British Colonization
This is what it's called when a country exports more than it imports, and relies on colonies to feed the Mother Country
Mercantilism
These were the 3 Colonial regions of British North America.
Southern, Middle (Mid-Atlantic), and New England
The Treaty of Paris, 1763, ended what war?
French & Indian War
The first shots of the American Revolution were fired at the Battles of ______ & ________. These are the famous "shots heard round the world".
Lexington & Concord
The first government of the United States, started during the war, and in effect until 1789.
Articles of Confederation
These acts were a series of laws, to limit who British colonies were allowed to trade with, to avoid competition with the mother country.
Navigation Acts
This was the first successful British colony in North America, founded in 1607. It survived starvation and near collapse after "Brown Gold" took hold.
Jamestown
The Proclamation Line, established in 1763, forbade British colonists from doing what?
Settling west of the Appalachians
The Committee of Five was created to draft what document?
Declaration of Independence
The _______ Ordinance of 1785 decided how new Western lands would be divided, and sold. The ______ Ordinance of 1787 established when a territory could have it's own government, and then apply for statehood.
Land, Northwest
The section of the Triangular (Transatlantic) Trade that saw enslaved Africans brought to the New World was known as what?
Middle Passage
This colonial region had the highest number of schools, and the highest level of literacy, as there was an extra emphasis put on reading the Bible.
New England
This event, in 1773, so angered Britain that they soon imposed the Intolerable Acts, which closed Boston's port, abolished Massachusetts state government, and established the judicial and quartering acts.
Boston Tea Party
This was the biggest significance of the Battle of Yorktown.
Last battle of the revolution.
What did Shays' Rebellion cause the Founding Fathers to realize?
The AoC were too weak.
This is the concept of giving the colonies more freedom, and allowing them to act more independently, as long as they obey your rules.
Salutary Neglect
This religious movement spread to the colonies in the 1700's, and it's emphasis on challenging religious authorities soon led to challenging secular authorities.
The Great Awakening
These Acts, passed in 1767, were an "indirect" tax on Colonial goods, that were the first to affect a majority of citizens, and led to boycotts of imported goods.
Townshend Acts
This was the biggest significance of the Battle of Saratoga.
Convinced the French to join the war.
This was the name of the meeting of delegates from all the states, in 1787, that began to draft a new government for the country.
Constitutional Convention
Georgia was largely founded as a buffer zone between the profitable Carolina colonies to the north, and what nations colonies to the south?
Spain
This is known as the first written Constitution in North America.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
This was the fertile region that the British and French went to war over in 1754 to control.
Ohio River Valley
This man's ideas of "Natural Rights" and the Social Contract Theory (agreement between a government and it's people) heavily influenced the Founding Fathers.
John Locke
These ten things were demanded by the Anti-Federalists to get them to agree to ratify the Constitution.
Bill of Rights