Early Colonialism
New Colonial Policy
Rev. War Era
The Articles
Constitutional Period
100
2 PARTS: This was England's prevailing economic philosophy of the 1600s that held that colonies existed to serve the mother country, enforced loosely by acts such as these.
What is Mercantilism/Navigation Acts?
100
This Native American rebellion in the Ohio River Valley led to the passage of the Proclamation Line, restricting colonial westward expansion
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
100
TWO PARTS: This influential piece of literature was heavily influenced by Enlightenment thought and argued from a variety of perspectives, among them science and economics, that the colonists should be free of British rule. It was written by this guy.
What is Common Sense by Thomas Paine?
100
This important piece of legislation outlawed slavery in the territory North of the Ohio River.
What are the Northwest Ordinances?
100
This plan for the legislative branch by James Madison proposed a 2 house legislature with both houses' number of votes determined by population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
200
TWO PARTS: These religious leaders wished to reform the Church of England to be more in line with their Calvinist ideology, and rejected the Roman Catholic holdovers in the Anglican Church. They settled in this region.
Who are Puritans? Where is New England
200
This proposed plan, authored by Benjamin Franklin, attempted to create an inter-colonial government for collective defense against the French. It failed, but it established an important precedent and idea in colonial thought.
What is The Albany Plan of Union?
200
'And by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power in the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could.'
Context and POV
Abigail Adams writing to husband John Adams as the colonists debate declaring independence?
Pro-women's inclusion in the new democratic government
200
The Articles lacked this power, leading to states in effect creating their own economies and trade policies.
What is regulation of interstate commerce?
200
TWO PARTS: The Federalists promised this in exchange for the votes of New York and Virginia for ratification of the Constitution. One of these states that...
What is the Bill of Rights?
Any Amendment
300
TWO PARTS: Many poor workers, convicted criminals and debtors received immigration passage to the colonies by serving a voluntary contract to a planter or company for 5-7 years. This was the system that encouraged the increase in the passage of these workers.
What is indentured servitude? What is the headright system?
300
These acts, forcing the colonists to pay for the housing and feeding of British soldiers, only heightened tensions between the British and Colonists as the Colonists largely refused to cooperate.
What are The Quartering Acts of 1765 and 1774
300
This significant battle allowed for French support, which was one of the key factors that led to American victory in the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
300
TWO PARTS: Each state received this many votes in the legislature, which had this many houses/bodies.
What is 1 and 1?
300
TWO PARTS: The Great (Connecticut) Compromise, proposed by this man combined pieces of the NJ Plan and VA Plan, but also led to this compromise in counting southern populations.
Who is Roger Sherman?
3/5 Compromise
400
The beginnings of colonial democracy and assembly were found here, in Virginia, beginning in 1619.
What is the House of Burgesses?
400
This loose organization utilized protest such as the Boston Tea Party, mob riots, intimidation, and petitions to rebel against the new British policy of escalating taxation.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
400
These are two (of many) of the factors that heavily influenced revolutionary thought, justifying the break from Britain.
What is the Enlightenment?
Natural Rights
First Great Awakening
English Common Law
Taxation w/out Representation
Salutary Neglect
Colonial Identity
Colonial Assemblies
Republicanism
400
This convention, hosted largely by James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, began shifting the political conversation towards revising the Constitution, which happened a year later.
What is the Annapolis Convention?
400
Conflicts over these three issues led to the creation of two political parties, largely led by these two individuals
What is the Bank, Fed Gov. Authority, French Revolution?
Hamilton and Jefferson
500
This event, in South Carolina, led to tighter restrictions on slavery and began to show similarities between deep South slavery and the slave systems of the Caribbean.
What is the Stono Rebellion, 1739?
500
This is an early example of the colonists utilizing written communication to move public opinion and organize plans for resistance. Examples are 'Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer' by John Dickinson and Mercy Otis Warren's pamphlets.
What are Committees of Correspondence?
500
As the Revolutionary War came to an end, this was the generally accepted societal position for women. Please explain what it is.
What is Republican Motherhood? Women are vital to civic life as educators of male citizens but are excluded from political activity and not really given educaiton past what's needed to teach their sons. Career options are limited.
500
TWO PARTS: This 1786 uprising of farmers in protest of high state taxes and imprisonment for debt demonstrated a need for a stronger national government. It took place here...
What is Shays' Rebellion?
Massachusetts
500
The government's response to this uprising over an excise tax led to some governments applauding action to put down a rebellion without bloodshed, while others, specifically Jefferson, criticized what they saw as an unwarranted use of force against the people.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?