The early colonies
What is Puritanism
The name use for people who, after the American Revolution, were still committed to Great Britain
Who are the Loyalists?
The name for the forced voyage of millions of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean for the slave trade
What is the middle passage
The last major battle of the Revolutionary War
What is the Battle of Yorktown
Document that relied on a lack of centralized control and therefore called for a weak central government
What are the articles of confederation
The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Who is John Winthrop
The policy of the mid 17th to 18th century that Britain used for their governance of the colonies that relied on loose control
What is salutary neglect
A large agricultural center used for slave labor
What is a plantation
The person who is traditionally regarded as the first to be killed in the American Revolution
The meeting where the Articles of Confederation were in essence, replaced
The founders of the Plymouth colony who arrived via the Mayflower
Who are the Pilgrims
A colonial political ideology of the 18th century that believed the colonists' should focus on the common good
What is republicanism
The system that slavery slowly began to replace due to economic reasons
What is indentured servitude
Britain's response to the Boston Tea Party
What are the Intolerable Acts
The uprising that was the impetus for some for a more centralized government
What is Shay's rebellion
A 17th century uprising in Virginia over conflict with Native Americans
What is Bacon's Rebellion
The philosopher that wrote a foundational text promoting a system of government based on natural rights
Who is John Locke
The compromise reached during the constitutional convention that gave Southern States more power in the House of Representatives
What is the three fifths clause or three fifths compromise
The first phrase that signified a rallying cry for revolution
No taxation without representation
A principle put in place in the constitution to prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful
What are checks and balances
The proclamation that forbade American colonists from settling West of the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763
An 18th century political ideology rooted in the ideals of the Enlightenment
What is liberalism
A document written after the American Revolution that was used to justify slavery and that Black people were inferior
Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia
The revolutionary battle that signified the first real show of force of the colonists against the British
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill
Documents written in part to address objections often raised by Anti-Federalists
What are the Bill of Rights