The Columbian Exchange and Early Colonization
This event significantly reshaped both the Old and New Worlds by transferring crops, animals, and diseases.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This crop became the primary economic driver in the Chesapeake colonies, heavily relying on a large labor force.
What is tobacco?
This tax, passed in 1765, sparked widespread colonial protests and led to the formation of the first unified resistance groups.
What is the Stamp Act?
This early U.S. document created a weak central government that could not effectively address internal rebellions.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This philosophical concept influenced the creation of Rhode Island and the idea of separation of church and state.
What is "freedom of conscience"?
The Spanish used this system to exploit Native American labor in their colonies.
What is the encomienda system?
This act imposed restrictions on colonial trade, forcing the American colonies to primarily trade with England.
What is the Navigation Acts?
This event directly resulted in British taxation policies and military presence in the colonies due to the need to pay for war debts.
What is the French and Indian War?
This rebellion in the late 1780s demonstrated the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and pushed for a stronger federal government.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
The creation of a national bank was part of this financial plan to strengthen the U.S. economy.
What is Alexander Hamilton's economic plan?
This was the primary motive for the establishment of New France in North America.
What is creating a trade-based economy centered on fur trading and alliances with Native American tribes?
This system allowed for cheap labor in early colonial America, especially in the Chesapeake, but was eventually replaced by slavery.
What was indentured servitude?
This pamphlet by Thomas Paine argued for independence from Britain and played a significant role in mobilizing support for revolution.
What is Common Sense?
Alexander Hamilton’s economic plan included the establishment of this to stabilize the U.S. economy.
What is the national bank?
This event directly led to the formation of political parties in the United States due to differing views on federal power.
What is the debate over the role of the federal government, particularly the national bank and foreign policy?
The spread of these caused widespread death and severe population decline among Native Americans after European contact.
What are European diseases?
This rebellion in 1739 in South Carolina marked early organized resistance to slavery in the colonies.
What is the Stono Rebellion?
This British act angered colonists by limiting westward expansion after the French and Indian War.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This event demonstrated the new government’s ability to assert authority and maintain law and order under the Constitution.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This intellectual movement, which emphasized reason, individual rights, and the separation of powers, deeply influenced the American Revolution and later movements for liberty and equality.
What is the Enlightenment?
The establishment of Spanish missions in the Southwest led to forced conversions and this change in Native American society.
What is the change in religious practices and social structures?
The Glorious Revolution in 1688 led to this consequence in the American colonies.
What is the expansion of colonial self-government and greater religious tolerance?
The Treaty of Paris (1763) ended this European nation’s presence in North America.
What is France?
The Anti-Federalists argued for the inclusion of this in the Constitution to protect individual rights.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This rebellion was a significant event during George Washington’s presidency, demonstrating the new federal government’s ability to enforce law and order.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?