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What was the Mayflower Compact?
They founded Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Who were the Pilgrims?
This made farmers wanting to expand west mad and slowed the white settlers down from moving west into Ohio.
What was the Proclamation Line of 1763?
(Don't forget it also made it hard for the British to protect the Indians.)
This led to a stronger national government.
What was Shay's Rebellion?
This Revolutionary War hero served as an officer in the French/Indian War (Seven Years' War).
Who was George Washington?
This asserted that a state could declare a federal law void within a state's borders.
What was the Kentucky and Virginia Resolution?
The Second Continental Congress in 1775 did these.
What was agree to foreign loans to finance the army?
What was declare independence?
What was placing George Washington as the head of the army?
This war started in 1754.
What was the French and Indian War?
Note: The Seven Years War is the overall global conflict involving France and England (with the other powers of the time). However, the French and Indian War describes the conflict in North America.
This action made the Independence of the United States a reality.
What was the Treaty of Paris in 1783?
They helped to lead a boycott of British goods in the 1770s.
Who were the Daughters of Liberty?
The Aztec people were known for these points.
What was an extensive trade network?
What was starting wars to expand?
What was a very stratified society ruled by an emperor?
Unrest in the colonies in 1774/1775 led to the British doing this.
What was establishing courts?
What was clamping down on smuggling of arms?
What was bringing in more troops?
This document led to massive celebrations in Philadelphia, boosted morale in the army, and required a route to govern the nation.
What was the Declaration of Independence?
This was a major contradiction during the pre-revolutionary years.
What was fighting for liberty and enforcing slavery?
This was the main mode of migration after the Bering Land Bridge vanished.
What was by boat?
What was a political alliance to form the original five Iroquois nations?
Hint: It created a united front.
This divided territory into five states, created a survey system to divide land into grids, one section in the survey system would support schools.
What was the Northwest Ordnance?
This was the main strategy General Washington used for overall victory over the British.
What was the hold out his army from to many battles in the hope the British would tire of war?
This was the main reason new taxes were added to the colonists.
What was for the protection of the colonists during the French and Indian War?
An increase demand for beaver fur in Europe led to this.
What was an increase in ancient rivalries among the Indians as they wanted to control the fur supply?
What was the French navy blockade?
What was a successful campaign in Cowpens, South Carolina?
What was a surprise march of General Washington and his troops to face General Cornwallis?
These were the results of the Columbian Expedition of 1492.
What was returning silver to Spain?
What was the other major European powers following Spain in explorations?
What was the introduction of slavery to the United States?
This was the overall experience of migration pattern of pre-Columbian American Indian tribes.
What was moving often, seeking better hunting/farming or move away from those who seek war?
After the Battle of Bunker Hill, these were the most common results/facts.
What were the American forces working to better organize?
What was a British military victory at Bunker Hill, with many deaths?
What was most of the battle actually being fought on Breed's Hill in Charlestown?