Main Ideas

Question 0

Saluatory neglect

Answer 0

England didn’t pay attention to colonies besides trade cause them to see that they could be independent

Question 1

Jamestown

Answer 1

Created so colonist could start their own lives were very harsh conditions didn’t have any supplies or people

Question 2

Mercantilism

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Export more than import get as much gold as possible

Question 3

Navigation acts

Answer 3

1651 couldn’t trade and less English ships were used three fourths of the ships workers had to be English colonies could export certain products only to England God said to be passed through an English port colonist didn’t like it so they smuggled or traded illegally

Question 4

Bacons rebellion

Answer 4

When his army was declared illegal September 1676 was violent started because Gov. Berkley wouldn’t support poor colonist

Question 5

Commonsense

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50 page pamphlet by Thomas Paine attacking King George the third wrote about how it’s time for the colonies to be independent everyone in the colonies had one

Question 6

Middle passage

Answer 6

Voyage that brought Africans to the west Indies and then North America

Question 7

French and Indian war

Answer 7

Actually between Britain and France for control of North America war ended in 1763 from treaty of Paris Britain got land east of Mississippi river and Florida Spain got French lands west of Mississippi including New Orleans France got small islands

Question 8

How did John Locke’s ideas influenced the declaration of independence

Answer 8

Jefferson row about natural rights life liberty and the pursuit of happiness talked about how everyone had a equal chance at life liberty and happiness

Question 9

Shays rebellion

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Farmer rebellion

Question 10

Great compromise

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Two houses to make smaller states happy

Question 11

Checks and balances

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System created to prevent one branch from dominating the others

Question 12

Anti-Federalist

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People that didn’t support the constitution Patrick Henry Samuel Adams Richard Henry Lee rural areas supported and large states

Question 13

articles of Confederation

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Small states didn’t want to large dates to have all of the Western land so they wouldn’t approve land ordinance of 1785 and Northwest ordinance of 1787 convinced small states to approve

Question 14

Article of Confederation what the government couldn’t do

Answer 14

Couldn’t tax no control over state or foreign trade

Question 15

Bill of Rights

Answer 15

September 17 8912 amendments submitted first eight amendments are about the rights of the people The ninth and 10th are about limits on the powers of the government made so anti-Federalist approved of constitution