Vocabulary
What does it mean to adapt?
Make changes to survive because of the environment
What did missionaries come to the America's to spread?
What were the 3 regions of Colonies?
New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
What was the war that forced England to impose taxes on the Colonies?
French and Indian War
What failed in order to create the constitution?
Articles of Confederation
What is a nomadic lifestyle?
Moving from place to place to follow food
What was Christopher Columbus originally looking to explore?
A new sea route to the Indies
What was the Middle colonies known as?
Bread Basket Colonies
Who was found guilty in the Boston Massacre?
The Colonists
What can a president do to the laws
Veto
What is Triangle Trade?
The exchange of food, diseases, and slaves between the America's, Africa, and Europe
Once in the Americas, how did Columbus and the Spanish interact with Native Americans?
Columbus and the Spanish stole from the Native Americas
Why did the Europeans want the colonies?
Full of resources and rich in economic opportunies
What did the Quartering Act do?
The legislative branch has 2 parts, they are called
Senate and House of Representatives
The economic policy that states a colony exists for the benefit of the mother country is called…
Mercantilism
What happened between the Western and Eastern Hemispheres because Columbus landed in the Americas?
The Columbian Exchange
What was the name of the "Mother Country" who ruled the 13 coloines?
England (Britian)
Who was the secret group of people who lead the Boston Tea Party?
The Sons of Liberty
The Bill of Rights
What is the form of protest where people do not buy certain things?
Boycott
What was a negative effect on the exchange for Native Americans?
Diseases
What were the cash crops of the Southern Colonies?
Rice, Cotton, Tobacco, Indigo
What is the sugar act?
Name the 3 branches of government
Executive, Legislative, Judicial