Early Colonization and the Growth of Colonies
What is an artifact?
An object that is made or changed by a person, especially one that is of historical interest.
What was the Stamp Act?
A tax on all paper goods in America from Britain.
What is sovereignty mean?
The authority of a state to govern itself.
a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
What is a primary source?
Evidence of any kind that comes from the time being studied. Some of these are first-hand accounts or descriptions written down by people who were there. They can also be paintings, artifacts, historic buildings and more.
What was the Sugar Act?
An act creating a tax on sugar for the colonies that was passed by Parliament in 1764
What was the Haitian Revolution?
a conflict from 1791 to 1804 between enslaved Haitians and France, ending in Haiti’s becoming the 1st country to be founded by formerly enslaved people.
What was the name given to the Southern States during the Civil War?
The Confederacy or The Confederate States
Why was the land important to the Indigenous?
Like all human societies, Indigenous people created ways to live that were specialized for the lands and environments they inhabited and often continue to inhabit today. Reciprocal relationship to the land was central. Their economies, belief systems, methods of government and forms of knowledge were foundational for the history of the United States.
Who fought in the Revolutionary War?
Colonies of America vs. Great Britain
What was the Indian Removal Act?
Bonus: Who was the President who put it into law?
BONUS BONUS: What state did most Indigenous people end up in?
1830 act of Congress to acquire land of Indigenous nations in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi in exchange for land in Oklahoma.
ANDREW JACKSON
OKLAHOMA
What was the name of the Northern States during the Civil War?
The Union States.
Why was the land important to the Europeans?
The lands and places of North America mattered differently to Europeans: ownership of land was central. Starting in the 16th century, European empires competed for land, wealth and natural resources on the continent. Their actions set newcomers and Indigenous inhabitants on a path toward conflict, but cooperation, exchange, and peaceful negotiation sometimes occurred.
What is the King of England's group of representatives that limits his power called?
The Parliament
What are the 3 branches of government?
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
What was the time period in America called when slavery was abolished and former slaves were given land to farm and own in the South?
Reconstruction
What was the major slave trade called in Europe and America?
Trans Atlantic Slave Trade
Who fought each other in the French and Indian War? Bonus: What were they fighting over?
French (and some Indigenous Nations) vs. English (and other Indigenous Nations).
BONUS: They were fighting for control over the land in the Ohio River Valley.
What is the name of the document that is the Laws for The United States of America
The Constitution
What happened in the south when Reconstruction ended?
Jim Crow laws, Black Codes, The Great Migration.