Colonial America Overview

<p>Tobacco, rice, and cotton. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They worked on plantations for a few years in exchange for passage to America. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>African slaves were brought against their will and worked for life without rights. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The need for more labor led to an increase in African slavery. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The US Civil War. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Invention of the wheel (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Babylonians (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Philosopher and teacher (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Development of a universal law code (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Classical Greece (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Middle Ages (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Kings, lords, knights, and peasants (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Black Death (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It established self-government in Plymouth Colony. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Battle of Saratoga (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To maintain a weak federal government and strong states. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The publication of 'Common Sense'. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Treaty of Paris (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Doubled the size of the United States. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The establishment of the Bill of Rights (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An economic policy where colonies supplied raw materials to the mother country. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To relocate Native American tribes to designated Indian Territory (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The attack on Fort Sumter (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It freed slaves in Confederate-held territories (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Gilded Age (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Militarism, alliances, nationalism, and imperialism (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>France, Russia, United Kingdom, and Italy (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It was a catalyst that triggered the war (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Colonies in present-day New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, founded by English Pilgrims seeking religious freedom. Primarily focused on fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding.

Colonies in present-day New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware; settled by diverse nationalities. Known for industrial work and growing crops like wheat.

Colonies in present-day Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Maryland. Characterized by rich land, good weather, and large plantations growing cash crops like tobacco, rice, and cotton.

People who worked as servants to pay off debt from travel to American colonies.

People forcibly brought to US colonies and treated as property. Forced to work for life on plantations.

The original colonies consisting of the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies, located on the East coast of the present day United States.

Highly profitable crops grown in large quantities, primarily for sale or export. Examples in Southern Colonies included tobacco, rice, and cotton.

Geographical areas with similar characteristics and ways of life based on geography, in the early colonies of the US.

The first permanent English colony in North America, established in 1607 in present-day Virginia.

Document signed by Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, establishing self-government in Plymouth Colony.

Economic policy where colonies provided raw materials to the mother country (England) and purchased finished goods in return.

Conflict between Britain and France for control of North America, 1754-1763, contributing to tensions leading to the American Revolution.

The document proclaiming the American colonies' independence from British rule in 1776.

First military engagements of the American Revolutionary War, 1775.

Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine arguing for American independence from Britain, published in 1776.

Treaty that officially ended the American Revolution and recognized the United States as an independent nation.

The process where individuals or groups adopt the customs, culture, and norms of a new society.

Horizontal lines on a map that measure distance north or south of the Equator.

Vertical lines on a map that measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian in Greenwich, England.

An imaginary line that circles the Earth horizontally at 0° latitude, dividing it into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

A region in the Middle East where early civilizations developed due to fertile land and abundant resources.

A period in history characterized by the use of bronze tools and weapons, leading to advancements in technology and civilization.

An independent city that functions as both a city and a state, with its own government and territory.

A medieval social system in which land was exchanged for loyalty and services, with a hierarchy of kings, lords, knights, and peasants.

The forced relocation of Native American tribes, particularly the Cherokee, from their ancestral lands in the Southeast to present-day Oklahoma. This tragic event was a result of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and led to immense suffering and loss of life.

A law passed in 1830 that authorized the U.S. government to forcibly remove Native Americans from their lands east of the Mississippi River and relocate them to designated areas west of the river, resulting in events like the Trail of Tears.

The main causes of World War I were: Militarism (constant build-up of weapons and armies), Alliances (countries binding together), Nationalism (intense national pride), Imperialism (competition for colonies), and Assassination (Archduke Franz Ferdinand's death in 1914).

The group of nations that fought together against the Central Powers during World War I. They included France, Russia, the United Kingdom, Italy (joined later), and the United States (joined later).

The group of nations that fought against the Allied Powers during World War I. They included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.

An executive order issued by President Lincoln in 1863, during the Civil War, that declared slaves in Confederate-held territories to be free.

The period after the American Civil War, from 1865 to1877, focused on rebuilding the South, addressing the social and economic problems that arose from slavery, and creating a new political order that included formerly enslaved people.

A period in American history, mainly from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, characterized by rapid industrial growth, urbanization, and wealth accumulation, but also by social and economic inequality, corruption, and poverty.