Ch. 2
This leader used an intense, militaristic approach to leadership to maintain his colony
John Smith
according to this economic theory, the government should regulate economic activity so as to promote national power.
mercantilism
This event led to Britain taxing the colonies
The Seven Years' War
These were a series of 85 essays written in support of the Constitution
The Federalist Papers
__________ were laborers who came to North America voluntarily to work without a wage, while ________ were laborers who came involuntarily
indentured servants, slaves
This colony was renamed after being won by the British in the Anglo-Dutch war
New York
This event was where British soldiers fired into a mob of unarmed Boston residents
The Boston Massacre
This clause in the Constitution gave a great deal of power to white Southerners while still robbing enslaved folks of their voting rights
This group came to America and founded the Plymouth colony with the goal of creating a society centered around religion and social unity
Puritans
this rebellion was the direct cause of an overall shift from using primarily indentured servants to African slaves on Virginia's plantations
Bacon's Rebellion
This document was a list of grievances and a "break up letter" addressed to King George III
The Declaration of Independence
The ______ plan argued that all states should have equal representation in Congress regardless of population size, while the ________ plan argued that it should be adjusted to represent the state's population
New Jersey, Virginia
Which nation was Britain's largest imperial competitor?
Spain
This war produced a broadening of freedom for whites in New England but resulted in Native Americans losing their lands.
King Phillip's War
This document expressed revolutionary enlightenment ideals in a way the common man could understand
Common Sense
Considered the "rough draft" of the Constitution. Here, states had more autonomy
The Articles of Confederation
For early American settlers, freedom was primarily associated with...
Land ownership
The _____________ was an English parliamentary act that granted Protestants the freedom to worship, provided they took oaths of allegiance to the Crown and rejected Catholic doctrines. This act was also enforced in the Massachusetts colony
English Toleration Act of 1689
Issued by the Royal Governor of Virginia in 1775, this proclamation promised freedom to enslaved people if they fought on the side of the British in the Revolutionary War
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation
This event proved the necessity of providing the federal government with more power in the Constitution
Shays' Rebellion