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What was the main economic system that fueled the trans-Atlantic trade and the development of the colonies?
What is mercantilism?
What was the name of the forced journey of enslaved Africans to the Americas?
What is the Middle Passage?
Which war laid the groundwork for the American Revolution by causing debt and territorial disputes?
What is the French and Indian War?
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What was the first governing document of the United States?
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Name the colonies known for their agricultural development and reliance on plantations.
What are the Southern Colonies?
Which religious movement united the colonies and challenged traditional authority?
What is the Great Awakening?
How did the colonists respond to the Proclamation of 1763?
What is by resisting and defying the restriction on westward expansion?
Which foreign country played a key role in the American victory at the Battle of Yorktown?
What is France?
What event highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and led to calls for a stronger central government?
What is Shays' Rebellion?
Which colonies were characterized by a diverse economy including both agriculture and commerce, and had mixed relations with American Indians?
What are the Mid-Atlantic Colonies?
What system of governance developed in the colonies as a result of Salutary Neglect?
What is self-governance?
What act imposed taxes on printed materials and sparked widespread protests in the colonies?
What is the Stamp Act?
Name the location where George Washington’s army endured a harsh winter and emerged stronger.
What is Valley Forge?
What compromise during the Constitutional Convention addressed the issue of representation in Congress?
What is the Great Compromise?
The New England colonies were known for which type of economic activity?
What is shipbuilding or fishing?
How did different ethnic groups contribute to the diversity of early colonial society?
What is through cultural practices, religion, food, or labor contributions?
Why was Thomas Paine’s Common Sense important to the independence movement?
What is it convinced many colonists that independence was necessary?
Which battle is considered the turning point of the American Revolution?
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Who wrote a series of essays advocating for the ratification of the Constitution?
Who are the Federalists?
Which colonies could not support strong agriculture due to rocky soil and a short growing season?
What are the New England colonies?
Which ethnic and religious groups contributed to the cultural diversity of the colonies?
Who are groups like the Germans, Dutch, Quakers, and Puritans?
How did the Intolerable Acts contribute to the unification of the colonies?
What is by prompting the formation of the First Continental Congress?
How did the Treaty of Paris (1783) officially end the American Revolution?
What is by recognizing the independence of the United States?
How did the Bill of Rights address Anti-Federalist concerns?
What is by protecting individual rights and limiting government power?
How did the introduction of the slave trade influence colonial culture in America?
What is it enhanced cultural diversity through contributions to architecture, agriculture, and foodways?
How did Salutary Neglect influence colonial self-governance, and what were its long-term effects on colonial attitudes toward British rule?
What is it allowed colonies to govern themselves with little interference, leading to a sense of independence and resistance to later British control?
Which colonial response to British taxation policies helped unify the colonies?
What is the Committees of Correspondence or the boycotts of British goods?
What role did geography play in the American victory at the Battle of Yorktown?
What is the British were surrounded by the French and American forces, cutting off escape routes?
What was the significance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
What is it provided a system for admitting new states and banned slavery in the Northwest Territory?