Important Individuals
Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine?
The 3 G's
What are God, Gold, and Glory?
colonies that had good soil and used plantations
What are the southern colonies?
"The shot heard round the world"
What is Lexington and Concord
the first form of government that failed
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Cotton Gin
Who is Eli Whitney?
1607
What is Jamestown?
Region of colonies known for its rough soil and dependence on ship building
What is the New England Colonies?
What is "No taxation without representation"?
What is the Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, and Judicial Branch?
Proposed the idea of the United States establishing its own Bank
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
first documentation of self-government
What is the Mayflower Compact?
fight over the Ohio River Valley
What is the French and Indian War?
turning point
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Every 5 Slaves = 3 Towards the Population
What is the 3/5th Compromise?
leader of the Continental Army
Who is President George Washington?
trade between the Americas, Britain, and Africa
What is the Triangular Trade?
ended the French and Indian War
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
closed the Boston Harbor
What are the Intolerable Acts?
These are the first two political parties, in which, President Washington told Americans to avoid.
What are the Federalist and the Democratic-Republicans?
Sons of Liberty
Who is Samuel Adams?
the term that means a country must acquire gold to be wealthy and send that gold back to the "mother country"
What is mercantilism?
Proclamation of 1763
What kept the colonists from settling west of the Appalation Mountains?
ended the American Revolution
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
The birth of Judicial Review
What is Marbury v Madison?