Early Culture
This group lived in the Southwest and built cliff dwellings.
Who were the Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi)?
The three main reasons for exploration are known as this.
What are the 3 G’s (Gold, Glory, God)?
This colonial region had rocky soil and focused on fishing and trade.
What is New England?
This phrase means colonists were taxed without having a voice in government.
What is “Taxation Without Representation”?
This is the introduction to the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
This culture built large earthen mounds and had a major city called Cahokia.
What is the Mississippian culture?
This explorer sailed west and landed in the Caribbean.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
This region was known for diversity and farming grain.
What are the Middle Colonies?
This 1765 act taxed paper goods like newspapers and licenses.
What is the Stamp Act?
These are the first 10 amendments that protect freedoms.
What is the Bill of Rights?
These crops were commonly grown by early Native American cultures.
What are corn, beans, and squash?
This explorer searched for the Northwest Passage.
Who was Henry Hudson?
This region relied heavily on plantations and enslaved labor.
What are the Southern Colonies?
These acts taxed imported goods like tea and glass.
What are the Townshend Acts?
This branch of government makes the laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
The Anasazi may have left their cities because of this environmental problem.
What is drought (or lack of resources)?
This French explorer traveled along the St. Lawrence River.
Who was Jacques Cartier?
These crops were commonly grown on Southern plantations.
What are tobacco, rice, and indigo?
This leader commanded the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
This principle means the government gets power from the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This river area was important to the Mississippian culture.
What is the Mississippi River?
This “G” represents spreading Christianity.
What is God?
This factor explains why the colonies developed differently.
What is geography (climate and resources)?
This document explained why the colonies wanted independence.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This system divides power between national and state governments.
What is Federalism?