Exploration/13 Colonies
Which cash crop is credited with helping the Jamestown colony to survive?
tobacco
Who wrote most of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
The first three words of the U.S. Constitution are...
We the people
most/nearly all causes of the U.S. Civil dealt with or related to...
slavery
What was the major reason the original settlers of Plymouth Colony [the Pilgrims] came to America?
religious freedom
What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
to list reasons the colonies should be free from England
How is the number of representatives a state gets in the House of Representatives determined?
by population
During the first half of the 19th century, the abolition movement worked to
end slavery
Early European explorers who came to the New World were looking for a northwest passage in order to
to find a shorter route to Asia
How can the winter spent that American troops spent at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania be best described?
Horrible, miserable, sad, deadly, etc.
The 1st 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution were added to...
protect individual freedoms from governmental power
The cotton gin advanced the growth of the textile industry because it
created a process that made it easier to remove seeds from cotton
Who were the first Europeans to establish a colony in what is now New York State?
The Battle of Saratoga was significant in the Revolutionary War because it
convinced the French to join & support the Americans
Why did some people fear the new U.S. Constitution?
they thought that it would allow the federal government to have too much power and it would take away peoples' rights
Why did Abraham Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address in November 1863?
to dedicate the opening of a new cemetery for Union Soldiers who had died
Which of the 13 colonies was founded last?
Georgia
What was considered to be the 2nd American Revolution or a "rematch" between the Americans and the British?
Which feature or principle of the U.S. Constitution prevents one branch of the federal government from becoming too powerful?
The Emancipation Proclamation announced what new Union [U.S] policy that would take place in January of 1863
freedom for all slaves in areas that were in rebellion against the United States