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British Colonies
Slavery in the U.S
Creating a New Nation
Go West
War of 1812
100
How many British colonies settled in America?
What is 13 Colonies
100
Why did the colonists choose to make Africans their servants?
What is stronger, they were healthier, they were also immune to smallpox.
100
What official recognized the US as an independent country?
What is the Treaty of Paris
100
Who helped build the Wilderness Road?
Who is Daniel Boone
100
Who fought in the War of 1812?
What is America vs Britian
200
What was the first British colony in America?
What is Virginia
200
How many slaves were sold into slavery?
What is 11 million
200
What did the New Nation gain?
What is British land West of Appalachians, Mississippi River and south of the great lakes.
200
After the Revolution, people headed west; what where they looking for?
What is affordable land
200
Where was the final battle at?
What is New Orleans
300
Who did colonists name the settlement Jamestown?
Who is King James
300
In North America, the Southern Colonies copies what system (which relied on slave labor)?
What is the plantation system.
300
In 1790 how many former colonies became states?
What is 13
300
Traveling across mountains took weeks; what was the fastest means of travel
What is by horse
300
During what years did the fighting of the War of 1812 take place?
What is 1812-1815
400
Who was the most famous leader of Jamestown?
Who is John Smith
400
On the ship back to America how many people did the ship carry
What is 13 million
400
Was there still Slavery?
Yes, mostly in the southern states.
400
Despite Indian resistance to American claims; newly surveyed land soon had what?
What is farms, schools, and towns
400
Who won the War of 1812?
What is no one, the Treaty of Ghent officially ended the war
500
Why did the colonists come to Jamestown?
What is to make money
500
The demand for slave labor grew because of what?
What is demand for plantation crops of rice, indigo, and tobacco.
500
What replaced the Articles of Confederation, which united the states under a stronger federal government?
What is the Constitution
500
By 1790, about 200,000 people had moved west. Even so what percent of the population still remained east.
What is 95%
500
Why did the War of 1812 start?
What is over the seizure of the American Ships trading in Europe by Britain