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Unit one note cards 36 note cards
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New England colonies shipping and trade Religious puritans New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
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Middle Colonies Livestock and hunting Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
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Southern Colonies Farming, plantations Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
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Jamestown Virginia John smith Established for money First successful colony
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Mercantilism Trading more then you import (selling more then you buy)
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Middle passage Slave route took to get to America Part of the triangle trade route
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Triangular trade route Trade between America, Britain, and Africa
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Bacons rebellion Nathanial Bacon lead a group of farmers against the royal government First uprising against Britain
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joint stock colonies (make these 3 one note card) ran by company and its stock holders
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proprietary/royal Ran by Britain
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self-governing Ran by the people who lived there
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Magna carta Created a parliament in Britain and said the king was not above the law (rule of law) blue print for our government
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House of Burgesses First form of government in the colonies Jamestown
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Mayflower compact Form of government made by the pilgrims
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Fundamental orders of Connecticut First constitution Oldest constitution
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French and Indian war (7 years war) 1754-1763 Between Britain and France Colonist fought with Britain Britain won War lead to more taxes to pay for the war a lot of taxes were put on the colonist
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Stamp act First tax that colonist got upset about Direct tax (paid directly to brittan) Replaced with the declaratory act after protest Lead to the creation of the stamp act congress “no taxation with out representation
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Sons of Liberty Created because of the stamp act Samuel Adams Shows colonist unity
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Intolerable acts/coercive act Created after the Boston tea party to punish colonist Closed Boston harbor Martial law Quartering Last straw for colonist
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Albany plan of union Created by Ben Franklin Join or die Unity among colonies
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common sense Written by Thomas Paine’s Told colonist it was “common sense” to break free from Britain
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Treaty of Paris, 1783 Ended the revolutionary war
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Shays rebellion Rebellion against the United States government Showed weakness of articles of confederation
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Virginia plan Created by James Madison 3 branches of government Representation based on Population House of Representatives
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New Jersey plan Made by William Patterson 3 branches of government Representation should be equal for all states Senate
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Great Compromise Brought the NJ plan and Virginia plan together Roger Sherman Connecticut plan
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Three fifths compromise Slaves will count as 3/5 of a person for states population If you have 5 slaves you can count 3 towards population
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Federalist Alexander Hamilton Strong central government North Factories Loose interpretation of the constitution
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Anti-Federalist Thomas Jefferson Week central government South Farming Strict interpretation
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Loose interpretation If it doesn’t say you cant do it then you can do it Federalist
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Strict interpretation If it doesn’t say you can do it then you cant do it Anti-Federalist
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Theocracy Government ruled by religion
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Dictatorship/Totalitarianism Ruled by one Taken by force
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Democracy Each citizen has an equal voice in the government
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Federalism Two forms of government working together State Federal
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Democratic republic What we have We elect people to speak for us
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