Social Studies 7 Overviews

What were the colonists protesting against?

• money

• ships

• taxes

• freedom

 

A belief that a country’s security depended on selling more products than it bought (maintaining a positive trade balance); establishing colonies who would sell raw materials to the home country at low prices and who would in turn buy what they needed ONLY from the mother country

• Navigation Acts

• Mercantilism

• Triangular Trade

• Middle Passage

 

A series of laws passed by the English Parliament in the 1650s that established rules for trade between England and its colonies (2)

• Triangular Trade

• Mercantilism

• Colonization

• Navigation Acts

What does transcontinental mean?

• to travel across a continent

• to travel from one continent to another continent

• to travel north and south

• to travel to transport goods

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• To make China more powerful.

• To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.

• To make Native Americans move off their land.

• To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.

What was the main purpose of the Transcontinental Railroad?

• To make China more powerful.

• To help with transportation, communication, and to connect the nation.

• To make Native Americans move off their land.

• To give immigrants a job, to feel important, and needed in America.

Which country sold Louisiana Territory to the USA

• Canada

• Britain

• France

• Spain

Lewis and Clark were famous because

• They bought Louisiana for the USA

• The explored the Louisiana Territory

• They fought for Napoleon's army

• The saved Washington from the British army

What prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

• Congressional Authority

• Checks and Balances

• The Declaration of Independence

• The British King

Which branch of government has the power to create laws?

• Executive

• Judicial

• Legislative

• President