Perspectives and Sourcing
It doesn't consider non-white perspectives
Reasons Europeans came to settle America
Economic opportunities through new markets created by mercantilism or as indentured servants; religious freedom for pilgrims/puritans
Reason Great Britain started passing taxes on American colonies
To pay back war debt
The document signed in 1776 that asserted (declared) the independence of the colonies from Great Britain.
The Declaration of Independence
The forced journey enslaved people from Africa had to undergo when they were stolen and forced into slave labor in the New World
The Middle Passage
Definition of Corroborate
to confirm or give support to
Reasons for death in Jamestown (list of 3)
Starvation, disease, internal strife
The incident during which colonists dressed as indigenous peoples boarded a ship to toss all the tea into the harbor
The Boston Tea Party
Name of document that outlines how the U.S. government currently works
The U.S. Constitution
A set of laws passed by the House of Burgesses detailing what enslaves people in Virginia could and couldn't do as well as punishments for breaking the laws
Virginia Slave Codes
Importance of using more than one source
To get more perspectives, build nuance, opportunity to corroborate/refute claims
Expected role of white women in Colonial America
Taking care of children and the house
First battles of the Revolutionary War took place in these two cities
Lexington and Concord
The three branches of government
Name of past president who wrote in his will that his slaves would be freed upon the death of him and his wife
George Washington
Depiction of Indigenous peoples before European arrival according to the Master Narrative
Lived in peace with one another and nature
When a country sends a group of settlers to a place far beyond its borders to establish control over it
Colonization
Great Britain passed the Intolerable Acts to punish colonists. The Intolerable Acts did these two things.
Closed the port of Boston; disbanded Massachusetts' legislature
Name of the two chambers of the legislative branch
The Senate and The House of Representatives
Reason(s) slavery was kept in the Constitution
Leaders prioritized wealth over human rights; leaders in government were racist; fear of division between the North and South
Depiction of how enslaved people rebelled against slavery according to the Master Narrative
Enslaved people didn't rebel at all, or only rebelled by refusing to do work
Name of war between the English and an indigenous tribe during which the village of Mystic was brutally attacked and destroyed
The Pequot War
Term used for British policy towards the colonies in which British government mostly left colonies to govern themselves as long as the colonies remained loyal to the British crown and continued to make money for Britain
Salutary Neglect
A document serving as the United States’ first constitution. The document created a “league of friendship” for the 13 colonies, which were now considered independent states.
The Articles of Confederation
The (false) idea that it is the duty of white people to conquer and educated other non-white races of the world
White Man's Burden