Lesson 1
How long would it take usually take for the first settlers to travel across the land of United States?
Answer: It would usually take years or months to get across the land of the United States for the first settlers?
What year did the Delegates sign the constitution?
Answer:1787
What could happen if farmers did not pay their debts?
Answer: They could go to jail or lose their farms.
What’s a plateau?
Answer: A high-steep sided landform that rises above the surrounding land.
When did the Europeans begin to explore the regions?
Answer: The 1500’s
How many years of war did it take until the United States had become an independent state?
Answer: 8 years.
What year was George Washington elected for president?
Answer: 1789
Who was allowed to vote?
Answer: Only men that owned property could vote.
What’s a propietor?
Answer: A person who owned land and controlled a colony.
What did rivers do?
Answer: They carved out many canyons in the Basin and Range region.
Why did many colonists hate the taxes?
Answer: Many colonists hated the taxes because they thought it was wrong for parliament to tax them since colonists had no representatives in Parliament.
When and where did the delegates meet?
Answer: In May, they met in Philadelphia.
What did the disagreements of the States cause?
Answer: They caused buying and selling goods very difficult.
What’s a confederation?
Answer: A group of nations or states that join together
What was the largest canyon in the United State?
Answer: The Grand Canyon.
What did a proprietor do?
Answer: A proprietor chose governors.
What did one of the delegates say?
Answer:”If we do not established a good government……we must either go to ruin, or have the work to do over again.”
When and where did the Pilgrims sign the Mayflower Compact?
Answer: They signed it in England, 1620.
What does federal mean?
Answer: In a federal system national and state governments divide and share power.
During the European explorer‘s journey, what did they do?
Answer: They wrote detailed reports, drew maps, and pictures of their journey.
Which people were started to believe in self-government?
Answer: The people that were stated to believe in self-government were settlers through English colonies
What were 3 problems under the Articles of Confederation?
Answer: The three answers could include……the rules and laws, national debt, supply of money, keeping order, and protection of rights.
What did the Articles give to Congress?
Answer: The Articles gave the Congress power to make peace treaties and agreements with other nations.
What does intolerable mean?
Answer: Something that is intolerable can’t be accepted.