Show:
Abstact Concept
Colonial America
American Revolution
Constitutional Principles
Random
100
The science that studies the history of man by digging stuff up
What is archeaology
100
The New England Colonies were settled by people seeking what this freedom.
What is freedom of religion
100
Opposition to this was a major cause of the American Revolution.
What is British taxation
100
This was the plan for government that came immediately after the American Revolutionary War (the first plan for government).
What is the Articles of Confederation
100
The part of the map that helps you read distances.
What is map scale
200
The term that best describes a nation's ideas, customs, and values.
What is culture
200
This individual was an early leader of the Jamestown settlement.
Who is John Smith
200
This act placed taxes on legal documents, newspapers, and contracts in the American colonies.
What is the Stamp act.
200
Under the United States Constitution, this branch has the power to enforce the laws.
What is the Executive Branch
200
The native American group that settled New York State and organized a Confederacy.
What is the Iroquois
300
The study of people, their environments, and resources.
What is Geography
300
This was the first successful and permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Plymouth
300
The economic idea that people choose not to buy a good or service.
What is boycott
300
This system prevents a branch of government from having too much power.
What is checks and balances.
300
This is a colony that is run by a landowner in exchange for a yearly payment to the king.
What is a proprietary colony.
400
The study of societies and how people interact
What is sociology
400
This was the first eleceted legistlature in the 13 Colonies
What is House of Burgessess
400
This term best describes a colonist who supported American independence.
What is a patriot
400
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution that limits the government's power.
What is the Bill of Rights.
400
This is an example of Native Americans fighting for their land.
What is Pontiac's Rebellion
500
The economic theory that states the colonies exist for the good of the "mother country"
What is mercantilism
500
This is a colony that is owned by a king or queen.
What is a royal colony
500
This event marked the end of the American Revolution
What is the Peace Treaty of Paris
500
This term best describes the United States desire to expand to the Pacific
What is Manifest Destiny
500
This territorial acquisition doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase.