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Natives and English
Indentured Servitude
Creating D.C.
Controlling DC
100
The neighborhood of Anacostia is named after this tribe.
What is the Nacostin tribe?
100
This is the definition of indentured servitude.
What is a voluntary contractual agreement to work on a plantation in exchange for shelter, food, and clothing?
100
These are the three reasons that the Potomac region was chosen as the nation's capital.
What is the Potomac being good for transportation and trade, being a natural meeting place, and being safe from British attack?
100
This level of government has ultimate power over DC.
What is the Federal level of government?
200
This culture values shared land, makes tools, clothing, and jewelry out of natural materials, and has a society divided into different classes.
What is Native American culture?
200
This is why many people chose to work as indentured servants.
What is the poor economy in England and Africa?
200
This is the law that set up the rules and regulations for creating the federal district.
What is the Residence of Act of 1790?
200
This branch of government has power of DC.
What is the legislative branch of government (Congress)?
300
This culture believes in only one god, in private property, and plays recreational games and sports.
What is the English culture?
300
This was the giving of land, clothing, food, or money to an indentured servant's who's contact was ending.
What are freedom dues?
300
Benjamin Banneker was a commissioner appointed by George Washington to do this.
What is surveying the land and drawing the boundary lines for the district?
300
What part of the Constitution explains who will have power of the district?
What is Article 1, Section 8?
400
This caused the conflict between the Native Americans and the English.
What is their different beliefs about land? The English took the land by force and many Indians were killed.
400
In order to create DC, Virginia and Maryland had to do this.
What is cede (give) land to the federal government?
400
This is the power to self-govern local affairs.
What is home rule?
500
This occurred after Alexandria became part of the district.
What is retrocession?
500
This Home Rule Charter allowed voters to elect a city council and the president.
What is the Home Rule Charter of 1820?