Indigenous Interactions
The so-called "three G's" motivating Europeans to colonize the Americas
What are Gold, God, and Glory?
This was the most tolerant and diverse of the colonial regions from the 1600s to the early 1700s
The dominant religious group of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Who are the Puritans?
This war was a major cause leading up to the American Revolution
What is the "French and Indian War"?
The British navy helped cause the War of 1812 by enforcing this policy
What is impressment of sailors?
The transfer of plants, animals, technology, ideas and ideas between the Eastern and Western Hempispheres
What is the "Columbian Exchange"?
What is the "Walking Purchase"?
Who are the Quakers?
King George famously instructed colonists not to interfere with sovereign Indigenous nations by going past this
What is the "Proclamation Line of 1763"?
Andrew Jackson invaded this future state in order to punish Seminole for harboring runaway slaves
What is Florida?
The most likely reason why Indigenous societies were defeated by European colonizers
Back in Virginia, Nathaniel Bacon launched a rebellion against the colonial government after he accused the Governor of failing to do this
What is failing to protect the colony against Indigenous Peoples?
What are the Southern Colonies?
The rallying cry of colonists after England enacted the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and Tea Act
What is "taxation without representation"?
Thanks to Andrew Jackson, members of the Cherokee and other indigenous nations were forced to relocate to the Oklahoma territory in a march known as this
The "Trail of Tears"
The massacre of the Pequot people by this group of settlers was later celebrated as a "Day of Thanksgiving"
Who are the Puritans?
When African Americans teamed up with poor whites during Bacon's Rebellions, Whites responded by doing this
What is increasing restrictions on slaves and racial divisions?
About 80% of colonists heard George Whitefield preach during this first major cultural event experienced by colonists
What is the First Great Awakening?
This first constitution for the U.S. was notoriously weak and hard to enforce
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Alexander Hamilton supported it. Andrew Jackson wanted to kill it.
What is the Bank of the United States?
His head was famously displayed on a stake in Plymouth Massachusetts for 25 years after he helped lead a war against Puritan settlers in 1676
Who is King Philip (Metacom)?
Traditionally regarded as the first person killed during the Boston Massacre
The nicknames given to older established churches and the new churches that formed during the Great Awakening?
What are the "Old Lights" and the "New Lights"?
This state granted women the right to vote following the American Revolution, only to take it back in 1807
What is New Jersey?
He authored the Missouri Compromise of 1820, in order to maintain the balance of free states and slave states
Who is Henry Clay?