P1: 1491-1609
This is the reason that maize was important in the development of Native American societies?
What is it showed that they were more advanced due to agriculture techniques and/or could grow their populations on permanent settlements
This is the reason that all colonies were established?
What is mercantilism: to make the mother country wealthier
This is the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?
What is to prevent hostilities between Indians and Land-Hungry colonists
These are the issues did the political parties debate over in the early 1800s? (Federalists and Democratic-Republicans). Give at least THREE.
What are tariffs, power of the federal government, relations with European powers (France and England), national bank, assumption of debt, where the capitol should reside.
These were reasons for westward migration? (Manifest Destiny). Provide TWO reasons.
What is the access to natural and mineral resources, economic opportunities for settlers, religious refuge (Mormons), land for slavery.
This is the reason that the difference between how Native Americans and Europeans viewed land/land ownership?
What are that Native Americans did not believe that they 'owned' the land, but instead moved around to suit the land, while Europeans 'owned' land and treated the land to suit them.
This is the reasons that New England colonies were established and who was it established by/primarily what group?
What is that New England colonies, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, were established by Puritans seeking religious freedom.
These are the impacts of the 7 Years' War? (French and Indian)
What is that France was removed from North America, Britain was in MASSIVE debt, ended salutary neglect, and began taxing the colonists. The war altered the relationship between the British and the colonists.
Rulings during the "Marshall Court" generally were regarding issues related to what (two possible answers)?
What is the primacy of the judiciary in determining the meaning of the Constitution (think judicial review) and giving federal laws power over state governments (think Gibbons v. Ogden and McCulloch v. Maryland)
The primary impact of the US acquiring the Mexican Cession?
What is the debates over the status of slavery in those newly acquired lands
This is the greatest impact of European contact in the New World on Native societies?
What are diseases that the Europeans brought to the New World from the Old World killed many Native Americans because their immune systems were not prepared to deal with the diseases.
These are some of the results of the Navigation Acts?
What is the Navigation Acts resulted in resistance from both the Dutch and American Colonies and led to salutary neglect and smuggling.
These are some of the reasons that the colonists united in resisting the British in the 1760s and 1770s
What is the Stamp, Sugar, Townshend Acts without colonial consent, perceived and real constraints on economic activities and political rights (Quartering Acts).
This was the impact of the Second Great Awakening?
What are moral and social reforms (think abolitionism, women's rights, temperance, etc.)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act. Can also be argued that the Dred Scott decision did as well.
This is the structure of the trade of raw materials, manufactured goods, and slaves in the "middle passage"?
What is the Triangle Trade
Describe an aspect of each colonial region: Southern, Chesapeake, Middle, and New England.
What is answers will vary, examples include:
-Southern primarily agriculture and had long growing seasons
-Chesapeake focused on cash crops like Tobacco and heavily reliant on slave and indentured servant labor
-Middle: Quakers and "bread basket"
-New England: Puritans and ship building
This is the message of Common Sense
What is that Thomas Paine's writing encouraged America to break away from England. It also helped influence the Declaration of independence.
How did the production of goods change during the Market Revolution?
What is goods were increasingly made outside the home. Women and men began working in factories and moving to cities. New inventions like the steam engine helped with faster transportation of goods.
Bleeding-Kansas and the raid at Harpers Ferry are two such examples.
Why was there a shift toward African slavery in the colonies?
What is Bacon's Rebellion caused a shift from indentured servitude to slavery. Race based slavery was easier to control.
What were the impacts of the Enlightenment and 1st Great Awakening on society?
What is...
Enlightenment made people think differently about government and their role in it.
Great Awakening made people more religious. 1st true "American" movement.
This is the call for women to teach republican values within the family and provided educational opportunities for women.
What is "republican motherhood"?
Similar to Hamilton's Five Point Plan, this proposal from Henry Clay was to create a new national bank, tariffs, and expanded infrastructure across the US.
What was the "American System"?
This document, similar to the Declaration of Independence, argued that all "men and women were created equal" and was an early result of the women's suffrage movement.
What was the Seneca Falls Convention