Colonial settlement
This economic policy aims to reduce a country's imports and expand exports to maximize wealth
Mercantalism
Most colonial immigrants came from this continent
Europe
The winner of the French and Indian War
Great Britain
This document let Great Britain know the colonists wanted to separate and become independent
Declaration of Independence
The document that outlined America's first form of government
Articles of Confederation
The term used to describe trade relations between America, Europe, and Africa.
Trans-Atlantic Trade
The journey slaves took from Africa to America
Middle Passage
Great Britain used this method to recover heavy financial losses and debt following the French and Indian War
Tax colonists
After an American victory at the Battle of Saratoga, this country helped America in the war
France
This document replaced the Articles of Confederation because it was not strong enough to govern the new nation effectively
US Constitution
This English law required all colonial trade on English ships, all goods through English ports, and exports only go to England.
Navigation Acts
This policy allowed the colonists to self-govern for the first time
Salutary Neglect
This prevented colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
George Washington
This "agreement" created a bicameral legislature consisting of a House of Representatives and Senate to solve the issue of equal representation
The Great Compromise
The three regions of colonial America.
Southern, Mid-Atlantic, New England
First elected legislative body in the coloines
House of Burgesses
This group organized protests and boycotts prior to the American Revolution
Sons of Liberty
A significant factor in the Battles of Trenton, Saratoga, and Yorktown that allowed the Americans to win
Geography (knowledge of the land)
This established how slaves would be counted for population representation in the House of Representatives
Three-Fifths Compromise
The reason the New England colonies were originally established.
Religious purposes
Religious movement that unified colonists and challenged authority of Great Britain
1st Great Awakening
This book, written by Thomas Paine, tried to persuade colonists to go to war with Great Britain
Common Sense
Foreign military leaders brought in to provide training and battle strategies to the Continental Army
Baron von Steuben and Marquis de LaFayette
The Anti-Federalists required these to be added to the Constitution before supporting and ratifying it