Revolution and after
The British withdrew all parts of the Townshend Acts except for the tax on tea in 1773, colonists responded by...
What is the Boston Tea Party?
the agreement for the ruling of the Plymouth Colony in 1620 signed on the Mayflower,
What is the Mayflower Compact?
a system in which each branch of government has the power to monitor and limit the actions of the other branches.
What is checks and balances?
Spanish soldiers that conquered the Natives of the Americas.
What is a conquistador?
the famous Quaker who established his own colony called Pennsylvania
Who is William Penn?
Who believed this - Colonists don't have a voice in Parliament, so England shouldn't tax the colonies.
What is a Patriot?
"an intellectual movement that emphasized reason and individualism over tradition."
What is the Enlightenment?
How many branches of government are created by the Constitution?
What are Three Branches?
the exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between Europe and the Americas called?
What is the Columbian Exchange?
best describes the Middle Colonies
What is Diverse?
Who believed this - America does not have the military strength to protect itself against foreign countries and American Indians.
What is a Loyalist?
English document that limited the power of the King and provided basic rights for citizens.
What is the Magna Carta?
branch of government is headed by the Supreme Court
What is the Judiciary Branch?
"the forced transport of enslaved persons from Africa to the Americas between 1500 – 1800s."
What is the Middle Passage?
The economy of the Southern Colonies was primarily based on..
What is Farming?
President began idea of serving only two terms as President
Who is George Washington?
two ideas that John Locke is responsible for that influenced early American history
What are social contract and natural rights?
It established a code of rights and freedoms that the goverment has to enforce
What is the Bill of Rights?
the first humans arrived in the Americas using this method
What is crossed over a land bridge where the Bering Strait is today.
Where the settlement of Jamestown is located
What is the Chesapeake Bay area?
he suspended trade with other nations to protect American ships from British...
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Ideas like ________ and ________ were used by founders when developing a system for the US Government
What are Eqaulity and Freedom?
branch of government has the power to declare war?
What is the Legislative Branch?
Three big reasons that motivated European settlers and explores...
What is God, Gold, and Glory?
People who moved from England to the New England Colonies were primarly seeking...
Religious Freedom and Finiacial opportunity