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Final exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did people get to the Americans | Land bridge |
| Prior to Columbus who was first the americas | Scandinavians |
| Major cause of mass promulgation reduction in the americas | disease |
| Encomienda system | forced labor for native people In exchange for education |
| Chanapes | floating gardens |
| Which native tried is located in Illinois | Cahokia tribe |
| Pueblo | a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern united sates |
| Aztech | Mexico City |
| Inca | peru |
| Tenochtitlan | Aztec capital city |
| Cause of exploration | advance in navel technology |
| Portuguese ships | carvels |
| What part Spanish exploration resulted in a devastating blow to the economy | influx of gold and silver |
| Why was the Pueblo revolt significant | 1. Only successful Indian revolt against European Invaders. 2. Pueblos culture still intact today. 3. Pueblo villagers are still there today. |
| Maryland | catholic colony |
| What was the first perminet British colony in the Americas | James town |
| Plymouth Rock was settled by | pilgrims |
| Boston | puritans |
| Pensilvany | Quaker’s |
| The use of joint stock company’s | A company made up of a group of shareholders each shareholder contributes some money to the company and receives some share of the company’s profits and debts. |
| British shift form taboo to sugar and why | Competition from higher quality |
| Mercantilism and the purpose | To ensure that a country had more exports then imports |
| Middle passage | A voyage that brought enslave Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North American and the West Indies |
| Why did spain want to colonize | religious conversion |
| The great awakening | A religious movment that swept through the colonies |
| The new light clergy | Colonial clergy who called for religious revivals and emphasized the emotional aspects of spiritual commitment. The New Lights were leaders in the Great Awakening. |
| George Whitefield | Credited with starting the Great Awakening, also a leader of the "New Lights." |
| France colonized much of | the Great Lakes |
| Had large suger plantations | England |
| Spain use native population for | Slavery |
| First to settle in New York was | Dutch |
| The main cause of conflict between British and the Americans | the British government's attempts to impose taxes on the colonies without their representation in Parliament |
| Impressment British | a practice by the British Royal Navy to forcibly recruit sailors into the navy |
| Quartering | Housing and feeding British soldiers |
| Major of the colonist | did not seek independence form Britain |
| British treatment of the colonist | the colonies saw them self as separate |
| Benign neglect | English policy of leaving colonies alone as long as they were making money --> colonists became more independent and gained experience in self-government |
| French and India war in America was known was what in eruption | 7 years war |
| British prime minister who try’s to regain control on the colonies | gorge Grenville |
| Currency act | prohibited colonies from issuing paper money, destabilized colonial economy |
| Key outcome of the French and India war | Great Britain gained control of nearly all French territory in North America, including Canada |
| Did John Adam’s defend British troops | yes |
| Cause and effect of Boston tea party | Prompted passage of the Intolerable Acts, including the Boston Port Act |
| intolerable acts | series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party |
| First shorts of the war | Lexington and conqard |
| Primary out come of the battle of bunker hill | British victory |
| Treaty of paris | Treaty that end the revolutionary war |
| Why is common sense significant | helped sway the Thirteen Colonies toward independence with his persuasive and passionate case for separation from Britain |
| Why did lord Dunmore’s proclamation say | established martial law and offered freedom to slaves who would leave patriotic owners and join the British army |
| Which colony abstained form voting for the declaration of independace | New York |
| Declaration of independence main author | Thomas Jefferson |
| Where does George Washington have to bunker down for the cold winter | Valley Forge |
| Negative outcome of the French alliance | Less people helped in the war |
| Main economic challenge that the new country faced | a weak economy |
| Did the French accept the new us government | Yes, the French did accept and recognize the new U.S. government after the American Revolution, but the process was complex and evolved over time. |
| The north west ordinance | aw passed by the Confederation Congress in 1787 that established a process for organizing and governing the Northwest Territory, which consisted of land acquired by the United States after the Treaty of Paris |
| Article of confederation first attempt at a constitution | first constitution of the United States, adopted by the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary War in 1777 and ratified by the states in 1781 |
| Monroe doctrine | a bold declaration aimed at limiting European influence in the Western Hemisphere and establishing a clear distinction between the Old World (Europe) and the New World (the Americas). |
| Treaty of Ghent | the peace agreement that officially ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. It was signed on December 24, 1814, |
| Missouri compromise | significant piece of legislation passed in 1820 that aimed to resolve tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States, particularly regarding the expansion of slavery |
| Any white male can vote | 1820s and into the 1830s, many states in the United States expanded voting rights to include all white males, regardless of whether they owned property. |
| Reason wooing right expand in the 1820s | democratic ideals, economic changes, and political shifts that led to a broader electorate. As property qualifications were eliminated, more white men (including those without land) were able to vote, and the political system became competitive. |
| Panic of 1819 | widespread economic depression in the United States, and it marked the end of the post-War of 1812 economic boom. The panic was caused byincluding over-speculation in land, the collapse of the banking system, and global economic pressures. |
| Marbury vs Madison | a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review, which gave the judiciary the power to review and potentially invalidate actions by the executive and legislative branches that violate the Constitution. |
| Embargo act of 1807 | a law passed by the United States Congress under President Thomas Jefferson that aimed to address the growing tensions between the U.S. and European powers, particularly Britain and France, during the Napoleonic Wars. |
| election won by eli whitney | |
| Ordinance of nullification | a resolution passed on November 24, 1832, by a convention in South Carolina. It declared that federal tariffs enacted in 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional |
| Was Andrew Jackson for or against the second national bank of n the United States | firmly against the Second Bank of the United States, and his opposition became one of the defining issues of his presidency |
| Adams’s onis treaty | the Transcontinental Treaty or the Florida Purchase Treaty, was a landmark agreement between the United States and Spain signed in 1819. It resolved long-standing territorial disputes and defined the boundaries between Spanish territories and the U.S |
| What is the natural border | Rio Grande River serves as a natural border between the United States and Mexico. |
| Gag rule forced on slavery | series of procedural rules adopted by the United States House of Representatives in the 1830s and 1840s to prevent the discussion of slavery-related petitions. |
| Cherokee nation leader | John Ross |
| Martian van Berron panic of 1817 | a financial crisis that led to a severe economic depression lasting well into the 1840s. Though it occurred shortly after Van Buren took office, its causes were rooted in the policies of his predecessor, |
| Women help William Henry Harrison get elected | Women attended and participated in the Whig Party's rallies, parades, and gatherings. nfluential within their families and communities. distribute campaign materials such as pamphlets, broadsides, and songbooks. |
| William Loyd garrison | founded "The Liberator", an anti-slavery newspaper that became one of the most influential abolitionist publications of its time. In its first issue |