Exploration
What did Desoto discover in America?
The Mississippi River
Who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Puritans
What country was the main opponent of the English from 1680-1760?
France
Whose rise to power in 1760 marked a major shift in British policy toward its American colonies?
King George III
What plan of government favored small states but was essentially the same as the Confederation Government’s Congress?
New Jersey Plan
What country was the first to find a sea route to Asia?
Portugal
How were the Puritans toward other religious ideas from other people?
Intolerant
What man was considered to start a World War by attacking a small French force?
George Washington
What was a pyrrhic victory for the Colonials at the start of the Revolution?
Bunker Hill
What plan of government favored large states but was the basic outline for the plan that was adopted by the Constitution?
Virginia Plan
What group raided Europeans on the land route to Asia?
Muslims
Who claimed LA territory for France?
Lasalle
Why was the Battle of Abraham important?
The British captured the French Canadian capital.
What are two purposes that Lord North tried to accomplish with the Tea Act?
Tax the colonists with lower tea prices and bail out the East India Company.
Why did the existence of slavery interfere with the question of representation?
Slave states wanted to count slaves in their populations to have more representation in Congress
Who explored the Southwestern part of the US looking for the 7 cities of Gold?
Coronado
The Mayflower Compact required all the Plymouth colonists to?
Submit to laws and their leaders
The British three-part plan to win the Seven Years War included?
Leave fighting in Europe to Prussia, Use its fleet to isolate French colonies, and replace old incompetent commanders
Name 3 results of the Boston Tea Party.
Parliament passed Coercive Acts, King George told Lord North to rein in the colonials, and the tea tax was never paid
What was the purpose of Alien and Sedition Acts?
The Federalists wanted to silence their political opponents
How did the Protestant Reformation encourage settlement in the New World?
To escape from persecution
Name the settlements that were settled by religious dissenters from Mass. Bay Colony?
Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire
What 3 things did Braddock do that led to his humiliating defeat?
Underestimated guerilla warfare, failed to recruit Indian assistance, and slowed his own progress by building a road.
What were the Townshend Acts?
Strengthened the writs of assistance
What is the Nullification Theory?
States can secede if the government acts Unconstitutionally