Independence
At the beginning of the American Revolution what part (fraction) of the American people supported the
war?
1/3
What type of warfare used by George Washington allowed his
underdog army to win?
Guerrilla warfare (ex. hit and run ambushes)
What battle was important in the American Revolution because it
convinced the French the Americans could win?
Battle of Saratoga
The American victory (with the help of the French army and navy)
that ended the American Revolution was?
The Battle of Yorktown
What was the document/government that was created before the Constitution?
Articles of Confederation
This solved the disagreement over representation between large (VA)
and small (NJ) states.
The Great Compromise(Connecticut Compromise)
In the Constitution the founders compromised on how to count
slaves for representation. What fraction of a person were slaves
counted as?
3/5
Supporters of the Constitution were known as? They became one of the first political parties in the
US.
Federalists
There are three branches of the federal government under the
Constitution. Which one has the main responsibility for creating
laws?
Legislative branch
The peaceful transfer of power from Federalists to Democratic-Republicans happened after this
election? Jefferson called it a “revolution”.
Election of 1800
Napoleon made this deal with the United States to raise money to fight Great Britain? It doubled the size of
the United States in the process.
Louisiana Purchase
The “Second War of Independence” refers to?
The War of 1812
Who called the Massachusetts Bay Colony a “city upon a hill”?
John Winthrop
This system provided land to colonists who paid for the passage
to Virginia for other settlers? (hint: not indentured servitude)
Headright System