Colonial America
What region of the original 13 colonies has an Agricultural economy due to fertile soil and a warm climate.
The southern colonies
What phrases refers to the colonists anger over paying taxes while lacking representation in British Parliment?
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
Mayflower Compact, House of Burgess Virginia Town Hall meetings were all examples of early steps toward what?
what purchase in 1803 doubled the size of the country?
The Louisianna purchase
The Sectional Differences that eventually led to the Civil war were primarily about what?
slavery
What Colonial region utilized natural harbors and rivers to trade and fish?
New England
What line limited colonial expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains?
The Proclamation Line of 1763
What two groups disagreed over the power and strength of the government, and argued over the ratification of the the Constitution?
Federalist and Anti-Federalists
The Appalachian Mountains
What President was elected in 1860 triggering the start of the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What is an example of a Cash Crop?
Rice, Indigo, Cotton, Tobacco. A valuable Crop
What law required coloniest to house and feed British Soldiers?
Quartering Act
What was the first constitution of the United States called?
Articles of Confederation
What two geographical features did we gain from the Louisiana purchase?
The Mississippi River and The Port of New Orleans
name two advantages of the North (Union) and two advantages of the South (Confederacy) during the Civil war
North: more factories, more infrastructure ( railroads) bigger population.
South: home field advantages, better generals
What time period refers to the time that colonists were ignored by Great Britian allowing them to begin to self govern.
Salutory Neglect
What economic policy solely benefited the Mother Country (England) by regarding the colonies as a source for raw materials and market for finished goods?
Mercantilism
Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?
too weak, lacked executive branch, lacked strong national army, couldn't collect taxes.
What was the term that referred to the belief that we were destined to expand westward across the continent from the East to West Coast?
Manifest Destiny
what document freed enslaved people in confederate states?
The emancipation Proclamation
What conflict (fought over the Ohio River Valley) kept the British occupied (busy) during the period of Salutory Neglect?
French and Indian War
What incident was utilized as a form of propaganda to anger colonists and encourage independence from Great Britian?
The Boston Massacre
What incident or event was evidence that they Articles of Confederation were too weak?
Shay's Rebellion
What was the name of the route that Native Americans were forced to take when they were kicked off their land by President Andrew Jackson to gain more land for white settlers?
The Trail of Tears
What was President Lincolns primary objective and reason for going to war?
Southern secession / maintaining the union between the North and South