Jamestown survived as the first permanent British settlement in America because of?: Hint: its a plant
What is the emergence of tobacco as a cash crop.
100
This Puritan theologian was the leader of the first Great Awakening in New England.
Jonathan Edwards
100
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
Banned colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
100
One of the purposes for writing the Declaration of Independence was to?:
convince potential foreign allies of American determination to gain independence.
100
Those who opposed ratification of the Constitution were called?:
Anti Federalists
200
The Mayflower Compact could best be described as?:
What is a foundation for self-government
200
He led a rebellion in Virginia against the autocratic government of Lord Berkeley in the late 17c.
Who is Nathanial Bacon
200
What did Thomas Paine's Common Sense do?
blamed George III for the colonies' problems and urged Americans to declare their independence.
200
The Battle of Saratoga resulted in?:
France entering the war on the side of the colonies.
200
A major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that they?:
made it too difficult for the government to raise money through taxes and duties.
300
Seventeenth century English settlers of New England differed from those in Virginia by?
What is living in tightly clustered communities.
300
This adventurer instituted military discipline and perhaps saved the Virginia colony at Jamestown.
Who is John Smith
300
Colonial Committees of Correspondence were created to?:
publicize grievances against England.
300
What was the Olive Branch Petition
A last-ditch attempt to avoid armed conflict with King George
300
The central compromise of the Constitutional Convention involved the issue of?:
representation of large and small states.
400
The headright system adopted in the Virginia colony?:
What is gave 50 acres of land to anyone who would transport someone [like an indentured servant] to the colony.
400
He led about 1000 Puritans to America in 1630 and was elected the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Who is John Winthrop
400
England passed the Stamp Act in 1765 to?:
raise money to reduce England's national debt.
400
What was the role of African-Americans in the American Revolution?:
Americans generally avoided arming blacks, but the British eagerly recruited runaway slaves
400
The first amendments to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, were added to protect?:
individual citizens from the power of the federal government.
500
An attempt by New England clergymen in 1662 to counteract declining church membership by allowing the children of church members to join even though they had not experienced salvation.
What is the Halfway Covenant
500
This Virgina settler married and experiments with growing tobacco in the colony.
Who is John Rolfe
500
During the period preceding the Revolutionary War, the British act provoking the most outrage among the colonists was (hint: think the Boston TEA Party.)
What is the monopoly given to the British East India Company
500
The 3/5 Compromise of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 provided that?: