Indigenous Americas
We've made a huge mistake...
I'm Down / I Hate it!
Them's the Rules
English Colonies
100
We were the first European explorers to travel to upper North America
Who were the Vikings / Norse?
100
I was the first attempt at being the US constitution.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
100
We were American citizens who did not want to ratify the Constitution because we believed it needed a Bill of Rights.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
100
We were the first state to ratify the constitution.
Who was Delaware?
100
What is Tobacco?
200
What is a longhouse?
200
When deciding on the Articles of Confederation, why were the states so fearful of giving up power to a big central government?
What is: the states were paranoid about a king ruling over them again!
200
Rather than have only one Chief Executive, one man (as seen during a Charlie Brown episode) proposed that there should instead be a total of THIS many...
What were THREE Chief Executives?
200
It was primarily because of this event that the US Founding Fathers realized they had failed when establishing the Articles of Confederation because it essentially gave no power to the federal government.
What was Shay's Rebellion?
200
We were people who had left the Church of England
Who are separatists?
300
Maybe they crossed a land bridge, maybe they traveled across the Atlantic, maybe they travelled across the Pacific... These represent ____ theories
What are migration theories?
300
We were the representatives from each state who met to discuss the need for states (previously colonies) to be united by forming a central government.
Who were the delegates?
300
I said this, "show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men without a consequent loss of liberty!"
Who was Patrick Henry?
300
All 3 Branches of government are tied to together and we have established THESE specific ways to restrain and prevent any one branch from doing something that is not in the best interest of the people.
What are Checks and Balances?
300
In 1606, this group of businessmen formed a trading post colony
Who was the Virginia Company?
400
This indigenous region contains many rivers and coastline. Some groups even hunted whales
What is the Northwest Coastal Region?
400
I am the name for a partnership or alliance.
What is a confederation?
400
We, the Federalists, argued that it was because of this major reason that the federal Government could never become too powerful nor allow any one man to grant themselves too much individual power.
What are the 3 Branches of Government?
400
To finally make THIS document legit and become the guidebook of America, at least 9 of the 13 states had to ratify, (approve) it. Fortunately, in the end, each and every state chose to ratify.
What is the Constitution of the United States of America?
400
3 years after settling on this Island the people of this settlement had mysteriously disappeared without a trace
What is Roanoke?
500
In this form of social structure, women are head of the household
What is Matrilineal?
500
When the Articles of Confederation were finalized, it was agreed that WE could not pass tax laws or regulate trade between states
Who was The United States Government?
500
This plan wanted representation in Congress to be based on each state’s population.
This was favored by the large states because it would give them more power.
What was the Virginia Plan?
500
During the Constitutional Convention, I was very clear that I believed that it was important that small states should not be overlooked!!! I also did not trust the people to be smart enough to elect members to the House of Representatives.
Who was Roger Sherman?
500
These were laws written for the good of the Plymouth colony
What was the Mayflower Compact?