Native Americans/Geography
What allowed the first Americans to travel from Asia to North America?
Land bridge
The global exchange of goods, ideas, foods, animals and diseases from Old World and New World is known as...
Columbian Exchange
The Stamp Act, Townshend Act, Sugar Act, and Proclamation of 1763 were all ways that the king tried to do what to the colonies?
Restrict or control the colonies
What was the name of the government after the Revolution?
Articles of Confederation
Remember: Weak, States had too much power!
What did Andrew Jackson sign that caused Natives to be forced off their lands?
Indian Removal Act
Why did different groups of Native Americans live in different kinds of shelters?
Ex: Great Plains - Tepees Iroquois - Longhouses
They build home from materials in their environment.
Why did the southern colonies grow tobacco but the New England colonies fished?
The climate of the area determined crops that could be grown and jobs people could have.
Colonists who wanted to break away from Britain were called..?
Patriots
Like Patrick Henry.. "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!"
What did Washington say in his Farewell Address?
"Steer clear of permanent alliances"
Avoid getting involved in European military conflcits
Which invention by Eli Whitney helped cause the spread of slavery in the United States?
Cotton Gin
It made cleaning cotton faster, led to a demand for more enslaved labor.
What was the name of the government of the Iroquois or Haudenosaunee?
Iroquois Confederacy
Which section of colonies fished, build ships, and had rocky soil?
New England
What famous event did Paul Revere make an engraving for?
Which plan favored states with large populations?
Virginia or New Jersey?
What was a major accomplishment of NY governor Dewitt Clinton?
He built the Erie Canal across NY. It helped increase trade in NY.
What did the Haudenosaunee build around their villages for protection?
The fence or stockade fence
Which document is associated with the Join or Die cartoon?
Albany Plan of Union
"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"
Which document can you find these words in?
Declaration of Indpendence
Why did the US originally want to buy the Louisiana Purhcase?
They wanted the Port of New Orleans to be able to transport goods.
New Orleans is at the base of the Mississippi River!
Who supported tariffs?
Factory owners or Southern planters
Factory owners
Tariffs are taxes on imported goods.
Why did millions of Native Americans die in the 1500s?
When Europeans colonized North America, They died from European diseases.
What did Britain do after the French and Indian war to try to avoid conflicts with Native Americans?
They passed the Proclamation line of 1763
Which section of colonies believed that enslaved persons should count towards a state's population?
Southern colonies like Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina
State government
The belief that is was America's destiny and right to spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean was called...
Manifest Destiny