Colonization
Road To Revolution
The Declaration
Key Figures
The Constitution
100
What was the first permanent settlement in the New World?
Jamestown
100
Forced the colonists to feed and house British soldiers.
Quartering Act
100
Was is Enlightenment?
Moving away from religion and moving towards science and logic.
100
Who was the commander of the Revolutionary War on the side of the colonists?
George Washington
100
The Constitution replaced which document?
The Articles of Confederation
200
What became the cash crop?
Tabacco
200
The act of the colonists dumped over a million dollars of tea into the Boston harbor was called the ___.
Boston Tea Party
200
What is Social Contract?
The citizens surrender their rights in place of government protection.
200
Who was the French general who helped the Patriots?
Marquis de Lafayette
200
What branches the Division of Powers separate the government into?
Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
300
What was the Virginia House of Burgesses?
The first representative government in the New World.
300
The British soldiers opened fire killing 5 colonists.
The Boston Massacre
300
What is the definition of natural/inalienable rights?
Rights you are born with.
300
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
300
What was the Constitution made to guard against?
Tyranny
400
Why was Pennsylvania created?
To provide a safe place for Quakers to worship and allow for religious tolerance.
400
Information transportation route.
Committees of Correspondence
400
Who was Thomas Jefferson's inspiration?
John Locke
400
Who was considered the Founding Father?
Benjamin Franklin
400
What were the 2 plans combined in the Great Compromise?
The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
500
___ was a trade route between England, Africa, and the New World.
Triangular Trade
500
Life, ___, and property
liberty
500
Who introduced tobacco to the colonists in Jamestown?
John Rolfe
500
Who was the main writer of the Constitution?
James Madison
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