Unit 1: Early Colonial Life & Power
Founded in 1607, this was the first permanent English settlement in North
What is Jamestown?
The 1764 parliamentary act that strengthened taxes on imported molasses to stop colonial smuggling.
What is the Sugar Act?
Thomas Paine’s 1776 pamphlet arguing that simple common sense dictated colonists break away from monarchy.
What is Common Sense?
The main author of the Declaration of Independence who later completed the Louisiana Purchase as President.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The 1773 protest where colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor to resist the Tea Act.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The 1620 agreement signed by Pilgrims establishing a rudimentary self-government framework in Plymouth.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Traditional Protestant ministers who opposed the emotional revival styles of the First Great Awakening, and Evangelical preachers who championed dynamic, emotional revivals during the First Great Awakening.
Who are "Old Lights" and "New Lights"?
America's first national constitution, which intentionally limited federal power and lacked the authority to levy taxes.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The author of Common Sense who urged American colonists to break away from British rule.
Who is Thomas Paine?
The 1803 land deal with Napoleon's France that doubled the geographic size of the United States for $15 million.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Established in 1619, this Virginian political body was the first English representative assembly in North America.
What is the House of Burgesses
The North American conflict between Britain and France (1754–1763) which ended by the treaty of Paris led to British levying taxes on the American colonies
What is the French and Indian War/ 7 Years War
The Constitutional agreement allowing states to count ___________ of their enslaved population for representation and tax purposes.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
The colonial inventor, publisher, and Enlightenment figure who represented American ideals at home and abroad.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The 1763 Native American uprising on the frontier following the French and Indian War that prompted the Proclamation of 1763.
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
A 1676 armed uprising of Virginian backwoods farmers and former indentured servants against Governor Berkeley's government.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
Severe British disciplinary laws passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, known in the colonies as the Intolerable Acts.
What are the Coercive Acts?
Opponents of the 1787 Constitution who feared strong central government and demanded a Bill of Rights.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
The long-serving Federalist Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who established judicial review in Marbury v. Madison.
Who is John Marshall?
The 1675–1676 New England conflict between Native tribes and English settlers over land expansion.
What is Metacom’s War (or King Philip’s War)?
The 1739 South Carolina uprising that was the largest rebellion of enslaved people in the thirteen colonies.
What is the Stono Rebellion?
The forced recruitment of American colonists and merchant sailors into the British Royal Navy.
What is Impressment?
The 1794 western Pennsylvania protest against Alexander Hamilton's tax that was put down by federal military troops.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
The enslaved woman in Salem who survived the witch trials by giving a confession and implicating others.
Who is Tituba?
The popular organization formed by Samuel Adams and James Otis to lead protests and target officials like Governor Thomas Hutchinson.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?