First Americans
How did early Native American groups adapt to different environments?
What is by using the resources available in their region for food, shelter, clothing, and tools?
What was the biggest long-term effect of the Columbian Exchange?
It changed plants, animals, and cultures in a big way
Why did Britain tax the American colonies after the French and Indian War?
What is to pay for the war?
Definition of militia
A volunteer army made up of regular citizens
What was the BIGGEST weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
What is the national government had no power to tax or enforce laws?
What shaped Native American cultures the MOST?
What is their environment and the geography of the region where they lived?
Why did Europeans want a faster route to Asia?
What is to trade for valuable goods like spices and silk more quickly and cheaply?
What were the Intolerable Acts meant to punish?
Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party
Definition of alliance
What is a partnership between groups or countries?
What worried Anti-Federalists the most when writing a new Constitution?
What is they feared a strong central government would take away states’ rights and individual freedoms?
What were three major ways early Native American groups got food?
What is hunting, farming (agriculture), and gathering?
Which colonial region depended most on ocean trade and small farms?
What are the New England Colonies?
The saying 'No taxation without representation' challenged which idea?
What is the power the Parliament had?
Why was the Battle of Saratoga so important in the American Revolution?
What is it helped America get help from France?
How did the Great Compromise solve arguments between states?
What is by creating a two-house Congress: one based on population (House) and one with equal representation (Senate)?
How did climate affect the clothing and shelter of Native groups?
What is cold climates required warm, animal-skin clothing and sturdy shelters; warm climates used lighter clothing and open or temporary homes?
Why were cash crops so important in the Southern Colonies?
What is they made large profits and supported the economy through plantation farming?
What happened at the Boston Massacre, and why did it anger colonists?
What is British soldiers killed several colonists during a confrontation; colonists felt it showed British brutality?
How did French alliances help the colonists?
What is France provided soldiers, supplies, money, and naval support?
What did states need to do to approve the Constitution?
What is nine out of thirteen (most) states had to ratify it?
Definition of adaptation
What is changing your lifestyle to survive?
What were the Middle colonies known for?
What is farming grains and trade?
Definition of Loyalist
Someone loyal to Britain
Why was Valley Forge such a difficult time for the Continental Army?
What is cold weather, starvation, disease, lack of supplies, and low morale?
Definition of federalism
What is power shared between the federal and state governments?