List Geographic characteristics of the New England area?

Short Growing season, Rocky soil, Cold Climate

Characteristics of a representative government: Assemblies, voting, elections representatives

Assemblies, voting, elections representatives

Reasons for a representative government: Keep order, distance from England

Keep order, distance from England

Early forms of colonial representative government:

Virginia House of Burgess, Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Order of Connecticut

What was the first written constitution during the colonial era (1639)?

Fundamental Order of Connecticut

What led to the development of the plantation system in the Americas? Options: Climate, resources and geography, labor needed; Fish, Fur & Timber; Grains and Metals; Tobacco, Rice and Indigo

Climate, resources and geography, labor needed

England getting wealthy from the resource of the colonies

What was a result of the French and Indian War?

It led to British taxing the colonists.

How did the Proclamation of 1763 cause tension with the colonists?

It denied colonists access past the Appalachian Mts.

English taxes or restrictions placed on the colonists

Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Act, Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts

What does "No Taxation without Representation" mean?

Britain taxed colonists without their consent

What was the purpose of Common Sense?

Detailed why colonists should break away from England

What happened at the Boston Massacre?

Redcoats killed 5 unarmed colonists (Crispus Attucks)

What were the Intolerable Acts?

Closed Boston Harbor, banned assemblies, forced quartering

Grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence?

Taxation without representation, quartering, no trial by jury, King had absolute power

Requirements of the Treaty of Paris?

England had to recognize the US; Gained land to the MS River; Fishing rights off the coast of Newfoundland

Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness

Reasons the Articles of Confederation had to be repealed: Each state had one representative, no federal branches, states had the power to tax, James Madison, John Jay & Alexander Hamilton, Large and Small states agreement over representation, Small state plan proposed equal representation among all states.

Each state had one representative, no federal branches, states had the power to tax

Describe a Federalist:

Supported a strong central Government & a new constitution

James Madison, John Jay & Alexander Hamilton

Main Anti-Federalists: James Madison, John Jay & Alexander Hamilton or Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry & George Mason supported a Bill of Rights?

Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry & George Mason supported a Bill of Rights

Describe an Anti-Federalist:

Supported a Bill of Rights and states rights

What happened in 1787 (Phili): Created the modern Constitution, Cheese Steak Created, Boston Tea Party, Lexington and Concord

Created the modern Constitution

What was the Great Compromise?

Large and Small states agreement over representation

What was the Virginia Plan?

Large state plan proposed representation based on population

What was the 3/5th Compromise?

Slaves counted as 3/5th’s of the population

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Reasons for European Exploration: Adventure, free land, Religious Freedom

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Adventure, free land, Religious Freedom

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Main reasons for Spanish Exploration

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Spread Catholicism & search for riches

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Main reason for French exploration:

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Fur trade

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When was the 1st English settlement established?

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Jamestown 1607 John Smith

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New England Religious Colonies: Florida, Georgia; New England, Middle, Southern; Maryland, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts; New York, Carolinas

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Maryland, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts

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Which Colony was established as a refuge of debtors?

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Georgia

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What caused economic differences in the colonies?

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Geography

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