Native Societies (1491–1607)
Which crop spread from present-day Mexico and supported economic development and irrigation systems in the Southwest?
What is maize
What system forced Native labor to support Spanish agriculture and mining?
What is the encomienda system?
Which colonies’ economies relied heavily on tobacco and later enslaved Africans?
What are the Chesapeake and North Carolina colonies?
Which war ended French power in North America and increased British debt?
What is the French and Indian War?
What was the biggest weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
What is the lack of power to tax/regulate trade?
Which region developed mobile lifestyles due to the aridity of the Great Basin and Great Plains?
Who were the Native societies of the Great Basin and Great Plains?
The Columbian Exchange brought what type of goods to Europe that boosted population?
What are new American crops?
New England colonies were founded primarily by what religious group?
Who were the Puritans?
Which tax-related complaint motivated colonial resentment against the British?
What is “taxation without representation”?
The Great Compromise created what structure in Congress?
What is a bicameral legislature?
Which region developed permanent villages due to mixed agriculture and hunting?
What are the Northeast, Mississippi River Valley, and Atlantic seaboard?
Which colonial powers relied on trade alliances and intermarriage with Native groups to acquire furs?
Who were the French and Dutch?
Which colonies were known for cereal crops and high cultural diversity?
What are the Middle Colonies?
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was influential because of what key characteristic?
What is being easily understood by the masses?
Hamilton justified the national bank using what clause of the Constitution?
What is the “necessary and proper” clause?
Native societies in the Northwest and California primarily relied on what two economic activities?
What are hunting and gathering (and the resources of the ocean)?
Joint-stock companies contributed to what major economic shift in Europe?
What is the shift from feudalism to capitalism?
What economic policy led Britain to loosely enforce laws before tightening control after 1750?
What is mercantilism?
What event occurred after colonists protested British tea policies by destroying cargo?
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Washington issued what statement to avoid involvement in French revolutionary wars?
What is the Proclamation of Neutrality?
What factor explains why Native American cultures varied so much across North America before 1607?
What is adaptation to diverse environments?
The Spanish caste system ranked people based on ancestry from which three groups?
What are Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans?
Which 1676 conflict reflected Native resistance to English encroachment in New England?
What is Metacom’s War (King Philip’s War)?
Which major alliance turned the tide of the American Revolution for the colonists?
What is the French alliance?
What rebellion proved the new Constitution was stronger than the Articles?
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?