device that used the position of the sun to determine direction, latitude, and local time
What is a astrolabe?
100
became the first english colony as it grew into what is now known as Virginia.
What is Jamestown?
100
Britain organized this conference to negotiate an alliance with the Iroquois
What is The Albany Conference?
100
A law passed by the British Parliament in 1765 requiring colonists to pay a tax on newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, and even playing cards.
What is The Stamp Act?
100
A member of the Virginia legislature and head commerce committee. In 1786 he convinced Virginia’s legislature to call a convention of all the states to discuss trade and taxation problems.
What is James Madison?
200
In 1498 a Portugese Explorer reached India with four caravels.
Who is Vasco de Gama?
200
Started in Massachusetts during the 1690's when 3 sick girls where accused of witchcraft
What is The Salem Witch Trials?
200
This war was fought between 1754 and 1763.
What is The French and Indian War?
200
A 1775 conflict between colonial minutemen & British soldiers attempting to take the colonists large store of arms
What is Battles of Lexington and or Concord
200
Government doctrine where government didn't have power to tax. All revenue cames from individual states
What is weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
300
name of a Portuguese ship
What is a caravel?
300
an agreement among the passengers of the Mayflower who were coming to the new world.
What is The Mayflower Compact?
300
King George III issued that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains without permission
What is The Proclamation of 1763?
300
protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers. Protest was against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt.
What is Shay’s Rebellion?
300
Document that established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens.
What is The Constitution?
400
This place was originally named the "Cape of Storms" but the king of Portugal renamed it so it would encourage Portuguese sailors to try to reach India.
What is the Cape of Good Hope?
400
These people were not enslaved, but neither were they free.
What is indentured servants?
400
acts created to pay off debt from French and Indian War
What is The Sugar Act and the Currency Act?
400
This treaty ended the Revolutionary War and recognized the independence of the American colonies
What is the Treaty of Paris?
400
A compromise in the Constitution which benefited Southern states
What is three-fifths compromise?
500
He sailed west to the island of Iceland, but was soon thrown out.
Who is Eric the Red?
500
colonial merchants developed a system involving a three-way exchange of goods.
What is triangular trade?
500
an economic system based on trading to make money through taxation of imports and exports but usually imports.
What is mercantilism?
500
Demonstration by citizens of Boston who raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
500
This amendment protects citizens from cruel and unusual punishments