Unit 1
This English economic system required colonies to provide raw materials to the mother country and buy finished goods from it.
What is mercantilism?
This war between Britain and France in North America left Britain deeply in debt and led to new taxes on the colonies.
What is the French and Indian War?
This first national government of the United States created a very weak central government with most power given to the states.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This mobile app has probably been opened in class more times than the actual textbook.
What is TikTok?
This 1675 conflict between New England colonists and Native Americans led by Metacom became one of the deadliest wars in colonial America.
What is King Philip’s War?
This protest in 1773 involved colonists dumping British tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This rebellion of Massachusetts farmers in 1786 showed that the national government under the Articles was too weak to maintain order.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
Students often say this phrase when they definitely did not study for the test.
What is “I didn’t know we had homework.”?
These three geographic colonial regions developed different economies and cultures in British North America.
What are the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies?
These two battles in 1775 were the first military conflicts of the American Revolution.
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
This 1787 meeting in Philadelphia was originally called to fix the Articles of Confederation but instead produced a new Constitution.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
This phrase is commonly heard when the teacher says, “Take out a sheet of paper.”
What is “Can I borrow a pencil?”?
The economy of this colonial region relied heavily on shipbuilding, fishing, and small farms due to rocky soil and a colder climate.
What are the New England Colonies?
This 1777 American victory convinced France to support the colonies in the war against Britain.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This document established the three branches of government and replaced the Articles of Confederation.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This time of the school day magically makes every student suddenly need the bathroom.
What is the last 5 minutes of class?
Large plantations growing crops such as tobacco and rice helped create wealth in this colonial region.
What are the Southern Colonies?
This 1781 battle in Virginia ended major fighting when British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered to American forces led by George Washington.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
These first ten amendments to the Constitution protect freedoms such as speech, religion, and the right to bear arms.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This mysterious school phenomenon happens when one student asks to go to the restroom and suddenly five others also need to go.
What is the bathroom chain reaction?