Transcript Document 7180485

Early
Colonial
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Colonial
Labor & Trade
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The
The US
Am. Rev. Constitution
Miscellaneous
The southern colonies
economically relied on ___
mostly.
agriculture
The early French colonies
economies were based mainly on?
The fur trade
What was the main reason Great
Britain formed colonies in North
America?
To enrich the mother country
(mercantilism)
The first elected representative body
in North America was formed in
Virginia in 1619. This early form of
participatory government was known
as the ___?
The House of Burgesses
Pennsylvania was an example of a
___ colony. (What type of charter
did it have?)
Proprietary
This event convinced many
colonists in the South to move
from using indentured servants to
a less politically dangerous form of
labor.
Bacon’s Rebellion
Indentured servants generally
served for this many years?
4-7 years
While southerners utilized slave
labor on plantations and for
farming, New Englanders’ main
role in slavery was?
Transporting/Shipping (trade)
Duties placed on imported goods
such as glass, lead, paint were part
of the ___ Acts.
Townshend
In 1651 Parliament passed the first
in a series of measures designed to
tighten control of colonial trade.
These laws were the?
Navigation Acts
The document that stated that
people have the right to rise up
against unjust governments was?
Declaration of Independence
At the beginning of the American
Revolution what part (fraction) of
the American people supported the
war?
1/3
What type of warfare used by
George Washington allowed his
underdog army to win?
Guerrilla warfare (ex. hit and run
ambushes)
What battle was important in the
American Revolution because it
convinced the French the
Americans could win?
Battle of Saratoga
The American victory (with the
help of the French army and navy)
that ended the American
Revolution was?
The Battle of Yorktown
What was the
document/government that was
created before the Constitution?
Articles of Confederation
This solved the disagreement over
representation between large (VA)
and small (NJ) states.
The Great Compromise
(Connecticut Compromise)
In the Constitution the founders
compromised on how to count
slaves for representation. What
fraction of a person were slaves
counted as?
3/5
Supporters of the Constitution
were known as? They became one
of the first political parties in the
US.
Federalists
There are three branches of the
federal government under the
Constitution. Which one has the
main responsibility for creating
laws?
Legislative branch
The peaceful transfer of power
from Federalists to DemocraticRepublicans happened after this
election? Jefferson called it a
“revolution”.
Election of 1800
Napoleon made this deal with the
United States to raise money to fight
Great Britain? It doubled the size of
the United States in the process.
Louisiana Purchase
The “Second War of Independence”
refers to?
The War of 1812
Who called the Massachusetts Bay
Colony a “city upon a hill”?
John Winthrop
This system provided land to
colonists who paid for the passage
to Virginia for other settlers?
(hint: not indentured servitude)
Headright System