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Plantations and the slave trade were prevalent here.
What are the Southern Colonies?
Who won the French and Indian war?
Who are the British?
King of Great Britain and Ireland during the time of early American settlement
Who is King George the III
America's 1st constitution
What are the Articles of Confederation?
freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to a trial by jury
What are individual rights?
Subsistence farming and Salem witch trials happened here.
What are the New England colonies?
Known as the "shot heard 'round the world"
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
Led the Sons of Liberty
Who is Samuel Adams?
A set of rules for self-governance, made for the good of the colony, established in 1620
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Proposes laws
What is the Executive Branch?
This region is known for mild climate and long growing season.
What are the Middle colonies?
Challenging time faced with little supplies and harsh conditions that General Washington used to better prepare his troops.
What is the winter at Valley Forge?
Banished from Maryland and founded the colony of Rhode Island
Who is Roger Williams?
In this plan, the Legislative branch consists of elected representatives
What is the Virginia Plan?
Approves treaties and Presidential appointees
What is the Legislative Branch?
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
What are the New England Colonies?
Britain formally recognizes American independence
what is the Treaty of Paris?
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were inspired by his sermon.
Who is Thomas Hooker?
Proposed by William Paterson of New Jersey in response to the Virginia Plan
What is the New Jersey plan?
Can declare laws to be unconstitutional
What is the Judicial Branch?
Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement was here.
Where is Virginia?
The British General who surrenders to end the war for independence.
Who is General Cornwallis?
Massachusetts farmer who organized an uprising
Who is Daniel Shays?
Limited colonial settlement
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
“We the people” cited in the Preamble, reflects Americans’ belief that the power to rule comes from the people (instead of God)
What is popular soveriengty?