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US History
Unit One
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 3 main regions | Northern, mid-atlantic, southern |
| Subsistence farming, fishing, ship building | Northern economy |
| Most religious diversity | Mid-atlantic colonies |
| Why England wanted to expand into the 13 colonies | Resources |
| Cash crops (tobacco and rice) | Southern colonies |
| Natural harbors (area for trade) | New England colonies |
| Servants who worked to come to colonies | Indentured servants |
| Oats and grains | Mid-atlantic colonies |
| Came to the colonies for religious freedom | Pilgrims |
| "A city upon a hill" | Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| Allowed freedom of worship to all Christian settlers | Act of toleration |
| What did the south have to do as they expanded their cash crops? | Purchase more slaves |
| An extremely big example of democracy in the MA Bay Colony area | Town hall meetings |
| Rejected religious diversity | Puritans |
| Belief that a gov't can make a country more prosperous by regulating trade | Mercantilism |
| As slavery became a bigger deal in the south what happened to the social hierarchy? | Became more defined |
| Who were politics dominated by? | Wealthy men |
| Established idea of limited gov't | Magna Carta |
| Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, and town meetings | Led to self gov't |
| Made to keep the American colonies obedient to England | Salutary neglect |
| Led to end of salutary neglect and for the colonists to pay more taxes | French and Indian war |
| Response to Stamp Act | Stamp Act Congress |
| Said they didnt think they should be taxed bc "No taxation w/o representation" | Stamp Act Congress |
| Response to Boston Tea Party | Intolerable Acts |
| Led to 1st Continental Congress | Intolerable Acts |
| First fighting between Minute Men and the British | Lexington and Concord |
| John Locke | philosopher |
| Main principle of Dec. of Independence | Gov't exists bc of the permission of the governed |
| Cornwallis surrendered | Yorktown |
| What should people do if their gov't is not doing them right? | Abolish or overthrow it |
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