Colonial Life & Economics
The primary motivation for the establishment of the Virginia colony at Jamestown.
What is Economic Profit?
The first legislative assembly in the American colonies, establishing a precedent for self-government.
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
These secret colonial societies protested British policies and orchestrated events like the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?
This young French aristocrat became a trusted aide to Washington and a major general in the Continental Army.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
This group feared the new Constitution would create a central government that was too powerful.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
This New England colony was founded by Roger Williams on the principle of separating church and state.
What is Rhode Island?
Preachers like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield were the leading figures of this religious movement.
What is the Great Awakening?
This network was created to share information about British threats and coordinate resistance among the colonies.
What are the Committees of Correspondence?
This Prussian officer was instrumental in training the Continental Army into a professional force at Valley Forge.
Who is Baron von Steuben?
This agreement determined how enslaved persons would be counted for purposes of representation and taxation.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
William Penn established Pennsylvania as a safe haven for this pacifist religious group.
Who are the Quakers?
By encouraging colonists to question religious ministers, the Great Awakening fostered this broader mindset.
What is Challenging Traditional Authority?
The massive debt Britain accumulated from this war was the primary reason for taxing the American colonies.
What is the French and Indian War?
As the chief American diplomat in Paris, he was essential in securing the alliance with France.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The greatest strength of the Articles of Confederation was its success in creating orderly procedures for this.
What is Creating New States?
This term describes the often hostile relations between New England colonists and American Indians, exemplified by conflicts like King Philip's War.
What is Contentious?
The cultivation of rice and okra in the Southern colonies are examples of agricultural knowledge brought by this group.
What is Enslaved Africans?
Colonists used this famous slogan to protest the Stamp Act, asserting their rights as English citizens.
What is No Taxation Without Representation?
This group supported the war effort by working as nurses and spies and by managing farms and businesses at home.
Who are Women?
The chief criticism the Anti-Federalists had of the original Constitution was its lack of this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
In the mercantile system, the main economic purpose of the colonies was to provide the mother country with these two things.
What are raw materials and Money?
The town meetings of New England are a prime example of this form of government that grew strong during Salutary Neglect.
What is Direct Democracy?
One of the Intolerable Acts, this law required American colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson were members of this group, tasked with an important writing assignment.
What is the Committee of 5?
Alexander Hamilton and James Madison were leading figures of this group, which argued for a strong national government.
Who are the Federalists?