Conflict in the Colonies
This is the name of the Seven Years' War that specifically pertains to the fighting that took place in North America
What is the French and Indian War?
This war (following shortly after the Revolutionary War) broke out between the US and Great Britain after Britain placed various restrictions and impediments on US trade
What is The War of 1812?
The four dominant nations who first colonized the New World
This significant European religious movement in the early 1500s served as a religious motive to colonization.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
The first shots of the American Revolution were fired here (well, these two places that is)
What is Lexington and Concord?
This act placed a tax on all legal documents (and playing cards too!)
What is the Stamp Act?
This early Supreme Court Justice is credited with assisting in establishing a strong, central government. He presided over Marbury v. Madison
Who is John Marshall?
The first successful British colony, established through a chartered Joint-Stock company
What is Jamestown?
The first (albeit unsuccessful) English colony in the New World
What is Roanoke?
The French joined the side of the American Patriots after their triumph in this battle, considered to be the turning point of the American Revolution
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This law, creating a line of demarcation preventing English colonial expansion, was created immediately after the Seven Years' War
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Jefferson acted against this Constitutional principle when purchasing the Louisiana Territory
What is strict interpretation?
The prevailing economic theory of the 17th century, in which a country's wealth was determined by how much more money was imported than exported?
This "conquistador" conquered the Aztec Empire
Who is Hernan Cortes?
The first formal government of the United States
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This act, one of the components of the Intolerable Acts, allowed royal officials to be tried in Great Britain instead of the colonies.
What is the Administration of Justice Act?
This convention in 1848 was lead by leading feminists, demanding equality between men and women
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
Jonathan Edwards delivered this fiery sermon during the First Great Awakening
What is "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
This type of company emerged during colonization, in which multiple individuals would invest on a business venture
What is Joint-Stock?
This fraction was used within the Constitution to determine a slave's population for taxation and representation
What is 3/5?
This principle, established by John Locke, was somewhat paraphrased within the Declaration of Independence
What is Life, Liberty, and Property?
This court case, following the controversial Indian Removal Act, ruled that the laws of Georgia had no force within Cherokee land
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This event caused sharp racial divide between white indentured servants and enslaved Black Africans in colonial Virginia
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
This individual wrote "The Destruction of the Indies" and advocated for better treatment of Indigenous Peoples.
Who is Bartolome de Las Casas?
The first two political parties established in the United States
What are the Democratic-Republicans and Federalists?