Period 1
The "Three G's" of colonization
Major English settlement that was the first in the South.
What is Jamestown?
A formal statement that expressed the colonies’ desire to separate from the British and form their own government. It was drafted by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by Congress on July 4, 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The idea that women had a duty to shape the morals of future political leaders.
What is Republican Motherhood?
The commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
What is the Santa Maria?
This group sought religious freedom... arrived in New England aboard the Mayflower. On November 11, 1620, they signed the Mayflower Compact, the first governing document of the Plymouth Colony.
What are Pilgrims?
A system of government in which power is divided between the central government and the states.
What is Federalism?
Washington warned of entangling foreign alliances and political parties in his what?
What is Washington's Farewell Address?
Landing spot of the Mayflower in 1620.
What is Plymouth Rock?
The largest of the Mesoamerican cultures, this civilization in modern-day Peru was at one time led by Pachacuti
Who are the Incan Empire?
The results of this conflict ended the period of salutary neglect and increased tensions between Britain and the colonists.
What is the Seven Years' War?
The subject of the third amendment, this practice was one of the four tenets of the so-called Intolerable Acts
What is quartering?
His pamphlet, published in Jan 1776, was instrumental in convincing many Americans to support independence.
Who is Thomas Paine?
The Sons of Liberty disguise themselves to participate in this act of rebellion.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Businesses owned by shareholders that were investing in exploration and colonization of the western hemisphere.
What are joint stock companies?
Native American uprising against the British, who were expanding into the Ohio Territory. They began attacking colonial settlements but were later suppressed by British troops.
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
During the Revolutionary War, she wrote letters to her husband describing life on the homefront, urged her husband to remember America's women in the new government, advocated for full citizenship.
Who is Abigail Adams?
This movement included a range of ideas centered on the pursuit of happiness, sovereignty of reason, and advanced ideals such as liberty, progress, toleration, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state (aka religious freedom).
What is the Enlightenment?
Christian denomination known for pacifism and belief in the inner light
Who are Quakers?
This city was the capital of an empire that was crushed by Hernán Cortés in 1521; it featured the Templo Mayor, dedicated to Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc.
What is Tenochtitlan?
A 1676 rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon started in the backcountry and marched east to Jamestown, culminating in the burning of this organization's meeting house.
What is the House of Burgesses?
This battle proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The British surrender by Cornwallis forecast the end of British rule.
What is Yorktown?
Last ditch effort by the colonists to prevent conflict with the British. The Continental Congress pledged loyalty to the crown while still trying to address the rights of the colonists. It was REJECTED by the British king.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
Major uprising of enslaved people in 1739.
What is the Stono Rebellion?