the geography and economy of Colonies and Great Britain.
The First Americans
Land-bridge
Hunters from Asia crossed into Alaska searching for food
They spread southward into North, Central, & South America
Why did slavery develop in the New World?
Plantations in the New World used slave labor
What is a boycott?
Form of protest where people refuse to use or buy goods from British
Why did they write the Declaration of Independence?
The Declaration of Independence announced the United States' independence from Britain and repeated injustices done by the British king against the colonies.
Who were the loyalists
Colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain during the Revolutionary War
The geography between North and South America
The North has a climate of warm summers and snowy cold winters. The terrain is rocky, hilly, and not good for farming
The South has a climate that is generally warm and sunny, with long, hot, humid summers, mild winters, and heavy rainfall.
What was the Columbian Exchange
Exchange of goods, ideas, people, and disease between the Old World and New World
What was the Boston Massacre
Killing of American colonists who attacked British officers. Used as propaganda to make the British look bad
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
British Advantage
Well-equipped
Disciplined
Strongest navy
Describe the geography and economy of the Southern Colonies.
Long growing season. Plantations, slavery
What were some of the results of the triangular trade?
Increased slavery, native peoples contracted disease, exchange of goods
What is “no taxation without representation”?
Colonists believed the British government should not tax them because they had no representation in the British parliament.
Who is the first to sign the Declaration of Independence and why is it iconic signature on the Declaration?
John Handcock and so that “someone can read my name without spectacles.”
Americans Advantage
Accuracy of the rifle
Knowledge of the land
Guerrilla warfare tactics
Superb command
Describe the geography and economy of the Middle or Mid-Atlantic Colonies.
Combination of farmlands and coastline. 4 season temperatures. Economy based on shipping trade and agriculture
Why Africa to become slaves
The indigenous peoples conquered by Spain had mostly died from disease
Europe was already working with African kingdoms
Africans had immunity to diseases
Unfamiliar with new land.
Name the four British Acts
Tea Act -the tax on tea, led to the smuggling of tea and the Boston Tea Party
Stamp Act - the first individual act of British, tax requiring all paper products to have a royal stamp
Quartering Acts -act forcing colonists to house and feed British soldiers
Townshend Acts - a series of taxes and regulations passed by the British Parliament in 1767 and 1768 to help pay for governing the American colonies.
Intolerable Acts - a series of laws passed to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party
Where did the ideas in the Declaration of Independence stem from?
The enlightenment, John Locke
Why were the following battles of the Revolutionary War important
Lexington and Concord - first battles of the revolution
Saratoga - turning point of the war. Colonists gained momentum, french joined the war
Trenton and Princeton - NJ battles won by Washington, got the British out of NJ
Bunker Hill - Battle lost by colonists but proved they could fight the British moral victory
Yorktown - the final battle of the revolution
Describe the geography and economy of the New England Colonies.
Rocky coastline, longer winters, limited agriculture. Economy based on shipbuilding, whaling, trade, and fishing
How did Colonialism impact natives in the 1500s and 1600s?
Colonialism forced the natives into slavery and eventually killed native populations through disease
Why did colonists carry out the Boston Tea Party -how did the British respond to it?
Dressed as natives and threw British Tea into Boston Harbor. Caused huge financial losses for Great Britain. British passed intolerable acts (coercive acts) as punishment.
What three basic Rights do all men have in the Declaration of Independence?
These are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The Treaty of Paris
-1783: The Treaty of Paris officially ends the Revolutionary War.
-Officially ended the American Revolution
-Set many geographic borders, including the U.S and Canada
-Floria was returned to Spain.
-British merchants must be paid for lost items