Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
History Finals
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the triangular trade route | It's how European ships moved goods and people between Europe, Africa, and the Americas |
| What was transported between the Americas and Europe in the triangular trade route | Sugar, cotton and rum |
| What was transported between Europe and Africa in the triangular trade route | Pots, pans, guns, alcohol and horses |
| What was transported between Africa and the Americas in the triangular trade route | Slaves |
| What was the trade rout between the Americas and Africa called | The middle passage |
| When did the English arrive at Jamestown | May, 1607 |
| What was the first permanent English colony | Jamestown |
| Who was taken to Jamestown | Men and boys *TRIGGERED* |
| Why was the location of Jamestown so good | It was smart, militarily speaking |
| Did they find tobacco in Jamestown | Yes |
| Who wrote the mayflower compact | William Brewster |
| What is the mayflower compact | It's the first governing document in America. It's the establishment of a democratic society |
| What did the pilgrims want | Peace |
| What part of the pilgrims did brutal things | Separatists |
| How were puritans different from separatists | Puritans weren't needy |
| What did the pilgrims want from the Indians | Land to build more towns and houses |
| Did the pilgrims or the Wampanoag dominate in culture | The pilgrims |
| Who tried to spread Christianity to the Wampanoag | The pilgrims |
| Who was Martin Luther | A religious reformer |
| When were the Salem Witch Trials | 1692 |
| How many people were accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials | Over 150 |
| How many people were hung in the Salem witch trials | 19 |
| The French and Indian war was George Washington's ___ war | 1st |
| Who was in the French and Indian war | British and Indians French and Indians |
| Why did the French and Indian war start | To figure out who owned the Ohio river valley |
| Why were the French in the Americas | To fur trade |
| Why are the English in the Americas | To grow cash crops |
| Did the French or the English have the better relationship with Indians | French |
| Were there more French or English in the French and Indian war | English |
| Who realized making a fort at the forks of the Ohio river valley was smart | George Washington |
| What battle did Washington fight in during the French and Indian war | Battle of monongahela |
| Who commanded the VA Regiment | George Washington |
| How did Washington start the Seven Years' War | By signing a French confession |
| Who created the Albany Plan of Union | Benjamin Franklin |
| What was the Albany Plan of Union created for | To create a unified government to defend from the French |
| Who was William Pitl | The British Secretary of State |
| What did William pitl want to do no matter what | He wanted to defeat France in America and Europe |
| What did William pitl lead the British to do to the American colonists | He lead Britain to tax the American colonists |
| Who was General Braddock | The commander of all British troops in North America |
| How did Braddock's fighting style do | It failed in North America |
| How did Braddock die | During the. Battle of monongahela |
| What did marquis de Montcalm do | He commanded all French forces in North America |
| How did marquis de Montcalm die | In the battle of Quebec |
| What was Colonial James Wolfe's goal | To capture Quebec |
| How did Colonial James Wolfe die | In the battle of Quebec |
| Who won the battle of Quebec and the French and Indian war | The British |
| Why did King George issue the Proclamation of 1763 | To keep colonists from moving onto lands reserved for the Indians west of the Appalachian mountains |
| How many troops were placed in the colonies to enforce the Proclamation of 1763 | 10,000 |
| What was the sugar act | A tax on all sugar imported into the colonies |
| What kind of tax was the sugar act | A tax on trade, not a tax affecting each colonist |
| What was the quartering act | It required some colonies to house and feed British soldiers in barracks or public places |
| What was the first direct tax | The stamp act |
| What was the stamp tax | It required all paper products have a stamp showing the owner paid the tax |
| Which act got repealed in 1766 | The stamp act |
| Who was Samuel Adams | He was the leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty |
| What did john Adams do | He defended the British soldiers and won in the Boston massacre |
| What were the first battles of the American revolution | The battles of Lexington and concord |
| What were the results of the battles of Lexington and concord | The 2nd continental congress decided to form the continental army where George Washington would be the commanding general and they authorized printing paper money |
| What was the olive branch petition | A last effort by the 2nd continental congress to make peace with king George iii |
| Who drafted the olive branch petition | John Dickinson |
| What did Alexander Hamilton do | He joined the continental army, became Washington's secretary, a delegate to the Philadelphia convention |
| What was Hamilton's goal | To get The US out of debt and financially stable |
| What did Hamilton create | Customs offices, lighthouses, coast guards, government budget system and the US central bank |
| Who won the war of 1812 | Both sides claimed victory |
