Western Europeans were brought into contact with the Arab civilisation of the Middle East through expeditions called
What is Crusades?
100
The first english colony as it grew into what is now known as Virginia.
What is Jamestown?
100
Great Britain organized this conference to negotiate an alliance with the Iroquois.
What is The Albany Conference?
100
A law passed by the British Parliament in 1765 requiring colonists to pay a tax on newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, and even playing cards.
What is The Stamp Act?
100
A member of the Virginia legislature and head commerce committee. In 1786 he convinced Virginia’s legislature to call a convention of all the states to discuss trade and taxation problems.
Who is James Madison?
200
In 1499 an Italian repeated Columbus’s attempt to sail west to Asia
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
200
Started in Massachusetts during the 1690's when 3 sick girls where accused of witchcraft
What is The Salem Witch Trials?
200
This war was fought between 1754 and 1763.
What is The French and Indian War?
200
A 1775 conflict between colonial minutemen & British soldiers attempting to take the colonists large store of arms.
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
200
Government doctrine where government didn't have power to tax. All revenue cames from individual states
What is weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
300
Name of the the three ships Columbus took with him on his westward expansion?
What is the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María?
300
An agreement among the passengers of the Mayflower who were coming to the new world.
What is The Mayflower Compact?
300
King George III issued that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains without permission.
What is The Proclamation of 1763?
300
Protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers. Protest was against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
300
Document that established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens.
What is The Constitution?
400
A Greco-Egyptian writer, mathematician, astronomer, geographer, and an astrologer
Who is Claudius Ptolemy?
400
These people were not enslaved, but neither were they free.
What is indentured servants?
400
Acts created to pay off debt from French and Indian War
What is The Sugar Act and the Currency Act?
400
This treaty ended the Revolutionary War and recognized the independence of the American colonies.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
400
A compromise in the Constitution which benefited Southern states
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
500
Is credited with discovering the New World
Who is Christopher Columbus?
500
Colonial merchants developed a system involving a three-way exchange of goods.
What is the Triangular Trade?
500
An economic system based on trading to make money through taxation of imports and exports but usually imports.
What is mercantilism?
500
Demonstration by citizens of Boston who raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
500
This amendment protects citizens from cruel and unusual punishments