Period 1 1491-1607
Who was the Italian explorer who "discovers American" in 1492 when searching for a sea route to the Far East?
Christopher Columbus
What colony was found by William Penn as a refuge for Quakers?
Pennsylvania
Name of the first English colony that disappeared
Roanoke
First Constitution of the United States
Articles of Confederation
How many stripes are on the American Flag?
13
What were the 3 G's the fueled European Exploration?
God Glory Gold
What was New York originally known as?
New Amsterdam
Religious revival in the 1730s and 1740s that emphasized personal relationship with God over predestination
The Great Awakening
Incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists
Boston Massacre
Who gifted the United States the Statue of Liberty?
France
is a term traditionally used in Spain and Spanish-speaking America to mean a person of combined European and Native American descent
Mestizo
What was the name given to the three-way trade that occurred between Europe, Africa, and the New World in the 1700s?
Triangular Trade
An English policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its colonies in return for the colonies' continued economic loyalty
Salutary Neglect
Last major battle of the Revolutionary War--> Cornwallis surrendered
Battle of Yorktown
Who is the longest serving US President?
Franklin D Roosevelt
In the economies of the Spanish colonies, Indian labor, used in the _______________ to support plantation-based agriculture and extract precious metals and other resources. EX: sugar, silver
Encomienda System
Virginia House of Burgesses
Revolt in Virginia 1676, showed tension between backcountry farmers and the colonial gov't--> less indentured servants, more slaves
Bacon's Rebellion
Chief author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
What was the name of the hurricane that devastated New Orleans in 2005?
Hurrican Katrina
Intercropping of Corn, Beans and Squash
3 sisters Farming
Agreement allowing unconverted offspring of church members to baptize their children
Half-War Covenant
A series of laws passed by England to attempt to more closely regulate trade by the English colonies.
Navigation Acts
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation (identify 2)
no executive branch
no judicial branch
no power to rax
unanimous amendment process
no ability to regulate commerce
What was the name of hte first mammal to be cloned?
Dolly the Sheep