Colonization
First successful English colony and year
Jamestown, 1607
What conflict precedes and leads us into the American Revolution?
French and Indian War
First casualty of the American Revolution?
Crispus Attucks
What document creates the new government in America
The Articles of Confederation
Which plan suggested completely even numbers of representatives per state?
New Jersey Plan
What European power was most successful in dealing with natives in North America?
The French
What area of North America was in dispute in the French and Indian War?
Ohio River Valley
What was the “shot heard round the world”?
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Give one weakness of the Articles of Confederation
Presidency was powerless office
Congress lacked power to tax
One vote per state, size didn’t matter
No executive or judicial branch
What is added to the Constitution in order for the anti-federalists to approve?
Bill of Rights
Most diverse section of colonies
Middle
Following the British win in the French and Indian War, what did the British crown put in place to limit settlement further west?
1763 Royal Proclamation Act
Which battle forced the British to evacuate Massachusetts?
Bunker Hill
What ordinance establishes how a territory becomes a state?
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Which plan supported more populated states to have more representation?
VA Plan
Which section of colonies are the Puritans and Pilgrims associated with?
New England (North)
What was the first tax placed on colonists by Britain?
Sugar Act
Which battle gained the sympathy of France and gave the colonists an ally?
Saratoga
What conflict showed how weak the Articles of Confederation were?
Shay’s Rebellion
What all is covered under the first amendment?
Establishment Clause
Free Exercise Clause
Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition
Who wrote “City on a Hill” and was governor of Massachusetts Bay?
John Winthrop
Why were the colonists upset with Great Britain?
Taxation without representation
What S.C. battle served as a morale boost for the colonial army?
Cowpens
Which state did not send a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
Rhode Island
How was the question of counting slaves as part of a states population solved?
⅗ Compromise