Colonial Development
This economic system viewed colonies as a source of raw materials for the mother country.
What is mercantilism?
The forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Middle Passage?
This war increased British debt and led to higher taxes on the colonies.
What is the French and Indian War?
This document listed grievances against King George III and justified independence.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This was the first government of the United States with a weak central government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This colonial region relied heavily on the plantation system and cash crops.
hat are the Southern Colonies?
This British policy allowed colonies to govern themselves with little interference.
What is Salutary Neglect?
This British law taxed printed materials and angered colonists due to lack of representation.
What is the Stamp Act?
This alliance provided crucial military and naval support to the colonies.
What is the French alliance?
This law created an orderly system for surveying and selling western land.
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785?
This colonial region developed trade, shipbuilding, and fishing due to climate and geography.
What are the New England Colonies?
This form of colonial self-governance allowed citizens to directly participate in decision-making.
What are town meetings?
These groups spread information and coordinated colonial resistance.
What are the Committees of Correspondence?
This Continental Army leader helped secure independence through strong leadership.
Who is George Washington?
This law banned slavery in the Northwest Territory and supported public education.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
This colonial region was known for ethnic and religious diversity and fertile farmland.
hat are the Mid-Atlantic Colonies?
This religious movement challenged traditional authority and promoted personal faith.
What is the Great Awakening?
This document argued that independence from Great Britain was logical and necessary.
What is Common Sense?
This winter encampment helped transform the Continental Army into a professional force.
What is Valley Forge?
This rebellion exposed weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
This factor best explains why slavery expanded more rapidly in the Southern Colonies.
What is the demand for cash crops and plantation agriculture?
This was a long-term effect of Salutary Neglect on colonial identity.
What is increased confidence in self-government?
These punitive laws were passed after the Boston Tea Party to punish Massachusetts.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This treaty officially ended the American Revolution and recognized U.S. independence.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
This meeting was called to revise the Articles but resulted in a new Constitution.
What is the Constitutional Convention?