Cultures Meet
Americans migrated from Northeastern Asia between...
40,000 and 15,000 years ago
What year was the Boston Massacre?
1770
Representative assembly of colonial Virginia formed in 1619.
House of Burgesses
A list of freedoms guaranteed by the state government
Bill of Rights
Who said "give me liberty or give me death"
Patrick Henry
American Indians shared...
Religious or Spiritual beliefs
The Sugar Act was passed on..
April 5, 1764
Signed by King William and Queen Mary in 1688
English Bill of Rights
Granted the federal government only certain limited powers
The Articles of Confederation
Urged his fellow delegates to ratify the Constitution
Benjamin Franklin
What factor led to the expansion of the slave trade?
Europeans needed more people to work on the plantations.
The Stamp Act was repealed in....
March 1776
Conflict of who will control the Upper Ohio River Valley
The French and Indian War
Supporters of the Constitution were called..
Federalists
He was called the "Father of the Constitution"
James Madison
The Renaissance encouraged European expansion by...
Scientific advances
The Magna Carta was signed by King John in...
1215
Led to the birth of new churches
The Great Awakening
This explained why the Constitution was vital to the survival of the new nation..
The Federalist Papers
Those that wanted to stay loyal to King George III and Britain became known as....
Loyalists
The traffic of goods and ideas between Europe and America.
Colombian Exchange
Colonists declared independence from Britain in....
1776
In 1776, Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence drafted by..
Thomas Jefferson
The principles of the Constitution include....
Federalism, Separation of Powers, and Checks and Balances.
This person led angry Boston Colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians to throw tea overboard a British ship into Boston Harbor....
Samuel Adams