Exploration and Colonization
The first successful English settlement in North America
What is Jamestown?
This was an attack on an unarmed mob protesting taxation in the American colonies.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This was purchased from France in 1803 by Thomas Jefferson
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This was the idea that America had a God given right to expand West.
What is Manifest Destiny?
In the song “Frosty the Snowman,” this made Frosty come to life.
What is "an old silk hat"?
A fleet of 130 ships defeated by the English in 1588.
What is the Spanish Armada?
This significant battle was a turning point in the Revolution because in influenced France to join on America's side.
What is Saratoga?
This resulted when France refused to meet with our ambassadors unless we paid a bribe.
What is the XYZ Affair?
This institution was dying out until the invention of the cotton gin, which greatly increased its demand.
What is slavery?
This Christmas beverage is also known as “milk punch.
What is egg nog?
The following terms best describe this colonial region: most diverse, Church of England, dependent on trade
What are the Middle Colonies?
This was America's first form of government. It was adopted in 1781.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This was the agreement made by the Constitutional Convention over over the issue of slavery.
What is the three-fifths compromise?
This allowed California to enter the US as a free state while allowing remaining territories to decide through popular sovereignty.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This is the color of the berries on mistletoe.
What is white?
System used by the Spanish to make slaves of Native Americans
What is the encomienda system?
This law placed a tax on all goods imported from England, such as lead, glass, and paint
What are the Townshend Acts?
This was Washington's last advice for the country when he was leaving office. In it he warned against foreign alliances and political parties.
What is Washington's Farewell Address?
He was a leading abolitionist, and escaped slave, and publisher of the abolitionist newspaper The North Star
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This traditional Christmas edible is known for its long shelf life .
What is fruit cake?
These were the main governing bodies in New England and represented an early form of direct democracy in America
What are town meetings?
This government idea by John Locke was the inspiration behind the Declaration of Independence.
What is social contract theory?
These were added to the Constitution after it was ratified in order to protect citizens from the government
What is the Bill of Rights?
Stephen Douglas passed this legislation to insure Chicago got the new Transcontinental Railroad.
What is Kansas-Nebraska Act?
In the early 1800s, the first gingerbread houses were reportedly inspired by this famous fairy tale
What is Hansel and Gretel?