Exploration & Colonization
The three main reasons for European exploration of the Americas
God, Gold, Glory
An event that was the result of the Tea Act placed on all imported tea by the English monarchy. Sons of liberty protested by dumping 342 chest of tea into the Boston Tea Party.
What is Boston Tea Party
What is the Principles of the Constitutions
Popular Sovereignty, republicanism, federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, limited government, and individual rights.
Man who made the famous speech which includes the phrase “Give me liberty or give me death”
Who is Patrick Henry
The United States method of sharing power between a strong national govenment and the individual states is know as _____________
Federalism
The route that brought slaves from Africa to America, goods from American to Europe, and ammunition from Europe to Africa
What is the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (Triangular Trade Route)
The colonist's first attempt to unite the colonies under one doctrine in order to create a national government
What is the Articles of Confederation
The first ten amendments of the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights.
Name of the treaty that ended the American Revolution on September 3, 1783.
Treaty of Paris 1783.
The United States is also a ________________, where the people elect others to represent them in government decisions.
What is Republicanism
The first permanent English settlement
What is Jamestown (1607)
A group that met to revise the Articles of Confederation, but eventually created the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Continental Congress
What is the first major political groups of the U.S.
The Federalists and the Anti-Federalists
October 19, 1781, last battle of the American Revolution where General Cornwallis and the British were defeated.
What is Yorktown?
This event directly led to the Constitutional Convention. It showed how weak our national government was.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
The religious group that traveled from England to America to escape religious persecution eventually settling in Plymouth, MA
What is Puritans
The turning point of the Revolutionary War
What is Saratoga
The three branches of government
What is the judicial branch, executive branch, and the legislative branch.
Name of the colonial army that was led by George Washington?
What is the Continental Army?
Several States refused to ratify the Constitution until a ___________ was added.
What is Bill of Rights?
This person founded the colony of Pennsylvania to be a safe haven for Quakers.
Who was William Penn?
The slogan of the colonists in response to the British imposed tax on tea and sugar
What is "no taxation without representation"
The Father of the Constitution
Who was James Madison
Nickname given to the American rebels during the American Revolution.
What are Patriots
The president walks in to Walmart and takes a snickers bar. What principle says that the president cannot do this.
What is Limited Government