Colonial Regions
What religious group was associated with the colony of Pennsylvania
Quakers
The Magna Carta
The British leaving the Colonist alone due to preoccupation in war and other European conflicts
What started the American Revolution
"Shot heard round the world"
Lexington and Concord
What were the Articles of Confederation and why did they not work out?
The Articles of Confederation were a set of laws adopted by the newly independent United States.
They were weak
What was the religious group associated with the New England colonies
Puritans
What was the set of laws restricting colonial trade only with Great Britain known as
Navigation Laws
The French and Indian War was between the French and the British over what ?
Ohio River Valley
This would mark the turning point in the American Revolution as with the American victory, the French would join the Revolution
The Battle of Saratoga
What event would cause us to see fit to change the Articles of Confederation
Shay's Rebellion
Explain the differences between agriculture in the Southern Colonies and agriculture in the Middle colonies
Middle - Grains
Southern - Cash Crops
What was the name of the policy that the British used to take a "hands off" approach to governing the colonies
Salutary Neglect
What tax was on paper products and was considered one of the first taxes on the colonist
Stamp Act
The last battle of the American revolution in which Cornwalis would surrender to Washington in VA
The Battle of Yorktown
This compromise dealt with the issue of how to incorporate slaves into the population for representation purposes
The 3/5ths Compromise
What was the Mayflower Compact/Contract and why was it important
1st form of representative government in the colonies
What was the event that prompted the policy of Salutary Neglect known as
The Glorious Revolution
This was the event where several colonist were killed by gunfire after a protest...it was later used as propaganda to fuel the revolution
Boston Massacre
What document would officially proclaim independence and war to the King from the Colonist
The Declaration of Independence
Who was considered the leader of the Federalist Party?
Alexander Hamilton
What was the Virginia House of Burgesses
example of representative government in the colony of VA
What were the primary motivating factors for Spanish Exploration
3 G's
The event caused by the taxation of tea on the colonist
The Boston Tea Party
Who was considered to be the author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
What did the Anti-Federalist want added to the Constitution in order to protect the basic civil liberties of all Americans
Bill of Rights