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Author of Common Sense, a widely-popular pamphlet that encouraged the revolutionary movement.
Fought over conflicting land claims to the Ohio River Valley. Won by the British, who then taxed the American colonists to cover the costs.
What is the French and Indian War?
An economic policy that encourages colonial growth in order to support the mother country.
What is mercantilism?
What is the Southern Colonies?
Spanish labor system for exploiting the Native American population.
What is encomienda?
Author of "City Upon a Hill" and leader of the Puritan government in Massachusetts.
Who is John Winthrop?
A Native American uprising against the Spanish conquerors in the Southwest.
What is the Pueblo Revolt?
Long-standing policy of allowing the American colonies to break the Navigation Acts so long as they were turning a profit for the Britain.
What is salutary neglect?
A colony known for its tobacco cultivation.
What is Jamestown, or the Virginia Colony?
Two rival political factions that argued in support of or denouncement of the revised Constitution (after the Articles of Confederation failed).
Who are the Federalists and the Antifederalists?
Spanish conqueror of the Aztecs.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
Angry indentured servants and middle class planters in Virginia attacked the leaders of Jamestown out of frustration with Indians. Early example of class tension.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
Codified laws that regulated the treatment of African slaves, and established their status as non-citizens.
What are slave codes?
A colony founded by Puritan separatists who arrived on the Mayflower. The "city upon a hill".
What is Massachusetts?
Enlightenment-inspired belief that we are born with the rights to life, liberty, and property. Adapted for the Constitution.
What are natural rights?
Leader of the Sons of Liberty who encouraged revolutionary actions such as the Boston Tea Party.
Who is Sam Adams?
First slave uprising in North America.
What is the Stono Rebellion?
Early example of self-government in the Virginia Colony.
What is the House of Burgesses?
The only British colony in North America that was tolerant towards Catholics.
What is Maryland?
Principle of government which argues that political power resides with the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
Wife of the 2nd president who represents Republican Motherhood and reminded her husband to "remember the ladies."
Who is Abigail Adams?
Revolutionary veterans were in debt and took up arms to protest local taxes. Demonstrated the need for something stronger than the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
Compromise between constitutional framers that allows for a two-house legislature, one whose representation is based on a state's population, the other whose representation is based on the number of states.
What is the Great Compromise?
A colony that was established by Puritan outcasts. "The home of the otherwise minded."
What is Rhode Island?
A series of religious revivals that swept the colonies in the 1740s and inspired new congregations and new worship practices.
What is the Great Awakening?