Indigenous Culture, land, and People
Vegetation, ___, and ___ are all things that determine the region of a country.
wildlife and climate
What European cultural group took control of the Louisiana territory first?
The French
What was the significance of the Mayflower Compact?
It was the first "government" and written laws created among the English colonies.
What was the first government of the United States called?
The Articles of Confederation
Who was the Revolutionary War fought between?
American colonists and the British.
Native Americans hunted, constructed homes, and sewed clothes out of the ______ _________ of the land.
Natural resources
What European cultural group took control of the Louisiana Territory second?
The Spanish
What are two challenges the Pilgrims faced when they settled in New England?
Starvation, freezing temperatures, conflict with natives, and few supplies
What are two issues that caused the Articles of Confederation to fail?
An inability to collect taxes, could not regulate commerce, no national army, no judicial courts to deal with disputes.
What was the first battle(s) of the Revolutionary War?
Lexington and Concord
How did colonization affect indigenous people of the Americas?
It ruined their culture and took their rightful lands.
What cultural group left French Canada to settle in the Louisiana territory?
What religious group first influenced the New England Colonies?
The Puritans
What secret meeting was called to overturn the Articles of Confederation and create a new government for the United States?
The Constitutional Convention
What battle was a turning point in the war where the Americans gained France as a key ally?
The Battle of Saratoga
The settlers of the 13 colonies relied on the kindness of indigenous people who taught them important skills like ____ _____ and _____.
growing crops and hunting
What Spanish governor was made famous for severely punishing French Creoles in New Orleans who were responsible for the expulsion of Spain's first colonial Governor? Hint: it's a nickname.
Bloody O'Reilly
How did the Middle Colonies develop economically? Give two examples.
Logging, farming, ship building, textile making, and paper making
What two branches of government were added with the ratification of the Constitution?
The Judicial and Executive branches.
Where did George Washington make came over winter to retrain his troops and grew the morale to continue the war?
Valley Forge
In an attempt to keep trading with Native Americans, after the French and Indian War the British Parliament stopped English settlers from expanding west into the Ohio River Valley. What was the legislation called that kept colonists out of that region?
The Proclamation of 1763
What was the main industry of French Louisiana and who did they learn this skill from?
The fur trade. They learned hunting from the indigenous people of the land.
What rebellion caused the elites of New England to turn away from indentured servitude and increased the presence of slavery in the colonies?
Bacon's Rebellion
What are two enumerated powers?
The ability to collect taxes and the ability to punish criminals.
What was the final battle of the American Revolution?
The Battle of Yorktown