Politics
This was the first president of the United States.
George Washington
This was the economic system under which the colonies were controlled by England.
What was mercantilism?
This was a strictly American religious movement in the mid 1700s.
What was the Great Awakening?
This uprising was in response to a lack of land for indentured servants in the Chesapeake.
What was Bacon's Rebellion?
The document sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This conflict led to increased taxes on the colonies and the end of salutary neglect.
What was the French and Indian War?
These were passed in response to the Boston Tea Party.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
These were the initial settlers of New England seeking religious freedom and economic opportunity.
Who were the Puritans?
This rebellion was in response to increased taxes under George Washington's presidency, during which he called the national militia.
What was the whiskey rebellion?
This document was sent to King George III from the First Continental Congress.
This institution was the cornerstone of Hamilton's Financial plan for the nation.
What was the National Bank?
This system was used in all colonies to support immigration.
What was the Headright system?
This man was an itinerant preacher during the mid-1700s.
George Whitefield or Jonathan Edwards.
This American event was fueled by religious fervor and fear in the 1600s in New England.
What were the Salem Witch Trials?
This document was written by the settlers of Plymouth upon their arrival in the new world to organize their society.
What was the Mayflower Compact?
This was the first form of national government created by the Continental Congress.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
This conflict was led by yeoman farmers after the American revolution upset at their increased taxes and was the catalyst for the Philadelphia Convention.
What was Shay's Rebellion?
These people were religiously tolerant, extremely pacifist, and were abolitionist.
Who were Quakers?
This promoted the belief that women needed to be educated in order to promote the education of their sons.
What was Republican Motherhood?
These documents were written by Alexander Hamilton and his contemporaries to encourage the signing of the Constitution.
What were the Federalist Papers?
This was the first institution of self-government within the colonies.
What was the House of Burgesses?
This invention increased the productivity of slavery and, thus, led slavery to last longer than initially anticipated.
What was the cotton gin?
This colony was designed for Catholic residents with religious toleration in mind.
This aspect of American society that promoted literacy made revolutionary ideas more accessible to the public.
What was the Transatlantic Print Culture?
This document was written in order to make the Democratic-Republicans / Antifederalists support the Constitution.
What was the Bill of Rights?