Indigenous Peoples
Colonization
French & Indian War
American Revolution
Constitution
100

Indigenous group that Hernan Cortez Conquered in Central Mexico.

Who are the Aztecs.

100

Widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technologies, and ideas between the Americas and the "Old World" in the 15th and 16th centuries.

What is the Columbian Exchange?
100
The French & Indian War is also known as
What is the Seven Years' War?
100
Who wrote "Common Sense"?
Who is Thomas Paine?
100
The U.S. Constitution produced in 1787 replaced what document as the system of government?
What is the Articles of Confederation?
200
Which crop contributed the most to nomadic tribes becoming more permanently settled communities?
What is Maize (or corn)
200
Name of the Spaniard who worked to pass laws that would protect Native Americans. As a result, he was given the title "Defender of the Indians"
Who is Bartolome De Las Casas?
200
This future president unsuccessfully defended Fort Necessity at the beginning of the French & Indian War:
Who is George Washington?
200
Which side did African Americans fight on during the Revolutionary War?
What is BOTH SIDES (Patriots/colonists AND the British)
200
The people who wrote the Constitution were called:
Who are FRAMERS of the Constitution?
300

The Wampanoag leader who grew up among both Puritans and Indians who eventually waged war against the English but ended up losing nearly all Native American land in New England.

Who is King Philip, Metacom, or Metacomet?
300
The first legislative assembly in the English colonies was called:
What is the House of Burgesses?
300
What country dominated territory North America following the French and Indian War?
Who is Great Britain?
300

This policy required local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with housing and food.

What is the Quartering Act?
300
Collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
400

The group of people, who came looking for religious freedom, but did not provide that for others. 

Who are the Puritans. 

400

What colonial region was Maryland located in?

What is Chesapeake OR Southern region?

400
This was issued to stop colonial settlement into western lands after the French and Indian War in 1763.
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
400

Predominant conception of women's roles before, during and after the American Revolution: women were considered a custodian of civic virtue responsible for upholding the morality of her husband and children. What was this called?

What is Republican Motherhood?
400
The 3/5 Compromise refers to what issue during the Constitutional Convention? (answer thoroughly)

Response must include the following:

-Counting slaves as part of the population to determine representation in Congress

500
The most common migration theory to explain how the earliest peoples arrived in the Americas.
What is the Land Bridge Theory?


(Or Bering Strait Theory)

500

This policy allowed for any person who settled in Virginia or paid for the transportation expenses of another person who settled in Virginia to receive fifty acres of land for each immigrant.

What is the Headright System?
500
What Native American leader incited a resistance movement against colonial expansion and attacked British forts following the French and Indian War?
Who is Chief Pontiac?
500

Identify TWO terms of the Treaty of Paris (1783).

Response must include two of the following:

-British accepted American independence and boundaries 

-resolved the difficult issues of fishing rights on the Newfoundland banks 

-promised restitution of property lost during the war by Americans loyal to the British cause

-provided for the evacuation of British forces from the thirteen states.

500

Name the two groups that formed against one another during the process of ratifying the Constitution AND identify the compromise that was made between the groups that led to the ultimate ratification of the Constitution.

Who are the Federalists and Anti-federalists?


AND

What is the Bill of Rights?

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