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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who were the first Americans? | Hunters in pursuit of food. |
| Where did the first Americans migrate across? | Land bridge bergina that connects North America and Asia. |
| What development caused Americans to settle in homes? | Farming |
| Where did Iroquois live and what did the use as shelter? | Long houses and canoes and they lived in eastern woodlands. |
| Where did Great plains live, who did they hunt and what did they live in? | They were nomads who ate buffalo and lived temporarily in teepees. |
| Where did the Southwestern tribes live and how did they adapt? | They lived in the desert and build irrigation systems and mud brick adobes. |
| Who were advanced civilizations of central and south America? | Aztecs, Mayons and Incas. |
| What did Spanish conquistadors come in pursuit of and what was this a form of? | God, gold and glory, and european exploration . |
| What passage dd France and England sought and what was this a form of? | Northwest passage and European exploration. |
| What was the Colombian exchange? | The columbian exchange was the trade of plants animals and diseases between the old world and new world. |
| What is the old world? | Europe |
| What is the new world? | North and South America |
| As native American population decreased.. | European population increased |
| What disease did many natives die from? | Small pox. |
| What were the effects of european exploration on the new world? | Disese, population changes, Trade and new animals. |
| Where were the 13 English colonies located? | Along the Atlantic coast |
| Why were the colonies started? | wealth and religious freedom |
| What was the first permentant English settlement | Jamestown |
| What year was Jamestown formed | 1607 |
| what did jamestown become | Virgina |
| Why was Jamestown settled? | wealth and to plant "cash crops" like tobbaco. |
| Who was the leader of Jamestown? | John smith |
| Why was John smith such a good leader? | His strict rules made everyone work and help the colony survive. |
| What was an indentured servant? | Someone who would work for 3-5 years in exchange for a passage to the new world (freedom and lan) |
| what was a slave? | Brought to south for labor, worked for little money, not freed. |
| when was Plymouth formed and for what? | 1620 and religious freedom |
| what will Plymouth become? | Massachusetts |
| What did the pilgrims (separatists and puritans) seek? | religious freedom. |
| What did settlers sign that promised democracy and made them work togtehr to benefit the common good? | Mayflower compact |
| What is mercantilism? | The belief that colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country by providing raw materials and a market for finished products |
| What would the colonies give or trade to the mother country? | Gold, silver, fur, lumber, food stuffs. |
| What would the mother country give or trade to the colonies? | Manufactured goods. |
| What was triangular trade? | New England would give rum and goods to africa, Africa would bring slaves to the south and the south would give New England sugar. |
| What is the middle passage? | The cruel, harsh journey of slaves being transported from America to the west indies/ the Americas. |
| What was another way to call triangleular trade. | (slaves-mollases-rum) |
| What is an adjective to describe middle colonies and what was a nickname? | Diverse; they were called the breadbasket colonies. |
| What were the middle colonies known for? | Religious tolerance |
| What was the southern colonies like? | Large plantations with slaves. they grew cash crops like tobacco and cotton. |
| Why did we fight against France? | The right to own the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys. |
| What is the Albany plan of union and who presented it? | The idea by Ben franklin that the colonies must unite as one government to better organize and defend themselves against french. "Join or die" |
| What treaty ended the french and Indian war? | Treaty of Parus 1763, france lost control of their land in north America. |
| What did britan do to pay for the war? | Place taxes on the colonists |
| What forbid colonists from settling west of the applancian mountains? | proclamation of 1763 |
| What were some of the British taxes | Stamp act, sugars act, Townshend act, tea act. |
| Why did colonists find the taxes unfair | they had no representation in parliment. |
| What happened during the Boston tea party | Patriot group, sons of liberty, led by Samuel Adams threw tea in the harbor to protest tax. |
| What was colonial resistance | colonists boycotted products from England. |
| What was a patriot? | Someone who wanted to break away from England. |
| what was a loyalist? | Someone who wanted to stay with England |
| What did common sense by Thomas Paine do? | It helped persuade Americans to support independence. |
| What was the declaration of independence? | Drafted by Thomas jefferson, colonists said why they were separating and said they had a right to abolish or overthrow and unfair government |
