Intro to American
First successful colony
What is Jamestown
3 main cash crops in southern colonies
What is tobacco, indigo, rice
Salutary Neglect
What is when Great Britain was not enforcing harsh rules & laws on the colonies
List the acts Britain proposed on the colonists (only the ones in the notes)
What is Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Townshend Act
The terms Washington served during his presidency; the number of years
What is 2 terms; What is 4 years
List all the southern colonies
What is Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Virginia
List a cruel punishment done during slavery.
What is Hangings/Lynching, Slave collars, Brutal Whippings (one of these)
The purpose of the “Join or Die” cartoon
What is Ben Franklin convinced the Colonies to come together during the French and Indian War.
The Olive Branch Petition?
What was the colonist last attempt of peace with Great Britain
The Articles of Confederation fail
What is it gave too much power to the state government/ It did not give enough power to the federal government
3 regions of the 13 colonies
What is New England colonies, Middle colonies, Southern colonies
The middle passage
What was the leg of the Triangular Trade Route where slaves were brought from Africa to the Americas.
Two ideas proposed by John Locke
What is Natural Rights & Social Contract
What was the Colonies main issue with the Stamp Act, Tea Act, and the Townshend Act?
What is Great Britain forced the colonies to pay taxes without allowing them to have a voice. (No Taxation without Representation)
Bill of Rights
First 10 amendments of the Constitution
Economic activities of the New England Colonies
What is Shipbuilding & Fishing
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
What was the global slave trade that transported millions of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the Americas.
What did Britain gain after the French & Indian war
What is became a super-power worldwide and gained more land
The Sons of Liberty during the revolution
What is a secret organization that protested against British taxes & laws.
Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality
What is a foreign policy that stated the United States will not be taking sides in foreign conflicts.
Indentured servant
What is a person who agreed to work off a debt over a specific period of time.
Hours enslaved people worked
*hint the answer is not in hours
What is sunup to sundown
The conflict of the French & Indian War
What is both France & England wanted the Ohio River Valley
Battle that ended the American revolution
What is the Battle of Yorktown
Elastic Clause/Necessary & Proper clause
What was the Government can do whatever they need to do to keep order in the country. Whatever is “necessary & proper.