week 21
What indian tribe did soloman lewis belong to?
Choctaw
What was the consequences of the signers of the people who signed the declaration of independence
Their homes were burned down, and their family was often sent away to camps.
Why were the windows at the Constitutional Convention nailed shut?
They wanted to keep their meetings secret.
Who found the motherlode?
Mel Fisher
Who were the highway men?
They were twenty six african americans who taught themselves how to paint.
How did winfeild scott show compassion to the american indians?
He let the sick and elderly ride on horseback and helped the women and children.
Where did the writing of the declaration of independence take place?
Who was Madam C.J Walker ?
She was a slave at age 7, she was married age 14, she tested hair products on her and sold them. She was the first self made african american female millionare.
what does circumnavigate mean?
What did the sons of liberty do to protest the tax on tea?
The dumped all the tea into the harbor
compassion is the feeling of _____ because of the _____ of others.
(sadness, suffering)
What was special about agent 355
She was a incredible spy who would hide her messages in clothing lines.
Who invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
What do we call a piece of historical information from a person who was actually at a event.
A primary source.
Whos idea was it to seperate congress into 2 houses?
Roger Sherman
Why is dolly maddison considered a symbol of american courage?
When the white house was beseiged, she would not leave until all the files and treasures were taken from it.
A group of spies george washington used in the revolutionary war
What is federalism?
A system of goverment where the federal goverment has certain powers, but the state goverments also have power
How did henry the navigator improve his society
He was looking for a way to increase trade opportunites for his country.
who was john white
He was a artiest, writer, colonists, sailor, and explore who drew detailed pictures and kept journals about the early colonies.
Why were the indians angry with the new settlers coming into their land?
The new settlers would hunt the buffalo for their hide and take the indians land.
Who were some of the federalists and what did they belive?
Alexander hamilton he belived that the goverments rights are more important than the peoples rights
What is one way in which the Senate and the House of Representatives are different?
The number of represenatives is chosen by population, but each state has the same amount of senate members.
where was Vasco de Gama trying to get to?
India
Who sent colonists to Roanoke Island, North Carolina, in 1857?
Sir Walter Raleigh