U.S History

• Crops grown for sale - cash crops
• How did immigration affect the colony of Pennsylvania?

  Scottish and German immigrants made Quakers a minority in their own colony
• Time during which earth was covered by ice and glaciers?

  Ice Age
• Virginian who led British troops to attack on Fort Duquesne?

  George Washington
• What was the name of the trade regulations imposed on the colonies to help Britain collect customs duties?The Navigation Acts, The English Bill of Rights, or The Proclamation of 1763.

  Navigation Acts
• Which religion did caravans bring to the people of West African savanna?

  Islam
• What is the name of the Spanish fort that still stands in Florida today?

  St. Augustine
• Which of the following attracted many people to Virginia?

  The head-right system
• Who was the name of the local militia?

  minutemen
• What caused Bacon's Rebellion?

  The people accused Governor Berkley of corruption, charging high taxes and preserving in the Indians
• During the 1400s, the most prestigious people in European society were?

  Aristocrats
• Spanish soldier in North and South America?

  Conquistador
• In what way did the French dealings with Native Americans differ from Spanish dealings?

  The French took little land from Native Americans
• List 5 causes of the American Revolution: 1. Stamp Act, 2. Sugar Act, 3. Boston Tea Party, 4. Boston Massacre, 5. Quartering Act
• Economic policy that seeks to build a nation's wealth?

  Mercantilism
• What are the 5 tribes in the Iroquois Leaugue?

  Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca
• The children of French Traders were called?

  Metis
• How long was the American Revolution?

  7 years
• Who succeeded in circling the entire globe?

  Ferdinand Magellan
• The Middle Colonies differed from New England and the Southern Colonies because?


  They attracted many different groups of people
• In which town were patriots killed in the first battle of the American Revolution?

  Lexington
• What was one good reason that many Spanish explorers went north of Mexico?

  to find gold
• Period of renewed interest in learning and advancement of arts and sciences?

  the renaissance
• Benjamin Franklin's ove of knowledge, writing books, and conducting scientific experiments was inspired by?

  The Enlightenment ideas
• policy that allowed English colonies virtual self rule?

  Salutary neglect
• Philadelphian who helped draft the Albany Plan of Union?

  Benjamin Franklin
• Goods were shipped from Great Britain to Africa.
• What was the slogan the colonists used to show their displeasure at paying taxes to Britain?

  Taxation without representation
• most famous ruler of Mali?

  Mansa Musa
• List the hierarchy in the Spanish colonies from top to bottom:

  first-class: viceroy/nobility, second class: Spaniards, and other Europeans, mestizos, third class: native Americans and enslaved african Americans
• One of the patriots greatest strengths was their?

  persistence in fighting
• Which of the following describes the Loyalists?

  they thought patriots were too radical
• What did the indians receive in their trade with the French?

  iron weaponary, arrowheads, kettles
• To move from one place to another to live?

  Migrate
• What term signifies the end of hunting and gathering and the beginning of domestication of animals, farming, and cities?

  Neolithic Revolution
• Which nation was formed when Castile and Aragon united?

  Spain
• Immigrant who paid for his or her voyage by agreeing to work for up to seven years?


  Indentured Servants
• Italian mariner who sailed for Spain?

  Christopher Columbus
• "Give me liberty or give me death", who said these words?

  Patrick Henry
• document that guaranteed English nobles due process?

  Magna Carta