| Who was appointed to serve under Washington at his home | Aaron Burr |
| Who was the first president to almost get assassinated | Andrew Jackson |
| What did Andrew Jackson start leading to the death of over 20,000 Indians | The Trail of Tears |
| When was the constitution written | 1787 |
| When was the Declaration of Independence signed | 1776 |
| What did the Virginia plan propose | It proposed a strong central government composed of three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial |
| What did the great compromise propose | It proposed that every state was given equal representation in one house of Congress, and proportional representation in the other |
| What happened to the Roanoke colony | No one knows |
| What is a militia | a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency. |
| What were big reform movements in the 1800s | Women's rights, child labor and abolition of slavery |
| What is Valley forge | The military where the American Continental Army spent the winter during the American Revolutionary War. |
| What is the thee-fifths compromise | It says that slaves will count for 3/5 of the population |
| Who wrote common sense | Thomas Paine |
| How did Texas gain their independence from Mexico | Houston's army won a battle against at San Jacinto |
| What is the highest judicial court in a country or state. | The Supreme Court |
| Why did the southern states' secession happen | Because they wanted to keep slavery |
| What was the southern states' main export | Cotton |
| Why were the sons of liberty created | to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government |
| What does slavery cause | Attitudes of slave owners |
| What was the result of Shay's rebellion | The Rebellion was crushed |
| What is a privateer | an armed ship owned by private individuals holding a government commission and authorized for use in war |
| What was prince Henry the navigator paid to do | To find a route around Africa to Asia |
| What happened after Pontiac's rebellion | Portage around Niagara Falls ceded by Senecas to the British |
| Who was Pocahontas | A Powhatan woman involved with Jamestown |
| What did Pizarro do | He led an expedition that conquered the Inca Empire |
| Who was Marquis de Lafayette | He was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War |
| Who were the loyalists | The Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War |
| What is the legislative branch | It is made up of the two houses of Congress. It males laws |
| Who were the leaders of the corp of discovery | Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark |
| What is judicial review | review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act. |
| What is the judicial branch | It is in charge of deciding the meaning of laws |
| Who was john Paul jones | He was the first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War |
| Who was john brown | John Brown was an American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States |
| Who was James madison | Our 4th president |
| What is an indentured servant | A person under contract to work for another person for a definite period of time |
| What's a hessian | the term given to the 18th century German auxiliaries contracted for military service by the British government |
| Who was Harriet Tubman | an abolitionist, humanitarian, and an armed scout and spy |
| Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe | An abolitionist and author who wrote tom's cabin |
| What was the great awakening | a movement among Protestant Christians who were reacting to a number of religious conditions in the colonies |
| Who was Fredrick Douglass | Someone who escaped slavery and told his tale |
| Who were the federalist | People who support a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority |
| What is the federalist papers | a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution |
| What's a federal system | a system that divides up power between a strong national government and smaller local governments |
| What is the executive branch | It is vested in the President of the United States |
| Who was Ethan Allen | He was one of the founders of Vermont |
| Who was the donner party | It was a group of American pioneers led by George Donner and James F. Reed who set out for California in a wagon train |
| What does secede mean | withdraw formally from membership in a federal union |
| What did Cortes do | He led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire |
| What was the confederate states of America | It was a self-proclaimed nation of 11 secessionist slave-holding states of the United States |
| What is a conquistador | a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century. |
| What is the bill of rights | The first 10 amendments to the Constitution |
| Who was Benedict Arnold | He was a general during the American Revolutionary War who originally fought for the American Continental Army but defected to the British Army |
| Who wrote the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| Who wrote the star spangled banner | John Stafford Smith |
| What were the articles of confederation | the first constitution of the United States |
| What is an anti federalist | a person who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1789 |
| Who was Abraham Lincoln | He was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President |
| What was an abolitionist | a person who favors the abolition of a practice of slavery |
Created by:
MasterMogolini
Popular History sets