Early Americans
Natives came over from
EurAsia
Created to form the government after the Articles of Confederation failed.
The Constitution
What year did Christopher Columbus sail to find a new trade route?
1492
First colony that disappeared
Roanoke
What was the first permanent British colony in the Americas?
Jamestown
What was the name of Patrick Henry's speech?
Give me Liberty or Give me Death
People came over
a land bridge
Why would the people who framed the Constitution be concerned about tyranny?
King George and Britain had passed Acts that would tax colonists without representation in the legislative body in England. (Too much power in the hands of one part of the government with the people having no voice in the decisions being made.)
Who was the "Americas" named after
Amerigo Vespucci
Spain focused on what area to settle colonies
Central and South America.
What did the Stamp Act do?
Placed taxes on on paper products to refill British coffers
Paul Revere rides to tell others what?
That the red coats are coming.
Tribes were regional and warred with other tribes (true/false)
True
Checks and balances is
One branch can check the other branches to keep each branch from having too much power over the other.(The President can veto a law that the Legislative branch tries to pass that is unconstitutional. The Judicial branch can find a law unconstitutional that the Legislative branch is trying to pass.)
Who conquered the Aztecs
Hernan Cortez
Name of the first baby born in the new world
Virginia Dare
The Act where the British government housed soldiers in colonists homes without payment to the colonists
The Quartering Act
What was the first governing document for the new country?
The Articles of Confederation (1777)
Native peoples were always friendly to the colonists
(true/false)
false.... sometimes they were friendly. Sometimes they were not friendly
Separation of Powers is
power distributed between three branches of government
The Legislative - makes the laws
The Judicial - interprets the laws
The Executive - executes the laws
What disease killed many of the Native people in the Americas
Small Pox
The first colony settle in the American continent by the Spanish was
in Florida
The motto of the Sons of Liberty and the other colonists?
No Taxation without Representation
What was the name of the first battles between minutemen and British troops?
Battles of Lexington & Concord - "shot heard around the world"
Bonus***
Indian tribe that interacted with John Smith and the colonists of Jamestown
Powhatan tribe
Federalism is
separation of state and federal governments found in the constitution to keep one of the governments from having too much power
Who conquered the Incas and said " easy peezy, squeeza da lemons"
Francisco Pizarro
What was the makeup of the people who came on board the ships to settle Jamestown?
Majority gentlemen who did not know how to farm or build anything, no women, only one surgeon aboard each ship
Which document was written by the Pilgrims who traveled to the New World which establishes popular sovereignty for that colony and others
Mayflower Compact - establishes that each person would get a vote and a voice in their leadership and governance
What did the first Continental Congress (representatives of 12 of the 13 colonies) meet to discuss?
The principles of life, liberty, and property and to coordinate their efforts