Vocabulary
The rights given to all humans (ex: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness)
What is natural rights?
What factors influenced the development of regional differences among the English colonies
What continent did the slaves come from?
What is Africa?
On what date did we gain independence from Britain?
July 4, 1776
What year did Mr. Turk graduate high school?
What is 1994?
A 17th-century English philosopher who argued against the belief that human beings are born with certain ideas already in their minds. The father of liberalism.
Who is John Locke?
Why did the Native American population experience a drastic decline?
What is European diseases killed them off?
In Maryland in 1664, how long would slaves serve?
What is for life?
What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called?
What is the Bill of Rights?
What sport did Ms. Ulmer play in college?
What is softball?
A document that ensured religious freedoms to Christian settlers of different denominations who settled in Massachusetts
What is the Maryland Toleration Act of 1649?
What religion were Spanish missionaries trying to spread to the colonies?
What is Christianity?
What is the difference between indentured servitude and slavery?
What is indentured servants were free after their 4-7 year contract ended. Slaves served for life.
What is the right guaranteed by the first amendment?
What is freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government?
True/False: Mr. Turk is a twin.
What is true?
An assembly of elected representatives that met from 1643 to 1776. It was the first democratically elected legislative body in English North America.
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
Why do you think colonists settled on the East coast in cities like Boston?
What is Boston has naturally deep water and a sheltered harbor?
Which crop in the 19th century led to an increase of slavery in the South?
What is cotton?
Which president is called the "Father of our country?"
Who is George Washington.
How many siblings does Ms. Ulmer have?
What is 2?
The first written material to set limits on the power of an English monarch and was intended to prevent King John from exploiting his people.
What is the Magna Carta?
What factors determined a colony's labor system?
What is climatic conditions, choice of export crop, and pursuit of profit?
What were generations of people with African ancestry subjected to?
What is lifetime enslavement?
Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
Who is John Hancock?
What college does Ms. Ulmer attend?
What is SUNY Old Westbury?