Exploring the Not-So-Unexplored
He is responsible for "discovering" the once unknown regions of the Caribbean and what would become the West Indies. Unfortunately for him, they named the two continents after someone else.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This colony was founded for economic reasons, especially for its rich, green herb.
What is Virginia?
This conflict caused Britain to impose economic policies on the 13 colonies to raise money to pay off the debt.
What is the French and Indian War?
This colonial assembly was responsible for governing the 13 colonies during the Revolutionary War and appointed George Washington as the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
What is the Second Continental Congress.
The Articles of Confederation had a unicameral legislature. It was this branch of government, which was weaker than the states.
What is legislative branch?
Federalists such as Alexander Hamilton persuaded citizens to support ratification by writing a series of essays titled this.
What are The Federalist Papers?
This was President Washington's major problem when he took office in 1789.
What is the economy/debt?
Britain was committing this on American sailors, leading President James Madison to declare war on Britain in 1812.
What is impressment?
This nation was interested in fur; fortunately, they had friendly relations with the Native Americans to learn how to hunt for it.
What is France?
This settlement was founded by the Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
What is Plymouth?
These colonists were willing to defend Britain against rebel colonists.
What are Loyalists?
This battle in 1777 led to foreign recognition of the colonists' fight for independence and persuaded France to support the colonies.
What is the battle of Saratoga?
He was the farmer who led a rebellion in western Massachusetts against the state government and courts as a result of heavy taxing on farmers.
Who is Daniel Shays?
What are states?
Arguments over the authority of the federal government and the development of the economy led to the formation of these two political parties.
What are the Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party?
As a result of the War of 1812, trade with this country was halted and disrupted, manufacturing increased, and the United States experienced domestic economic growth.
What is Britain?
Nations wanted to expand their empires in order to gain this, one of the 3 G's of exploration.
What is Glory?
William Penn founded Pennsylvania in 1682, along with this religious group.
What are Quakers?
In the winter of 1770, five colonists were shot and killed after British soldiers were provoked to defend themselves against protesters. The Sons of Liberty labeled the event with this name.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Without this branch of government, laws could not be enforced across the country.
What is the executive branch?
George Mason refused to ratify the new constitution due to it lacking this.
President Jefferson, without consulting with Congress, purchased the Louisiana Territory in 1803 from France. It impacted the geography of the nation by doing this.
What is doubling the size of the United States?
President James Madison was pressured by these two individuals and other congressman, known as the War Hawks, to declare war on Britain in 1812.
Who are Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun?
Great Britain was much more interested in settling in this region of North America. More natural resources meant more economic opportunities.
What is the east coast?
Thomas Hooker was responsible for the first constitution in America, established for this colony in New England.
What is Connecticut?
This economic system produced more wealth for Great Britain, while the colonies earned less as they made more.
What is mercantilism?
Who is John Paul Jones?
States could not settle their disputes due to the lack of this in the country.
What is a court system?
This plan, proposed during the Constitutional Convention, favored populous states due to promoting representation based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
Chief Justice John Marshall strengthened the power of the federal government with his landmark Supreme Court decision in this case.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The Battle of New Orleans was a decisive battle at the end of the War of 1812, and the American victory was due to the leadership of this general, who would eventually become president.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This nation was in search of gold. Unlike France, they mistreated and enslaved the Native Americans.
What is Spain?
Dissenting church doctrine and arguing against a state church, these two individuals eventually founded the colony of Rhode Island in 1644.
Who are Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson?
The colonists reacted to British economic policies in various ways, including these two forms of protest.
What are boycotts and petitions?
The first government of the United States was ratified in 1781, ratified by this colonial assembly.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
The Articles of Confederation were originally going to be revised at this event, held in Philadelphia in 1787.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This law was an attempt to defend American interests from Britain and other countries. Instead, American merchants were unable to export their goods to other countries, losing money.
What is the Embargo Act of 1807?
President James Monroe declared the Monroe Doctrine would protect countries in this region from any European colonization.
What is Latin America/South America/Central America?