Colonial Era
Wht did many people choose to settle in the English colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania?
What is to escape religious persecution/seek religious freedom?
What was the British reaction to the Boston Tea Party (1773)?
What is Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts?
The Federalists supported a ____________ national government.
What is STRONG?
Which battle of the Revolutionary War was known as "The Shot Heard 'Round the World?
What was the Battle of Lexington and Concord (1775)?
Who was the commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?
Who was George Washington?
What was the name of the first legislative assembly in North America?
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses (1619)?
The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from settling west of which geographic feature?
Think AAMRP!
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
The Anti-Federalists wanted more power to belong to the ____________ governments.
What is STATE?
What was the name of Gen. Washington's winter camp in 1777-78?
What is Valley Forge, Pennsylvania?
Hiw did the First Great Awakening contribute to the rise of representative government in the British North American colonies?
What is the focus on equality in religion caused colonists to begin to question authority at all levels?
How did the Mayflower Compact (1620) contribute to the growth of representative government in the colonies?
What was the idea that the colonists would agree to a government by majority rule?
What was a powerful economic strategy the colonists used against the British to protest unfair tax laws?
What is to BOYCOTT British goods?
Why did the smaller states oppose the Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
What is they were concerned that some states (the large ones) would be able to easily control the government?
Which Revolutionary War battle was considered the "turning point" of the war?
What was the Battle of Saratoga (1777)?
After this American victory, France decided to help the colonies fight the British (they became our allies!).
Who was John Paul Jones?
Who is the founder of the US Navy?
What is one way the ideas from the English Bill of Rights (1689) are reflected in the US system of government?
What is the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances?
Which constitutional argument was made by Anti-Federalists such as Patrick Henry?
What is that the Constitution needed to protect individual rights?
Must include a Bill of Rights!
Why was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 important for an expanding US?
What is it outlined the process for creating new states?
What is the name of the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War?
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783?
In this treaty, the US acquired the land between the Appalachian Mts. and the Missisippi River (Manifest Destiny begins!)
Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty, a patriot group advocating for American independence from England?
Who was Samuel Adams?
He was an older cousin of John Adams.
Which factor of British North American colonial life MOST contributed to the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
What is the growth of cash crop agriculture in the South?
What was the biggest cause of the Revolutionary War and a rallying cry for those colonists wanting independence from Britain?
What is "Taxation without representation?"
Why did Alexander Hamilton want to create a national bank?
Give two reasons.
What is
a) To manage the country's debt?
b) To centralize the collection of federal taxes?
Which Revolutionary War battle ended the war?
What is the Battle of Yorktown (1781)?
This woman wrote plays during the Revolutionary Era promoting American independence from Britain.
Who was Mercy Otis Warren?