History Identify

Question 0

Mercantilism

Answer 0

• Economic theory whose goal is to build a nations power and wealth
• Must export more than it imports
• Create colonies that could supply raw materials

Question 1

Cash Crop

Answer 1

• Crops produced to sell
• Tobacco, Rice, and Indigo
• Mainly farmed in the South

Question 2

Declaration of Rights and Grievances

Answer 2

• Repeal the 13 acts of Parliament
• Coercive acts are declared illegal
• Violates laws of nature

Question 3

Navigation Acts

Answer 3

• Sell items only to English
• All items are sent to England to be taxed
• All goods are goods are carried on English ships with English crews

Question 4

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 4

• Colonists are not allowed to move west
• Distrust grew between colonists and Britain
• 10,000 troops sent to reinforce

Question 5

Battle of Saratoga

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• British plan to capture Albany
• British were forced to surrender
• French formally entered the war at this point

Question 6

Battle of Yorktown

Answer 6

• Cornwallis was trapped by land and sea
• Last major battle of the war
• Cornwallis was forced to surrender

Question 7

Articles of Confederation

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• First government of the US
• Weak Central Government
• Could not levy taxes as a central government

Question 8

Shays Rebellion

Answer 8

• Daniel Shays was a leader
• Farmers in western Massachusetts rebelled against taxes
• Showed the Articles of Confederation were to weak to handle the situation

Question 9

The Virginia Plan

Answer 9

• Strong national government
• Number of representatives was proportional to the population
• Favored by large states hated by small states

Question 10

The New Jersey Plan

Answer 10

• Single house for government
• Each state has one vote
• Favored by small states and hated by large states

Question 11

Great Compromise

Answer 11

• A 2 house legislature
• Senate had equal representation
• House of representatives proportional to population

Question 12

3/5th Compromise

Answer 12

• Dealt with the issue of slavery
• Southern States wanted more seats in Congress
• A slave would be counted as 3/5th of a person

Question 13

Checks and Balances

Answer 13

• Constitution is a system of Checks and Balances
• Each branch of government limits the other
• No single branch is more powerful than another

Question 14

Bill of Rights

Answer 14

• Protect individual freedoms
• Needed it in order to pas the Constitiution
• Was the first 10 changes to the constitution