Quiz 1
Which three European states established colonies on the East Coast?
England Netherlands Sweden
This is the name for a document that limits the powers of a government by establishing concrete rules and boundaries, as well as obligating the government to protect the rights of people rather than take them away.
constitution
Provide the three acts discussed in class from 1764 to 1767 in which the British government to extract tax income from the British colonists.
Stamp, Sugar, Townshend
What happened in Alta California?
Building missions and forts, converting natives to Christianity, rancho policy (free 14 acres if you move to pacific coast)
This was the battle that convinced France, and eventually Spain, to officially support the colonists in their struggle for independence.
Saratoga
Provide, in order from most-to-least esteemed [according to the Spanish Racial Caste system], the racial hierarchy established in the Spanish New World.
Peninnsulares, Criollo, Mestizo, Mulatto, Zambo
This is the idea that governments operate only with the approval of the people whom it exercises authority over.
consent of the governed
This was the act that attempted to make tea cheaper for colonists in order to aid the failing British East India Company.
Tea Act
What were the two political parties after the constitution? What were their views on immigration?
Democratic-Republicans and Federalists
DR- open door Fed - hesitant because they see them as trouble makers
How did Voltaire feel religion should be treated?
privately
This the name for land/title grants to conquistadors in the Early Modern Era.
encomienda
What are the three branches of government and what do they about laws?
legislative - makes the laws
executive - enforces the laws
judicial - interprets the laws
Provide three examples of nationalism in early American art, music, etc.
national anthem, national flag, Hudson river school
What happened in the XYZ affair?
This was the policy enacted by King George III which prevented colonists from settling land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Royal Proclamation of 1763
What are the three parts of an SAQ?
Topic, Evidence, Analysis
Who argued all people should be involved in government, and that the goal or will of the people should be treated as a collective will that no one person or minority group should impede?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
This is the name of the first failed government of the United States.
Articles of Confederation
encouraging Native Americans to resist and attack the Americans
provide the name of one French general who aided the Americans during the American Revolutionary war.
Lafayette