Unit 3
Vocab!!!
an official formal announcement
What is a proclamation?
Vocab!!!
open defiance of authority or a fight
Vocab!!!
a person who sought the end of slavery in the United States during the early and mid-1800s
What is an Abolitionist?
Vocab!!!
prejudice or discrimination against someone because of his or her race
What is Racism?
What did Americans use to their advantage to defeat Great Britain?
1. Their knowledge of the land
2. The Revolution was a people's movement and they were willing to fight.
True or False. After the Revolution, life did not change much for most women, but some started to think differently about their positions in society.
True
True or False:After the Stono Rebellion, South Carolina established new slave codes that gave limited rights to enslaved people
False
Vocab!!!
a detailed written plan for a government; a list of basic laws that support a government
What is a constitution?
Vocab!!!
to make a change or revision to the Constitution
What is amend or amendment?
True or False. Many Americans worried that the government under the Articles of Confederation was unable to deal with unrest and prevent violence.
True
Translate this sentence “That to ensure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…”
The Government was created by men (us) and get their power from men (us)
Vocab!!!
a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
What is a Republic?
True or False. George Washington is called the “father of the Constitution.
False, it was James Madison
True or False. In the 1800s in the United States, slavery only existed in southern states.
False
True or False. Religion was a way for enslaved African Americans to show resistance to their enslavement by keeping African traditions and culture alive in their communities.
True
Name one of the Two reasons Native American groups become allies of the British?
1. Native Tribes were attacked by American Colonists
2. Native Tribes hoped the British would stop westward expansion.
Give me one impact of Lord Dunmore's Proclamation for either Africans or White Colonists
1. Africans joined the British Army in the hope of freedom
2. White colonists got even more angry at the British and joined the side of the loyalists.
What was one of the two compromises delegates from the North and South made on the question about slavery in our country?
1. That every five enslaved person would be counted as 3 people for population.
2. That they would address slave importation in 20 years
Which act allowed the federal government to pay Native Americans to move west?
The Indian Removal Act
The Treaty of Greenville of 1795 required Native Americans to
What is give up most of their land to the United States?
Put the events in the order they happened. Put the earliest event first. 1:Parliament passes the Townshend Acts. . 2: Parliament enables customs officers to use writs of assistance. 3:King George III issues the Proclamation of 1763 4:Parliament passes the Sugar and Stamp Acts.
Answer: 3,2,4,1
What two roles did Patriot and Loyalist women take during the Revolution?
2. They became spies and gathered information for both sides.
is the belief that the government is subject to the will of the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
Name one of the three reasons the cotton and slave industry grew in the 19th century
1. An increase demand for cotton from Britain and France
2. new technology developed to made processing cotton faster
3. Increase of mass production of clothing in textile mills in the North.
What aspect of the Haitian Revolution made it revolutionary?
They ended Slavery in their country.