| What hellped US win the revolutionalry war? | We didn't have as many resources weapons or soldiers, but our motivation and leadership by george Washington helped us greatly. |
| What began the important events? | Battle of Lexington. |
| What battle was the turning point? | Battle of Saratoga |
| What battle and year did British surrender? | Yorktown, 1781. |
| What treaty ended the revolution? | Treaty of Paris. It also helped gb recognize independence. |
| What was Americas first form of government after the revolution? | Articles of confederation. |
| What was the problem with the articles? | The federal government was too weak and couldn't solve any of the young country's problems. |
| What was the constuntial convention? | 1787, meeting in Philadelphia which made the constitutuion. |
| What was the new Jersey plan? | Small states wanted equal representation |
| What was the Virginia plan? | Larger states wanted it to be population based so they'd get more representation. |
| Who did federalists support? | A strong federal government |
| What did anti-federalists support? | A strong state government and wanted individual rights protected by a bill of rights. |
| What does legislative executive and judical do? | Legislative (congress) makes the laws Executive (President, vice president and cabinet) enforces laws and acts as commander in chief of military Judical judjes and interprets laws |
| What are some of the checks and balances the government has? | Legislative- can override a presidents veto and impeach judges executive- can veto a law passed by congress and chooses judges judicial- declare acts unconstitutional |
| What is federalism | Power shared between national and state governments. |
| What can only the national government do? | Coin money, declare war, establish post offices |
| What can only state governments do? | Control education, marriage and driving laws |
| What are our goverments shared powers? | Both collect taxes, borrow money and establish courts |
| what was George Washington | 1st. president "father of our country" |
| What were precedents George Washington set? | only served two terms, created a cabinet, avoided war. |
| What was the whisky rebellion and what did it prove? | It proved the government was able to enforce laws and was when a group of farmers were taxed on the extra grain that they were turning into whisky. they felt it was against their rights bc they were taxing them on stuff that wasn't sold . |
| What was Hamilton's financial plan? | Pay back all debt, get good credit, place high tariffs on forenginn goods to encourage American products, made a bank |
| what was the proclamation of neutrality | Washington urged the nation to avoid getting involved in wars. |
| Who was John Addams | the second presidnt, former vice president. |
| What was the xyz | attempt by France to bribe us. war was avoided |
| What was the louisiana purchase? | doubled the size of the US |
| What was the outcome of the war of 1812 | a sense of nationalism |
| What happened at the battle of fort mchenery | inspired franses Scott key to write the star spangled banner |
| What caused the war of 1812 | Britian interfered with us sailors and blocked trade. they refused to remove soldiers from nw territory. War hawks supported war and invaded Canada. |
| What was the erie canal | connected great lakes ot the Hudson river . made more population and money in New York. they were more efficient |
| industrial revolution | machine made products replaced hand made. factories expand causing cities to grow. average citizen can afford product. |
| Who were eli whitney and cotton gin? | intervention to remove seeds from cotton heads to decrease need for slavery |
| What is the Missouri compromise | plan by Henry clay to create a balance between slave states (southern) and free states (northern) in Congress. |
| who was old hickory | the first president who didnt come from a wealthy background. Andrew Jackson his enimes thought he abused power |
| What was the spoils system | gave government jobs to friends and supporters. |
| What was the trail of tears | forced migration of the Cherokee from Georgia to west of mississippi river. |
| What does manifest destiny mean? | Belief that America should expand west. |
| What was the mexican war | fight over boundaries gave us the Mexican session |
| What was a pioneer | settlers who moved west for adventure. |
| Oregon trail? | trail used by pioneers. many died from crossing rivers, mountians, bad weather and siease |
| What was the California gold rush | 49ers fled to California for gold. few became rich, but settled for buisness. |
| Who and what was womens rights | Elizabeth Cady Stanton and luceretia mott- secena falls convention in NY. |
| who and what did William Lloyd garrison do? | started and anti-slavery newspaper for abolition. |
| who wrote articles books and gave speeches about slavery | Frederick Douglass Joe Josiah Henson and sojourner truth they may be speeches about their experience of the slaves. |
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