Countries/Misc.
This was the area where a land bridge connected Russia and North America 10,000 yrs ago
What is Bering Strait
This town was founded in 1607 and became the first permanent English colony
What is Jamestown
The event that began taxing for revenue
What is the French and Indian War
The major power source of the early industrial revolution that powers railroads, steamboats, and factories
What is the Steam Engine
This complex economic system dictated that a country should export more than it imports and build up its gold/silver reserves
What is Mercantilism
This countries goal was to establish outpost in order to trade fur and convert the Native Americans to Catholicism
What is France
This rebellion of indentured servants led to the transformation of Virginia's labor system
What is Bacon's Rebellion
The British response to Pontiac's Rebellion
What is the Proclamation of 1763
A meeting at the end of the war of 1812 of the New England states that called for amending the Constitution and possibly secession
What is the Hartford Convention
The name given to the interaction between North, Central, South America and the West Indies, Africa and Europe
What is Colombian exchange
This country settled primarily in modern day Brazil and many other parts of south america establishing one of the greatest slave societies in the world
What is Portugal
English law passed in the 1650's that required certain English colonial goods be shipped through English ports on English ships manned primarily by English Sailors
What are the Navigation Acts
How the British reacted to the Boston Tea Party
What are the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts
The 2 states involved and the border that was established in the Missouri Compromise of 1820
What is Missouri (slave) and Maine (free) and 36'30
This group settled Massachusetts Bay Colony and placed it under harsh religious rule until the end of the 17th century
Who are the Puritans
The protestant Christian belief that god chooses certain people for salvation before they are born
What is Predestination
This group of Native Americans established a constitution that united differing tribes in upstate new york
Who are the Iroquois
A turning point battle during the Revolutionary War
What is the battle of Saratoga
The leader of the Transcendental Movement
What is Ralph Waldo Emerson
This name is given to describe the Economic, Social and political structure of Europe up to the 17th century
What is Feudalism
This labor intensive, yet profitable crop was grown in South Carolina and other areas of the south in the early and mid 18th century leading to an explosion in the slave population of the colonies
What is Rice
A colony chartered by the crown and governed by officials appointed to serve the monarchy and represent its interests
What is royal colony
An achievement under the AOC that set rules for creating new states and prohibited slavery in the region
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
If passed this would have forbidden slavery in the mexican cession
What is the Wilmot Proviso
Term used to describe inheritance system that gave the eldest son all of the fathers estate
what is primogeniture