Regents

Question 1

Bartolome de Las Casas

Answer 1

Dominican priest who spoke out against mistreatment of Native Americans

Question 2

Mayflower Compact

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the first agreement for self-government in America.

Question 3

Virginia House of Burgesses

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The first representative assembly in the new world. Created due to distance between Great Britain and the colonies.

Question 4

13 Colonies- New England

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Rocky Soil, Harbors, Abundant Forests MA-NH-RI-CT

Question 5

13 Colonies- Middle Colonies

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Fertile Soil but small farms, Harbors NY-NJ-PA-DE

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13 Colonies- Southern Colonies

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Very Fertile Soil, Long Growing Season, Plantation Economy MD- VA-NC-SC-GA

Question 7

Appalachian Mountains

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Natural boundary for the 13 colonies, Proclamation Line of 1763

Question 8

Indentured Servants

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Poorer Europeans signed a contract for work in exchange for passage to North America. (appx 7 years)

Question 9

Mercantilism

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Colonies must trade with the mother country

Question 10

Salutary Neglect

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Colonies are given more flexibility and self-government decisions

Question 11

Middle Passage

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African slave forced journey to the Americas

Question 12

French and Indian War

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War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.

Question 13

Stamp Act

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law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.

Question 14

Intolerable Acts

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series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party

Question 15

Thomas Paine, Common Sense

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Common Sense was pamphlet that attacked the British monarchy, calling for American
independence from Britain.

Question 16

Declaration of Independence

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issued by the Second Continental Congress, explaining why the colonies wanted independence from Britain.

Question 17

Articles of Confederation

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1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)

Question 18

Constitutional Convention

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A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution

Question 19

Great Compromise

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was an agreement between large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, VA plan-large states NJ-small states, CT- Great Compromise

Question 20

Three-Fifths Compromise

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Agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes (negated by the 13th amendment)

Question 21

Federalists

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supporters of the Constitution

Question 22

Bill of Rights

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The first ten amendments to the Constitution

Question 23

Federalist Papers

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Written by Hamilton, Jay, & Madison to support ratification of the U.S. Constitution

Question 24

Popular Sovereignty

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A government in which the people rule by their own consent.

Question 25

Elastic Clause

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the part of the Constitution that permits Congress to make any laws “necessary and proper” to carrying out its powers

Question 26

Electoral College

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A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president

Question 27

Alexander Hamilton

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First Secretary of the Treasury. He advocated creation of a national bank, assumption of state debts by the federal government, and a tariff system to pay off the national debt.

Question 28

Hamilton’s Financial Plan

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Pay off all war debts, raise government revenues, create a national bank

Question 29

Thomas Jefferson

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Wrote the Declaration of Independence, 3rd president; Louisiana Purchase

Question 30

Whiskey Rebellion

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farmers in Pennsylvania rebelled against Hamilton’s excise tax on whiskey

Question 31

War of 1812

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between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France.

Question 32

Impressment

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British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into military service

Question 33

XYZ Affair

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French officials presented American diplomats with a demand for bribes over impressment

Question 34

Monroe Doctrine

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A statement that Europe should not interfere in affairs within the United States