American Revolution
The first commander-in-chief.
Who is George Washington?
This book was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in reaction to tightened fugitive slave laws.
What is Uncle Toms Cabin?
A Puritan pastor that attracted huge crowds because of his aggressive/fiery speeches during the Great Awakening
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
This group of people were demised as a result of the transportation revolution.
Who are the Native Americans?
This custom upheld the cult of fertility both for the land and for the people of the Aztec Empire.
What is human sacrifice?
The first meeting of colonists in 1774 concerning the Intolerable Acts.
What is the First Continental Congress?
This colony prospered after the discovery of tobacco but turned to slavery after suffering from labor shortage.
What is Jamestown?
A British preacher and revivalist during the Great Awakening; founded the Methodist movement.
Who is George Whitefield?
Name a family attraction America attained following the transportation revolution
What are amusement parks?
The nutritious crop seen in civilizations in Central South America that advanced irrigation.
What is maize?
Major turning point that lasted 9 years, 1754-1763, and lead colonists to believe they did not need British protection.
What is the French and Indian War/ 7 years War?
These were laws that restricted the freedoms of African Americans.
What are Black Codes?
A spiritual revival that swept through the colonies between 1730 and 1760.
What is the Great Awakening?
How the cities grew because of the transportation revolution.
What is immigration?
This type of person is found in the Great Plains and Great Basin region.
What are nomadic people?
The act of the British not enforcing laws and rules upon the colonies as long as they are successful.
What is salutary neglect?
What is the trade that took 10-12 million enslaved Africans to the Americas?
What is the International Slave Trade?
Belief in the existence of a supreme being; focuses on natural religion.
What is deism?
The name Americans got as a result of the Transportation Revolution.
What are Mobile Americans?
These are the types of houses that the Iroquois Native Americans lived in.
What are longhouses?
Battle in 1777 that convinced the French to form an alliance with the Americans fighting against the British.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This rule in 1836 prohibited reading antislavery petitions in Congress
What is the Gag Rule?
A type of teaching about the New Testament, that made sure common people knew that lack of wealth did not diminish God’s favor upon them.
What is democratizing religion?
Key Technological Innovation by Robert Fulton
What is the steamboat?
This is the Aztec Capital.
What is Tenochtitlan?