Unit 1 Colonial America

The geography of America most greatly impacts

• Politics

• Economy

• Trade

• Forign Policy

John Locke Believed in

• Natural Rights

• Separation of Power

• Checks & Balances

• Equality between men and women

Baron de Montesquieu believed in

• Natural Rights

• Separation of Power

• Checks & Balances

• Equality between men and women

______________ limits expansion (Proclamation of 1763)

• Appalachian Mountains

• Mississippi River

• New Orleans

• Great Plains

The British benefited from their mercantilist relationship with the American colonies primarily by

• supporting the growth of colonial industries

• prohibiting colonists from fishing and fur trading

• taking large amounts of natural resources from the southern colonies

• buying raw materials from the colonies and selling them finished products

All of the following were causes of the American Revolution, except

• Parliament passing the Stamp Act

• the deteriorating relationship between colonists and British after the French and Indian War

• Britain instituting a policy of salutary neglect

• Parliament taxing colonists without their representation in decisions

a major argument for American independence found in the Declaration of Independence was that the British

• protect people's natural rights

• equalize opportunities for all citizens

• provide for the defense of the nation

• establish a system of free public education

limits on government, natural rights, protect against abuses of federal gov’t, list grievances, consent of the governed

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

Thomas Paine wrote________________ which swayed opinion on independence

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Declaration of Independence

• Common Sense

• Gettysburg Address

Mayflower Compact, New England town meetings Virginia House of Burgesses all

• guaranteed all citizens natural rights

• helped establish a representative self government

• declared our independence from Great Britain

• were land acquisitions