Christopher Columbus
Colonies
Causes for the War
Foundational Documents
100
Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue and landed in the Americas in this year.
What is 1492?
100
The English established these colonies (name at least 3)
What is Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, New England, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New York, Rhode Island, the Carolinas, New Jersey, New Hampshire?
100
According to the Declaration of Independence, name one grievance colonists had with Britain.
Kept standing armies during peace time without the consent of legislature
Allowed the military to act independent of any laws
Cutting off our trade with all parts of the world
Imposed taxes on us without our consent
Denied the benefits of trial by jury...and instead threw in jail or sentenced colonists to death
Not recognizing the government here
Stolen our resources from our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people…
100
Document that served as the "break up letter" to Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
As the population of Europeans in the Americas increased, the population of Native Americans....
What is decreased?
200
Large commercial farms that slaves worked on.
What are plantations?
200
What is the following image showing?
The Boston Massacre
200
Shay's Rebellion exposed how weak this early government document was. Ratified in 1781, it is remembered for giving states' power over the federal government
What is the Articles of Confederation?
300
Christopher Columbus was Italian but he voyaged and answered to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of __________.
What is Spain?
300
What region of the states are described as follows:
Mountainous
Thick, large trees
Rivers
Rocky soil
What are New England/Northern States?
300
Name one (1) act that angered colonists?
What are the Sugar Act (1764), the Quartering Act (1765), the Stamp Act (1765), and the Townshend Acts (1767)?
300
The first 10 amendments, proposed by Anti-Federalist James Madison.
What are the Bill of Rights?
400
Christopher Columbus wrote a letter in 1494 to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella embellishing his kindness to the Natives. This can be an example of an ___________ primary source since we have no written accounts from the Natives from this time.
What is unreliable?
400
Tobacco, rice, and sugar were this type of crop.
What are cash crops?
400
This labor system was common before slavery became widespread, with poor Europeans working for passage to the colonies.
What is indentured servitude?
400
Not Comic-Con, but the ___________ ___________ was where the Constitution was drafted and later ratified
What is the Constitutional Convention?
500
Christopher Columbus first landed in this island.
What is the Bahamas?
500
Under this system, the point of a colony is to benefit their mother country.
What is mercantilism?
500
What it was called when the king weakly enforced his laws enacted in the colonies.
What is Salutary Neglect?
500
The two plans for REPRESENTATION at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 (Name one)
What are the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan?