Colonization
Why were the Southern colonies established?
What is to grow cash crops
What event would the phrase "No Taxation without representation" come from?
What is the Stamp Act?
What is the name of important document drafted by the 3rd president of the US, and what was his name?
What is the Declaration of Independence and who is Thomas Jefferson
What is Manifest Destiny?
What is the belief that America should spread from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean
What was an effect of the Great Awakening?
What is colonists felt a greater sense of unity or colonists broke away with state church
The French and Indian War left Britain with large amounts of debt. They decided to tax the colonies in order to repay this debt. Name the tax and what they taxed.
What is Stamp Act (written material)
Who was the first president and what were 2 of his precendents?
Who is George Washington
Presidential cabinet, farewell address, state of the union address, peaceful transfer of power, 2 term limit, foreign policy of neutrality
What was the 3/5 Compromise?
What is a compromise to help Southern States gain more representation by counting slaves as a fraction of a person
What was the name of the last leg of the Triangular Trade journey that was used to transfer enslaved Africans to the Americas?
What is the Middle Passage.
When colonists began to get upset about the taxes, they began to protest. These protests led to the British passing further acts to punish the colonists. Name 1 of these Acts and what it did.
What is Quartering Act (forced colonists to house British soldiers), Coercive Acts (banned town meetings, closed the Boston Harbor, extended the territory of Canada.
What was one of the main arguments that led to the Great Compromise?
What is Representation. Equal representation was supported by the small states and representation based on population was supported by the larger states.
The war of 1812 occurred when the American colonies were continuously attacked at sea during the European war. What was the main impact of this war on the American colonies and who was president during this war?
What is provided the colonists with a sense of patriotism or nationalism & who is James Madison
What battle was the turning point of the American Revolution?
What is the Battle of Saratoga.
What was the time period that colonists were left alone to self govern?
What is Salutary Neglect.
What foreign policy written by the 5th president of the US, will prohibit Europe from interfering in the Western Hemisphere?
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
What invention will lead to an increase in slavery?
What is the cotton gin?
What is mercantilism?
What is an economic policy in which the mother country creates colonies to help build its wealth
What is the name of the final battle of the American Revolution?
What is Yorktown?
What is the name of the document that currently sets up our government and what was added to please the Anti Federalists?
What is the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
3 part question
What was the name of the act that forced the removal of Native Americans from their land and what was the name of the event that forced movement of the Cherokee people from their land and who was the president who signed this act?
What is the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears and who is Andrew Jackson
What is was the difference between Shay's Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion?
Shay's Rebellion happened under the Articles of Confederation, which lacked an Executive branch to enforce the law.