The Colonies
The colonies were broken up into three regions. What were they?
New England, Middle, and Southern
Colonists were upset that England raised these in order to provide for the Colonies.
Taxes
Afraid of political oppression, America established this government system first, which put too little power in the hands of the federal government and proved too weak.
The Articles of Confederation
Great Britain or England
Aimed at resolving territorial disputes and slavery in the West, this well-known agreement admitted CA as a free state but also passed the Fugitive Slave Act.
The Compromise of 1850
One of the primary purposes for the founding of the New England colonies.
Religious Freedom/Escape from Religious Persecution
Those that supported England during the Revolution were called this.
Loyalists
This uprising showed America's first political system to be too weak and ineffective.
Shay's Rebellion
Considered the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution, some of the earliest mills were established in the geographic region.
New England
Often considered the final straw, this led to Southern cession and the start of the Civil War.
The Election of 1860/Election of Abraham Lincoln
The first American colony was founded here.
Jamestown, Virginia
On a particularly cold night, a snowball fight resulted in this.
The Boston Massacre
Although technically treasonous, this highly secretive but important meeting in Philadelphia during the hot summer of 1787 established the government system we know today.
The Constitutional Convention
Considered the father of the American Industrial Revolution, he memorized technological blueprints for machinery he saw in England and brought it to the United States in the late 1700s.
Samuel Slater
With 23,000 casualties, this became the bloodies single day battle in the Civil War.
Antietam
The economy of the Southern Colonies was largely based on this.
Agriculture/Farming
Famous saying for the opening shots fired at the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
"The shot heard round the world"
Though added later, these first Amendments to the Constitution proved to be some of the most important.
The Bill of Rights
A growing demand for more workers at lower wages, this became a significant problem during the early Industrial Revolution.
Child Labor
General Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan was jokingly referred to in a famous 1861 political cartoon as this.
Scott's Great Snake
This religious group, led by William Penn, founded Pennsylvania Colony in 1681
Published in 1776, this famous pamphlet written by Thomas Paine made an argument for American independence in plain and simple language.
Threatening to tear the convention apart, this debate over state representation in the Federal Government was famously solved by this last minute solution.
The Great Compromise OR the Connecticut Compromise
A significant period in US history, this turn of the 19th century event inspired many reform era movements, including emancipation and equal rights, well into the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Second Great Awakening
Marking the end of Reconstruction in the South, the plan for Radical Reconstruction had largely failed with this.
The Compromise of 1877