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US History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did Massachusetts lose its charter and become a royal colony? | the British kind canceled the charter and took over the rest of the colonies |
| What person and religious group settled Pennsylvania ? | Quakers and William pen |
| Why did the french settle in Quebec? | To claim the land and fur trading organization that would even include the Native Americans in the area |
| Economies dominated Southern colonies: | plantations, crops, and tobacco |
| Economies dominated Northern colonies: | churches, illegal trading, and smuggling |
| Define Mercantilism | belief in the benefits of profitable trading |
| Three continents participated in the Trans Atlantic Trade or Triangular trade | Caribbean, African, and north american |
| Significance of the middle passage | ties together trade between Europe, America, Africa, and South America |
| Who was the symbol of social mobility and individualism during the colonial era? | Ben franklin |
| Define Social mobility | movement of individuals, families, and house holds between social strata in a society |
| Significance of the great awakening | spiritual renewal that swept the american colonies |
| What was the stamp act | act of the parliament of great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British america |
| What were the intolerable acts | laws passed by the British parliament to punish Massachusetts colonists for throwing all the tea over board |
| What is taxation without representation | A slogan where the colonists were not allowed to choose representatives to parliament in London, which passed the laws under which they were taxed |
| Who wrote the pamphlet common sense and why? | Thomas Paine, Explained that the people must fight against the unfair ways of king George 3rd and the British parliament |
| Who wrote the declaration of independence and why? | Thomas Jefferson, to serve ties with great Britain |
| Significance of the battle of Yorktown | last major land battle of the american revolutionary way |
| Two results of the treaty of paris | confirmed us independence and set boundaries of the new nation |
| Purpose of the Articles of confederation | established the functions of the US after it declared independence from great Britain |
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