Indigenous America (1491–1607)
This agricultural practice used by many Eastern Woodlands societies involved planting corn, beans, and squash together.
What is The Three Sisters
This Spanish labor system forced Native Americans to work in exchange for “protection” and Christianization.
What is the encomienda system
Before racial slavery became dominant, many laborers in the Chesapeake were this type of worker.
What is indentured servitude
This 1763 British policy restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763
This document declared independence from Britain in 1776.
What is The Declaration of Independence
This powerful confederation in the Northeast influenced colonial diplomacy and later inspired ideas about federalism.
What is the Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee)?
This joint-stock company founded Jamestown in 1607.
This 1676 rebellion exposed tensions between frontier farmers and Virginia elites.
What is Bacon's Rebellion
This slogan summarized colonial opposition to British taxation policies.
What is "no taxation without representation"
The first U.S. government operated under this weak framework from 1781–1789.
What is The Articles of Confederation
This labor system in the Southwest allowed Pueblo peoples to irrigate crops in arid climates.
What is irrigation
This document established self-government in Plymouth Colony in 1620.
What is the Mayflower Compact
This 1649 Maryland law granted limited religious toleration to Christians.
What is the Act of Toleration
This 1773 protest involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
What is The Boston Tea Party
This 1787 compromise created a bicameral legislature.
What is The Great Compromise
Spanish introduction of this animal dramatically reshaped Plains societies’ hunting and warfare.
What is the horse
Unlike English colonies, French colonization in North America focused primarily on this economic activity.
What is the Fur Trade
The transition from indentured servitude to racial slavery in the Chesapeake was influenced by what economic factor?
What is the growth of tobacco and cash crops
This 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine argued for independence from Britain.
What is Common Sense
This 1794 rebellion tested federal authority under George Washington.
What is The Whiskey Rebellion
Explain one major way European contact transformed Native societies between 1492–1607.
What is small pox
Unlike the French and the British, the Spanish were focused on this motivation of colonization.
What is Christianity and conversion
Slavery developed differently in the Chesapeake compared to New England because of this factor.
What is the climate
One ideological cause of the American Revolution comes from this historical phenomenon.
What is The Enlightenment
One major debate between Federalists and Anti-Federalists during ratification focused on the role of what part of the government?
What is The Federal Government