13 Colonies
What is Georgia?
This colony, founded by James Oglethorpe, served as a place for debtors and a buffer against Spanish Florida.
What is Salutary Neglect?
This British policy allowed the colonies to govern themselves with little interference for many years before the French and Indian War.
What is Lexington and Concord?
The “shot heard ‘round the world” was fired at this first battle of the Revolution.
What is the Constitution?
This document replaced the Articles of Confederation and created a stronger federal government.
What is a two-term limit?
George Washington set this precedent by refusing to run for president in 1797
What is tobacco?
This cash crop was the main economic driver of Southern colonies like Virginia and South Carolina.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
After the French and Indian War, Britain issued this proclamation to prevent colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is Yorktown?
This 1781 battle in Virginia marked the last major conflict of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Bill of Rights?
These first ten amendments guarantee freedoms such as speech, religion, and the press.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
His plan helped stabilize the U.S. economy by creating a national bank and resulted in the creation of the Federalists party.
What are furtrading, fishing, timber and shipbuilding.
The New England colonies depended on this type of economy.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This series of laws punished Boston for the Tea Party by closing the harbor and limiting town meetings.
What is Saratoga?
This 1777 victory convinced France to support the American colonies with troops and ships.
What is Judicial?
The Constitution divides the government into three branches: Legislative, Executive, and this branch.
What is proclaimation of neutrality?
Washington issued this policy to avoid becoming involved in European wars.
What is the mercantile system or mercantilism?
This system allowed colonies to trade goods with England under strict rules, part of Britain’s "mother country" focus.
What is the French and Indian War?
This war left Britain in debt, leading them to tax the colonies more heavily.
What is Trenton?
George Washington crossed the Delaware River and won a surprise victory here on December 26, 1776.
What is the Great Compromise or Connecticut Compromise?
This compromise during the Constitutional Convention created a two-house legislature.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
Farmers rebelled against a tax on whiskey during Washington’s presidency, testing federal authority.
What is Catholicism?
Maryland was founded by Lord Baltimore as a colony for people of this religion.
What are the Townshend Acts?
Colonists’ anger over this act, passed in 1767, led to boycotts of British goods.
What is Kings Mountain?
Tis Southern battle in 1780 was a turning point for Patriot militias against Loyalist forces.
What is checks and balances?
The system that prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful is called this.
What is the Jay Treaty?
Washington signed this treaty in 1795 to settle conflicts with Britain and avoid war.