History
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
August 2nd, 1776
What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled the racial segregation of schools unconstitutional?
Brown v Board of Education
Who was the first Black Supreme Court justice in the United States?
Thurgood Marshall
Who was the first "Holy Roman Emperor"?
Charlemagne
State ONE important similarity between the British colonies in the Chesapeake region and the British colonies (Virginia or Maryland) in New England from 1607 to 1754?
Similarities
Agricultural but diversified economies by 1754
• Initial tolerance for survival between American Indians and British colonists
• Wars between colonists and American Indians due to land and cultural conflicts
• Indentured servitude and slavery as forms of labor • Dependence on trade from and to Britain (e.g., Triangular Trade)
• Motivations for immigration (e.g., religious and economic)