KEY TERMS
This is the refusal to buy certain goods in order to protest.
What is Boycott?
The political protest on the Tea Act by the Sons of Liberty in Boston on December 16, 1773
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Signed into law by George Washington, this established a strong federal court system and created the position of Attorney General.
What is the Judiciary Act of 1789?
He told colonists, "He who works not, eats not."
Who is John Smith?
This region is characterized by thin, rocky soil, a short growing season, subsistence farming, fishing, shipbuilding, and town meetings.
What are the New England Colonies?
The political theory that government is subject to the will of the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
The measure adopted by the Second Continental Congress in a final attempt to avoid war.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
George Washington warned against political parties and permanent foreign alliances in this.
What is the Farewell Address?
This founding father enlisted French support during the American Revolution.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This is the site of the first permanent English settlement in America.
Where is Jamestown, Virginia?
The name for a group of presidential advisors that head each of the executive departments.
What is the Cabinet
This formally ended the American Revolution and forced Great Britain to acknowledge America's independence.
What is the Treaty of Paris, 1783?
This encampment is where George Washington's troops spent a winter of terrible suffering.
Where is Valley Forge?
This Patriot spy was captured by the British and it is reported that his final words were, "I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country!"
Who is Nathan Hale?
This region is characterized by a plantation economy based on slave labor and the cash crops that included tobacco, rice and indigo.
What are the Southern Colonies?
What is the economic theory that states a country's wealth is measured by the amount of gold it has and that a country should export (sell) more than it imports (buys)?
What is Mercantilism?
This proposal by Roger Sherman led to the creation of two houses of Congress, one based on population, the other on equal representation.
What is the Great Compromise?
Few early Jamestown colonists survived this winter following John Smith's return to England.
What is the Starving Time?
This member of the Virginia House of Burgesses gave a fiery speech in which he stated, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
The battles that were held in this New York town are considered to be the turning point of the American Revolution.
Where is Saratoga?
The idea that a state can declare a federal law illegal.
What is Nullification
This was America's first constitution and was very weak and limited the powers of Congress.
What is the Article of Confederation?
This 1649 law required that all Christians, both Protestants and Catholics, could participate in Maryland's government.
What is the Act of Toleration?
This wife of a famous patriot wrote to her husband, asking that he "Remember the ladies..." when drafting laws for the new nation.
Who is Abigail Adams?
This region is characterized by a diverse population that grows cash crops that have earned this region the nickname the "Breadbasket".
What are the Middle Colonies?