Early English Colonies/ Colonial Life& Economy
What is Jamestown
A British law placed a tax on printed materials
What is the Stamp Act
A document that created the government of the United States
What is the Constitution
A purchase that doubled the size of the United States
What is the Louisiana Purchase
A religious movement inspired many reform movements in the 1800s
The English explorer who reached North America in 1497 and claimed land for England
Who is John Cabot
This event occurred when British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists in Boston
What is the Boston Massacre
A group that supported a STRONGER national government
Tasked to explore the Louisiana Territory
An abolitionist who escaped slavery and became a famous speaker and writer
Who is Federick Douglass
A representative assembly that allowed colonists to help make laws
What is the House of Burgesses
Colonists who supported independence were called this name
Who are Patriots
A compromise that created equal representation in the Senate and the population based representation in the House
A law that forced Native Americans to move west, leading the trial of Tears
What is the Indian Removal Act
Helped enslaved people escaped slavery through the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman
The economic system believed colonies should provide raw materials and wealth to their mother country
What is mercantilism
This document announced the colonies were separating from Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence
The first ten amendments in the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights
Conflict fought between the United States and Mexico over land expansion
What is the Mexican- American War
A movement where women fought for their rights
What is the Women's Suffrage Movement
This is a reason as to why New England, Middle, and Southern colonies developed different economies and ways of life
What is...
1. Climates
2. Geography
3. Natural Resources
4. Economic opportunities
Three British laws that taxed colonists and increased British control
What are the Stamp Act, Quartering Act, and Townshend Acts
A system that prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful
What are checks and balances
Belief that America was meant to expand westward
What is the Manifest Destiny
Women's right leader who organized the Seneca Falls Convention
Who is Lucretia Mott