Colonization & Explorations
What was the first permanent English settlement?
Jamestown
What was the main reason colonists said “No taxation without representation”?
Colonists had no representatives in Parliament.
Which came first: Jamestown or the American Revolution?
Jamestown.
Which English document first limited the power of the king?
The Magna Carta.
What protects individual freedoms like speech and religion?
The Bill of Rights.
The Middle Colonies were known for producing what staple crop?
Grain (“Breadbasket colonies”).
Name one major cause of the American Revolution.
Taxes, restriction of rights, or Enlightenment ideas.
Put in order: Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence.
Declaration (1776), Constitution (1787), Bill of Rights (1791).
What idea from John Locke influenced the Declaration of Independence?
Natural/unalienable rights.
What year was the Constitutional Convention held?
1787.
Which region relied heavily on plantations and enslaved labor?
Southern Colonies.
Who were colonists that remained loyal to the British crown?
Loyalists.
What event ended the American Revolution?
Treaty of Paris (1783).
What did the Anti-Federalists want added to the Constitution?
The Bill of Rights.
What compromise created a two-house Congress?
The Great Compromise.
Name two physical features that influenced colonial settlement.
Rivers, harbors, fertile soil, Appalachian Mountains.
Name the event that convinced many Americans the Articles of Confederation were too weak.
Shays’ Rebellion.
What war caused Britain to tax the colonies to pay war debt?
French and Indian War.
What did Washington warn against in his Farewell Address?
Political parties and foreign alliances.
Which document established a process for admitting new states?
The Northwest Ordinance.
What type of meetings in New England allowed colonists to practice direct democracy?
Town meetings.
What document officially declared the colonies’ independence from Great Britain?
The Declaration of Independence.
Name the meeting where delegates wrote a plan to revise the Articles but instead created a new Constitution.
The Constitutional Convention.
Name two documents that influenced American representative government.
Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses.
What was the first representative assembly in the colonies?
The Virginia House of Burgesses.