Colonization
What are the 3 G’s?
Gold,god,glory
No Taxation Without Representation" mean?
colonists believed they should not pay taxes passed by Parliament because they had no representatives in that governing body.
Who makes federal laws?
The congress
What were three major dangers or challenges faced by pioneers on trails like the Oregon Trail?
rapid spread of diseases like cholera due to poor sanitation, hazardous river crossings that caused drownings and wagon losses, and extreme weather conditions.
When was the first permanent English settlement?
jamestown
What was the immediate result of the Boston Tea Party?
The British passed the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts),
How many U.S. Senators are there?
100
Who were the pioneers?
18th and 19th-century settlers, primarily European Americans, who migrated westward across North America to develop new, often uncharted territories.
Why did the Middle Colonies have larger farms than the New England Colonies?
Better soil and climate
What is the stamp act?
Taxed paper goods and documents, causing widespread protests.
The House of Representatives has how many voting members
435
What were the primary economic motivations for settlers moving West?
Primary economic motivations for 19th-century westward expansion included securing cheap land for farming through.
What were the main causes and outcomes of the Mexican-American War (1846–1848)?
the U.S. annexation of Texas (1845), boundary disputes (Nueces River vs. Rio Grande), and the desire to fulfill "Manifest Destiny" to expand to the Pacific
Name one of the New England Colonies?
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
What is the Townshend Acts?
Placed duties on imported glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
9
How did the U.S. government's policy of removal (e.g., Trail of Tears) directly impact Native populations in the East?
This caused catastrophic loss of life, with thousands dying from exposure, disease, and starvation during the journeys
Name one of the new Middle Colonies?
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware
3 branches of government
the legislative, executive, and judicia
How did the 1803 Louisiana Purchase affect the size of the United States?
doubled the size of the United States
How did the California Gold Rush (1849) impact the population and economy of the West?
causing a massive population boom, turning a territory of ~14,000 residents in 1848 into a state with over 200,000 people by 1852