Vocab
The word precedent MOST NEARLY means
Examples set by Washington for later presidents to follow
During the colonial era developments such as the New England town meetings and the establishment of Virginia house of burgesses represented
Steps in the growth of representative democracy
The word XYZ Affair MOST NEARLY means?
Controversy in 1798 over French demands for bribes from American negotiators
During the early to mid-1700s, the British policy of salutary neglect toward the American colonies contributed to
The development of independent colonial trade practices
The Neutral most nearly means
Not taking sides in a conflict of dispute
The word Virginia & Kentucky Resolution MOST NEARLY means?
Written in 1798 these attacked the alien & sedition acts as unconditional
Which of the following statements in the best description of mercantilism
The use of colonies as a source of raw materials, which are then manufactured into finished goods
The word Tariff MOST NEARLY means
Tax on foreign goods imported into a country
Which statement BEST describes a primary cause of King Philip’s war in 1675
Puritan colonists demanded that native Americans assimilate and relinquish control of tribal land
The word election of 1800 most nearly means
Brought an end to federalist control of the government turning power over to Jefferson democratic republicans
The word Monroe Doctrine MOST NEARLY means:
This policy statement proclaimed the Western Hemisphere was closed to further European colonization
A major reason the American colonists of the 1600s choose to settle along the sea coast and rivers was so that they could?
Participate in the trans Atlantic trade
The word Alien &Sedition Acts MOST NEARLY means
Laws passed by Congress in 1798 that enabled the government to imprison or deport immigrants and to prosecute critics of the government
How was the settlement of Virginia different from the settlement of Massachusetts
Virginia was settled primarily for economic reasons rather that to escape religious persecution
The word Impressment Most Nearly Means
The practice of kidnapping American sailors and forcing them into the British navy
The word Strict Construction MOST NEARLY means
Belief the government should not do anything that is no specifically mentioned in the constitution
Which phrase best expresses Great Britain’s purpose in taking control of the Dutch colony of new Amsterdam
To gain economic control
The word political Part MOST NEARLY means
Groups of people who seek to win elections and hold public office in order to control government policy and programs
Jamestown (1607) the first permanent English settlement in the new world was founded by?
A joint stock company anxious to return a profit to investors
The word loose construction most likely means
Belief the government using the elastic clause can do what is not specifically mentioned in the constitution
The word Nullification MOST NEARLY means?
A states refusal to recognize a federal law
Which of the following accurately describes a primary cause of Bacons Rebellion (1676-1677)
Planters who believed the governor was ignoring the concerns of the common people
The word WHISKEY REBELLION MOST NEARLY means?
Unrest in 1794 caused by opposition to an excise tax on whiskey
Which of the following mid- Atlantic colonies was founded as a safe haven for the religious tolerant quakers
Pennsylvania
An Indian chieftain who dominated the peoples in the James River area. All the tribes loosely under his control came to be called Powhatan's confederacy. The colonists innacurately called all of the Indians powhatans.
Powhatan