Colonial America
What was the main economic activity that attracted French settlers to North America?
What is fur trade and establishing trading posts.
Which figure is most closely associated with encouraging independence during the American Revolution?
Who is Thomas Paine
Which political thinker argued that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property?
Who was John Locke.
Which amendment protects peaceful protests and the right to petition the government?
What is The First Amendment.
What did Alexander Hamilton propose to help the country manage its debt?
What is A national bank
(Daily Double)
What document allowed Plymouth colonists to make decisions using majority rule?
What is The Mayflower Compact
How did the American victory at Saratoga affect the Continental Army?
What is It improved the Americans chances of winning
What did Anti-Federalists argue about being added to the Constitution?
A Bill of Rights protecting individual freedoms.
Which amendment protects an accused person from being forced to testify against themselves?
What is The Fifth Amendment
Why did Benjamin Franklin consider freedom of speech important to a free government?
It helped citizens question leaders and prevent tyranny
What New England geographic feature helped shipbuilding, fishing, and whaling develop?
What is Natural harbors and access to the Atlantic Ocean.
What natural conditions helped Washington secretly move his troops away from British forces in New York in 1776?
(Daily Double)
What is Thick fog concealed the Continental Army's retreat.
Which 1787 law established a process for territories to become new states?
What is The Northwest Ordinance.
Which amendment protects people against unreasonable searches by law enforcement?
What is The Fourth Amendment
What reasons did Hamilton give for needing a national bank
What is collect taxes, manage debt and create a stable economy
What British laws controlled colonial trade to benefit England?
What is The Navigation Acts.
What event involved colonists dumping British tea into Boston Harbor to protest British policies?
What is The Boston Tea Party
Why did smaller states worry about representation under the Virginia Plan?
Larger states would have more representatives and greater power.
Which amendment guarantees a speedy, public trial and an impartial jury?
What is The Sixth Amendment
What did the Code of Virginia religious freedom law prevent the government from forcing people to do?
What is Support a government-established church.
What economic system used colonies to provide resources and markets for the mother country?
What is Mercantilism.
Which European nation decided to provide military assistance to the Americans after Saratoga?
Who was France
What type of national government did John Jay support as an author of The Federalist Papers?
What is a strong central government
What TWO protections does the Eighth Amendment provide concerning bail and punishment?
What is No excessive bail or cruel and unusual punishments.
During the Philadelphia Nativist Riots of 1844, what constitutional freedom was violated by attacks on Catholic churches?
Religious freedom.