Exploration
What were Christopher Columbus and other explorers seeking when they sailed West across the Atlantic?
Water route to Asia
How did the distance between England and the colonies contribute to the development of self government in America?
Colonists had to make decisions for themselves, because it took too long to communicate with English leaders.
"Representatives...shall be distributed among the states...according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free Persons added to three-fifths of all other Persons."
Three-Fifths Compromise
This region of the English colonies had poor soil and very harsh winters.
New England
This amendment to the Constitution limits the government's power to establish a church.
The First Amendment
This group traded furs with friendly Indians around the Great Lakes.
The French
Who established Connecticut and helped write The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
Thomas Hooker
Because two are greater than one, the Great Compromise settled a dispute between the states by creating these two legislative bodies -
The Senate
The House of Representatives
Plantations, cash crops and slave labor characterized this colonial region -
The Southern Colonies
This amendment addressed the colonial grievance against quartering soldiers in homes.
The Third Amendment
This group of colonists established Catholic missions and mined for precious metals in the Southwest.
The Spanish
This was the first elected representative assembly in the English colonies -
The Virginia House of Burgesses
According to the Great Compromise, how is representation determined in the House of Representatives?
By population. Larger states have more reps than smaller states.
Whaling, Fishing, Shipbuilding, Trade
The Sixth Amendment addressed this colonial grievance against King George -
He has denied the right to Trial by Jury.
Spanish colonists began the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
For what purpose did they import African slaves to the New World?
Labor demands on sugar plantations in the Caribbean
John Locke wrote about the natural rights of man. Thomas Jefferson included three of these unalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence. List them -
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Henry Clay devised this compromise in 1820 to preserve the balance between slave and free states in the Senate.
The Missouri Compromise
(Remember, "M" is a very balanced letter.)
By the mid-1800's cotton was king in this section of the South -
The Lower South
The Eighth Amendment says the government must not do these THREE things -
No excessive fines
No excessive bail
No cruel or unusual punishment