Flashcards Chapter 7: Colonial and Revolutionary America OPERATION PUSH

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Prime Meridian Example

Divides world into hemispheres Zero degrees longitude Example

Christopher Columbus

First European to discover the __________.

Pilgrims & Puritans

Founded the __________ h Colony and the ____________ Bay Colony to practice their __________ without interference from the royal government in England.

Indentured Servant

a colonial landowner paid for their passage, and they promised to __________ on the landowner’s plantation or farm, usually for __________ years.

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Starting in the 1500s- ship captains sailed to west __________ to buy captured Africans and take them across the __________ ocean to the Americas as slaves.

New England

Self-sufficient farms clustered around __________; center of town was a church; sailors shipbuilders, fishermen.

Middle Colonies

__________ was a major occupation; small and large farms; diverse religious beliefs; Quakers located in __________.

Southern Colonies

Chartered companies formed by English nobles; plantations; produced __________, __________, __________ ; labor force indentured servants and __________.

Magna Carta

1215- English king promised not to take away __________ or to imprison his nobles or townspeople excepts according to the laws of the land.

Mayflower Compact

1620-document written by the Pilgrims, established a colonial __________ deriving power from the consent of the governed.

Mercantilism

English trade with the colonies was regulated to benefit the “Mother __________” __________ more than you import

Triangular Trade

Trade primarily between __________, __________, and __________

Stamp Act

British parliament imposed tax on __________, __________, __________

Boston Tea Party

Group of protesters threw tea off a British ship in the __________ __________

Intolerable Acts

__________ government passed these acts and __________ Boston Harbor until tea that was destroyed was __________ for.

Common Sense (Thomas Paine)

Stated that it was ridiculous for the American colonies to be __________by Great Britain.

Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson)

Main ideas were taken from Social Contract written by __________. Primary writer was __________ __________. It gave everyone three rights- __________, __________, and ___________________

July 4, 1776

Second Continental Congress adopted the __________ of __________in Philadelphia on this day.

George Washington

Became commander of __________ army.

“Unalienable Rights”

__________, __________, and __________.

Articles of Confederation

Agreement in 1781 which became the first __________ __________.

Northwest Ordinance

Provided a system for governing the __________ territories.

Constitution

Document outlining the basic __________ and __________ of government.

The Great Compromise (Virginia Plan vs. New Jersey Plan)

Virginia Plan – each state represented according to __________. New Jersey Plan – each state has __________ of representatives. Compromise – Congress split into __________.

Three-fifths Compromise

Three fifths of the __________ population in a state would be counted for __________ and taxation.

Anti-Federalist

Claimed the new constitution made the government ____ __________.

Federalist

Claimed that a __________ __________ was needed to protect against rebellion or foreign attack.

Bill of Rights

Protects individual __________ such as freedom of religion, speech, and freedom of the press.