Early self government
Signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims, this agreement established the principle of self-government and majority rule in Plymouth Colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
"Geography dictates _______." (The physical environment shaped how colonists made money in each region).
What is economy?
Under this economic system, colonies exist solely to benefit the Mother Country by supplying raw materials and buying manufactured goods.
What is Mercantilism?
The transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and cultures between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres following 1492.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Famous colonial rallying cry used by colonists protesting British taxes imposed without their consent in Parliament.
What is "No taxation without representation!"?
Established in Virginia in 1619, this body was the first representative legislative assembly in the American colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses?
This colonial region had rich, fertile soil, a warm climate, and long growing seasons, ideal for cash crops.
What are the Southern Colonies?
When a country sends something out to sell it to another country
what are imports?
This powerful alliance of five Native American nations in upstate New York created a constitutional democracy.
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
Written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, this document announced that the 13 colonies were breaking away from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
These local political gatherings in northeastern colonies allowed male landowners to vote directly on local laws, budgets, and policies.
What are New England Town Meetings?
This colonial region was defined by rocky soil, a cold climate, short growing seasons, and natural deep harbors.
What are the New England Colonies?
This informal British policy of not enforcing trade laws allowed American colonists to develop independent trade and self-governance.
What is Salutary Neglect?
The Iroquois Confederacy served as an early political model for the 13 colonies when they were deciding how to _______
what is unite?
Enlightenment philosopher whose ideas about "natural rights" (life, liberty, and property) heavily influenced the American Revolution.
Who is John Locke?
e.g. You pick someone to make laws for you
What is consent of the governed (or self-government / representation)
Because of its rocky soil and natural harbors, New England’s economy relied heavily on these three industries instead of large-scale farming.
What are shipbuilding, fishing, and trade/timber?
The forced ocean voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to work in the Americas as part of transatlantic trade.
What is the Middle Passage?
The Iroquois Confederacy was originally formed by the five tribes for this main reason regarding European expansion.
What is mutual protection?
America's first national constitution, which created a very weak central government because colonists feared returning to a monarchy like Great Britain.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
What do the House of Burgesses, the town hall meetings and the Mayflower compact have in common?
What is--self government/representative gov.
Large-scale agricultural operations in the South relied on forced labor to cultivate cash crops like tobacco and rice.
What is the Plantation System?
When Great Britain ended its policy of Salutary Neglect and began enforcing taxes, it directly led to conflict with this group.
Who are the American colonists?
The three-way trade network connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas, exchanging manufactured goods, raw materials, and enslaved people.
What is Triangular Trade?
The 1754 conflict between Great Britain and France that left Britain with massive debt, prompting them to end Salutary Neglect and start taxing the colonies.
What is the French and Indian War (or Seven Years' War)?