Exploration
What are the three reasons why European nations explored?
God, gold, glory
New England
Middle
South
What principle of government has a division of three branches of government?
Great Britain
What are the 3 branches of government?
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Name one weakness of the Articles of Confederation
- cannot tax the states
- does not have a military
- no executive branch
What religion did Spain try to convert the Natives to?
Catholicism
What were the middle colonies known as?
bread basket colonies
What was the document written in July 4, 1776
Declaration of Independence
What document did the Constitution replace? Hint: They were weak
Articles of Confederation
What is the name of the order that was established a method for admitting states into the Union.
- 60,000 people settled may become an official state.
- freedom of slavery
- freedom of religion
Northwest Ordinance
What economic job did the French make money by?
fur trading with the Natives
What economic job did the New England colonies do?
lumber, fishing, trading
What was the first battle of the American Revolution?
Lexington & Concord
What branch makes laws?
Legislative
What is the name of the representation agreement between southern slave states and Northern free states?
Three-Fifths Compromise
What country colonized in the 13 colonies?
Great Britain
indigo, cotton, tobacco
Who led the Continental Army?
George Washington
What branch of government is made up of congress?
Legislative
What type of government did the Federalists believe America should have?
What was the slave trade route called?
Triangular Trade/ Middle Passage
What group of people to Pennsylvania?
Who helped the colonists in the American Revolution?
French
Who is the father of the Constitution?
James Madison
What was the name of the agreement between the New Jersey and Virginia plan that agreed on a bicameral legislature?
Great Compromise