People
War
Roots of
Government
Colonial Geography
Misc
100
I was in favor of the government protecting people's natural rights of life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
100
Group that fought with the British, lost the war, and lost power in North America
Who are the French?
100
Document that guaranteed rights to English citizens
What is the English Bill of Rights?
100
Known for its short growing season, cold winters, and rocky soil
What is New England?
100
Religious revival that grew churches and welcomed new members like women, African Americans, and Natives.
What was the Great Awakening?
200
I am the most famous American of the 18th century; I was a printer, scientist, inventor, proposed the Albany Plan of Union
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
200
Benjamin Franklin's plan to unite the colonies in 1 central government and was rejected.
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
200
Very first document, the "Great Charter" (written in 1215), to limit the power of the king and give rights to people.
What is the Magna Carta?
200
Known for its long growing season and fertile soil
What is the Southern Colonies?
200
Movement that pushed science and reason as the path to knowledge.
What is the Enlightenment?
300
I tried to get people back in church by terrifying them with images of God’s anger but promising that they could still be saved.
Who was Jonathan Edwards?
300
Law that upset the colonists because it said they could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
300
American colonists did not want to give up control of their own colonies.
Why did the colonists reject the Albany Plan of Union?
300
Colonial region that had 2 large ports (New York and Philly) and had tolerant beliefs that allowed many immigrants.
What is the Middle Colonies?
300
Idea that the American colonies exist as an economic resource and their goal is to make money for England.
What is mercantilism?
400
I was an Enlightenment philosopher who influenced the creation of the 3 branches of Government and separation of powers in the U.S. Constitution.
Who was Charles Montesquieu?
400
Win the war no matter the cost.
What was Britain's strategy of the French and Indian War?
400
Hands off policy of the British government that led the colonists to rule themselves.
What is salutary neglect?
400
Colonial region who used enslaved Africans to grow cash crops on plantations because the land was suitable for it.
What is the Souther Colonies?
400
Things that made money for the New England colonies.
What are trading, fishing, and shipbuilding?
500
I felt man's natural rights were created by God; I am sometimes considered the Father of English Common Law.
Who was William Blackstone?
500
Area east of the Mississippi River, Florida and Canada would go to Britain; area west of the Mississippi River would to Spain; Haiti would go to France
What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris? or What were the effects of the French and Indian War?
500
Idea that the colonists took from documents like the English Bill of Rights and Magna Carta.
What is more politcal or legal freedom?
500
Colonial region that is considered the "Bread Basket" because they grew a lot of grain and raised livestock.
What is the Middle Colonies?
500
Passed to make sure the English government received profit from the colonists' trade.
What are the Navigation Acts?