Colonization
What was the reason for the founding of Jamestown, Virginia in 1607?
What is for economic reasons/wealth?
The Southern colonies depended on what economic source during the colonial period?
What is cash crop agriculture?
What was the event that caused massive British debt from 1754 to 1763?
What was the French and Indian War?
What was a strength of the A.O.C. that established an orderly process for adding new territory to the U.S.?
What was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
What are some precedents set by George Washington during his terms as president?
What are:
2 terms
a Cabinet
"Mr. President"
Farewell Address?
Which colony was established as a buffer against Spanish Florida?
What is the colony of Georgia?
Which colony was founded as a refuge for Puritans in 1620?
What is the Massachusetts colony?
The Proclamation of 1763 banned settlement west of what American geographic feature?
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
What was a primary weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
What was the federal government had:
No power to tax
Only one branch of gov't: Legislative
Federal gov't was too weak?
What were the laws passed by the Federalists in 1798 that the Democratic-Republicans claimed were "unconstitutional"?
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
The Middle Colonies were also known by what nickname?
What are the "breadbasket" colonies?
What economic system that benefits the Mother country did the English impose on the colonies from 1607-1776?
What is mercantilism?
Who was the commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?
Who was George Washington?
What event is western Massachusetts in1786 demonstrated that the federal gov't under the A.O.C. was too weak?
What was Shay's Rebellion?
Marbury vs. Madison in 1803 revealed what power of the judicial branch?
What is the power of judicial review?
Economic systems are based on what?
What is the geography, resources, and climate of the land?
Why was agriculture not a primary economic source for the New England colonies?
What is was thin and rocky soil, cold climate, and a short growing season?
After which American Revolution battle did the French decide to ally themselves with the colonists?
What was the Battle of Saratoga (1777)?
What was the name of the agreement on representation between the large states and small states at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
What was the Great Compromise?
What position was George Washington's foreign policy based upon?
What is "neutrality" (staying out of foreign conflicts)?
Maryland was established as a refuge for which religious group?
What are Catholics?
What was the first self-governing legislature established in the colonies?
What was the Virginia House of Burgesses (1619)?
What was the British reaction to the Boston Tea Party?
What were the Intolerable Acts of 1774?
Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
Who was James Madison?
Which amendment of the Bill of Rights guarantees a right to due process?
What is the 5th Amendment?