Living in America
What happened to the African American population in the colonies between 1670 and 1790?
increased (to about 600,000)
Name a political ideal that came about during the Englightenment.
governments derive their powers from the consent of the governed; we have natural rights to life, liberty, and property; a rejection of divine authority to rule
Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense"?
Thomas Paine
Name the founder who was the most pro-Virgina, pro-planters, and pro-state rights.
Thomas Jefferson
Name the ideology that says a woman's most important role in politics is to have and raise sons instilled with good values.
Republican Motherhood
Among colonists, what was the most common form of protest against taxes?
boycotts of British goods
Name TWO groups were left out of the free and sovereign society that formed after the American Revolution.
slaves, Native Americans, women
The Constitution punted when it came to the slave trade--until what year?
1808
Name the Founder who was most outspoken about the need for a Supreme Court, property qualifications for voting, and a national bank.
Alexander Hamilton
Native Americans; spread of disease (I'm looking at you, smallpox)
Compare those living in the United States (circa 1782) to those living in Europe, as it relates to social equality and freedom.
Those living in the US had a GREATER degree of social equality and freedom!
What is the significance of the Declaratory Act?
reaffirmed Parliament's full and total power over the colonies--"We can tax you, but we won't. But we could!"
Who became the head of government in the colonies after William Pitt became ill? (He was no fan of the patriot cause, and looooved the Stamp Act.)
Charles Townshend
Identify TWO factors that led to the rapid population growth of the southern colonies between 1700 and 1790.
continuation of the slave trade, large scale European migration, increases in life expectancy
Name two examples of ways that colonists provoked the British.
boycotts, mob protests, violence against royal officials
What is the context for the passage of the Declaratory Act? (What had happened beforehand?)
In response to resistance in the colonies, the Stamp Act and Sugar Act had been repealed by Parliament; ALSO, debates were ongoing about how the colonies should bear the cost of the Seven Years' War.
What are two things that George Washington warned against in his farewell address?
political parties and foreign entanglement
What are TWO results brought on by interactions among different groups (Native Americans, colonists, etc.) in the decades following independence (1783-1800)?
competition for resources, shifting alliances, cultural blending
Name two issues that caused debates in the decade AFTER the ratification of the Constitution.
Initially, the goal of the patriots was not to demand independence from Britain, but to do what?
protect their rights as English subjects
Name the British prime minister whose job became to raise revenue from the colonies. (The way he saw it, members of Parliament represented all subjects of the British empire)
George Grenville