COLONIAL LIFE
This region was known for fishing, shipbuilding, religious freedom and trade.
What is New England?
This war between Britain and France ended in 1763 and left Britain deeply in debt.
What was the French and Indian War?
This document officially declared that the colonies were independent from Britain.
What was the Declaration of Independence?
This was America's first national government.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
This group supported the Constitution and wanted a stronger national government.
Who were the Federalists?
This colonial region was known for fertile farmland, trade, and cultural diversity.
What are the Middle Colonies?
This 1765 law placed a tax on newspapers, legal documents, and other printed materials.
What was the Stamp Act?
This man was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This rebellion helped show that the national government under the Articles was too weak.
What was Shays' Rebellion?
This group worried that the new national government could become too powerful.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
Tobacco, rice, and indigo were important examples of these crops in the Southern Colonies.
What are cash crops?
This British policy restricted colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
This Patriot military strategy used surprise attacks, ambushes, and quick retreats.
What is guerrilla warfare?
Under the Great Compromise, representation in this chamber of Congress is based on state population.
What is the House of Representatives?
This compromise created a House based on population and a Senate with equal representation.
What was the Great Compromise?
This forced voyage transported enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas.
What was the Middle Passage?
This group organized protests and resistance against British taxes.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
This European country provided major military and financial assistance to the American Patriots.
What is France?
Under the Great Compromise, each state receives equal representation in this chamber.
What is the Senate?
These first ten amendments protect freedoms such as speech, religion, and rights of the accused.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Why did the economies of the three colonial regions develop differently?
Geography, climate, and available resources influenced what each region could produce and trade.
Why did British taxes create so much anger among the colonists?
Colonists believed they should not be taxed by a government in which they had no elected representation.
This 1783 agreement officially ended the Revolutionary War and recognized American independence.
What was the Treaty of Paris?
Name TWO major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
The national government could not effectively tax, regulate trade, raise an army, or enforce its laws.
Why did the Anti-Federalists demand a Bill of Rights before fully supporting the new Constitution?
They wanted written protections for individual rights and limits on government power.