Unit 1
What served as a major motivation for European exploration?
Making Money or God, Gold and Glory
What is another name for separatists?
Pilgrims
What region of the colonies relied on slave labor?
The South
How was the French and Indian War a cause of the American Revolution
Colonists had to be taxed to pay for the war.
What effect did the Louisiana Purchase have on the country?
Doubled the size of the nation.
What people group served as slaves for the Europeans before African slaves took their place?
Native Americans
Due to thin rocky soil and long, cold winters, what type of farming was important in the New England Colonies.
Subsistence Farming
What did the English Bill of Rights do?
Told what rights were due to them.
According to Thomas Jefferson, who does the power to rule come from?
The people
What is suffrage?
The right to vote
3. How did the Columbian Exchange affect American Indian groups?
Because farms were larger than the New England colonies, the middle colonies could raise crops for a profit. These are called what?
Cash Crops
What is an indentured servant?
Someone who trades years of service for a free passage to America.
What was the most successful way colonists protested British taxes?
Boycott
Washington’s foreign policy was based on the idea that the U.S. should not get involved in other nation’s affairs. What is this called?
Isolationism
What was the Columbian Exchange?
An exchange of plants, animals and diseases between North America and Europe.
Why was Jamestown founded?
To make money
What was the Triangle Trade Route?
Trade route between Africa, Europe and the Americas.
What does Jefferson say is the job of the government?
To protect the rights of citizens.
What was the goal of the Monroe Doctrine?
To keep Europe out of the Western hemisphere.
What is Mercantilism?
The theory that the more money a country has the more powerful they are.
What other document in American history is similar to the Mayflower Compact?
The Constitution
What was the Middle Passage?
Journey slaves took from Africa to America.
How are natural rights different from other rights?
Natural Rights are rights you are born with.
What was the goal of Henry Clay's American System?
To promote economic growth.