S AH Final Exam practice - ALL TERMS (long)

What is settler colonialism?

• the belief or mindset used by European colonists to justify taking Native land

• a system of race-based chattel slavery established in the colonies

• a tactic used by Native Americans to win the Indian Wars against colonists

• any colonial settlement where colonists and Natives lived side-by-side

What was the term for the part of the trans-Atlantic slave trade that enslaved people were taken on?

• Middle Passage

• Columbian Exchange

• Trail of Tears

• Mercantilism

(T/F) The institution of slavery started off harsh, but got easier and looser as the decades went on.

• True

• False

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the American Revolution?

• Taxes passed by the British government

• Colonists believe Parliament is violating their rights

• British army suppresses colonial resistance

• Colonists invade Canada and burn the capitol

Which war is this?

America vs. Great Britain; Turning point = French alliance with the colonists

• American Revolution

• French & Indian War

• Mexican-American War

• Civil War

Which was NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• unable to tax

• No judicial branch (courts)

• Hard to pass laws or amend

• strong central government

What replaced the Articles of Confederation?

• The US Constitution

• The Albany Plan of Union

• Parliament

• House of Burgesses

What did most anti-federalists want added to the Constitution?

• Bill of Rights

• Legislative Branch

• a ban on slavery

• declaration of neutrality

Which was NOT a warning in Washington's Farewell Address?

• Stay neutral

• Don't form political parties

• Don't go into debt

After the Revolution, most northern states...

• Continued slavery

• immediately abolished slavery

• gradually ended slavery