colonies/region/british rule/article/ domestic affairs
What were the key differences between New England colonies and Jamestown?
Virginia
Men - some women later on
Tobacco - cash crop
Motives = economic
Conflict w/ Native Americans initially
New England
Family units
Rocky soil
Difficulty growing initially
Different crops
Motives = religious
Positive relations w/ Native Americans initially
What were the significances of the Mayflower Compact
it laid the fondation for the communityys goverment self governing colony based on majority rule.
What were some of the push/pull factors that made people move to the colonies?
Effective Recruiting
Adventure
Economic Opportunity
Widespread unemployment
Need for farmland
Can rise within society
Appeal of Land
Political Conflict
Religious Freedom
Explain Triangle Trade. What was the Middle Passage?
Transported millions of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic
Textiles from Europe would be sent to Africa to trade for African enslaved people
African enslaved people would be taken across the Atlantic to the Americas for raw materials
Those raw materials would be taken to Europe to be made into textiles
MIddle Passage
Passage from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic
Known for its brutal conditions where hundreds of Africans were backed into ships.
Unsanitary conditions
Many Africans would die during this passage
what level of gymnatsics is cailey on.
platnium
North, Middle, Southern
Which colonies were the most diverse religiously?
middle
North, Middle, Southern
These colonies focused on trade and shipbuilding
north
North, Middle, Southern
Which colonies were focused on cash crop agriculture?
southern
North, Middle, Southern
Which colonies were the most diverse?
middle
what color are talors braces
pink
Explain three acts by the British government that led to the Boston Tea Party
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Declaratory Acts
Townshend Acts
Quartering Acts
Tea Act
Coercive Acts -
What was the Olive Branch Treaty?
One last push for peace with King George the III following the Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill, written by the Second Continental Congress.
Pointed out that they still were loyal to Britain and considered themselves British citizens
King George III ignores it
The Proclamation of 1763 was passed following the French and Indian War. Why would colonists have been frustrated with the British government?
King George III forbade settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains in the new British territory
Considered Native American Reservation land
Was supposed to be a hard border for English colonists
Hoped to end fighting on frontier
War united the colonists
Proclamation created bitter feelings between British and Colonists
How do Salutary Neglect and the Navigation laws lead to tension between the British and the colonists?
Salutary Neglect - British government eases strict regulations on the colonies (think trade laws) in the late 1600s and early 1700s,
When the British would start to tighten those rules/regulations on the colonists, tensions would increase and bring to attention the colonists lack of representation in parliament
Navigation Laws - goods can only be traded on English ships from English colonies - further restrictions on these items would cause colonies to lose profits, furthering tensions between the colonies and the British
did cailey and taylor like eachother at first
no
What were some of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Each state had 1 vote
9 of the 13 states had to agree to new legislation
Changes needed all 13 states
No executive branch to enforce laws
No national court system to settle disputes
Congress = no power to tax or raise army of its own
States could also issue money
Congress could not regulate states domestic and foreign trade
Heavily populated states were not represented proportionally
Explain how the Constitution is a bundle of compromises.
Came from different parts of the New Jersey Plan, Virginia Plan and Connecticut Plan
People directly elected the members of the House of Representatives
State legislators elected senators - changed in the 17th Amendment
Legacy
Each state has two Senators (100)
House of Representatives based on state population (435 total)
The Federalists were for ratification of the Constitution, while the anti Federalists were against it. What made the anti-Federalists finally agree to ratify?
The Bill of Rights
What was the ⅗ Compromise?
Three-Fifths of a states population would count in determining representation and taxation
Free persons and “all other persons”
what color did cailey were yesterday
black
What did the Whiskey Rebellion prove the government could do?
Proved that the new government could prevent internal rebellion and could uphold the laws laid out by the Constitution
What precedents did Washington set after he was president? What does Washington warn against?
Two Term Limit
Farewell Address
Neutrality
Forming treaties with other nations
Mr. President
Establishing a Cabinet
What was the importance of the Neutrality Proclamation?
Kept the young country out of a war - could have been taken over again
Established that the executive branch could handle issues with foreign nations
Protected the economic stability of the new United States
What did Washington warn the next president of preventing the formation of?
Preventing Political Parties from forming
did we have sub in this class yesterday or monday
yesterday