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What revolution allowed native Americans to settle in one place?
Agricultural Revolution
What society located in Mexico disappeared?
Olmec
What society built the city of Technochtitlan?
Aztecs
What Central America society was most violent?
Aztecs
What ancient society had a complex system of roads?
Inca
What type of social structurewas in place in Europe at the time of Columbus?
Feudalism
Who led the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther
What were the 4 major nations at the time of Columbus?
Portugal, Spain, France, and Britain
What country led exploration prior to the time of Columbus?
Portugal
What country did Columbus sail for?
Spain
What couple's marriage helped untify Spain?
Ferdinand and Isabella
What treaty divided South America between Portugal and Spain?
The Treaty of Tordesillas
Who conquered the Aztecs?
Cortes
Who was the leader of the Aztecs?
Montezuma
What as the given name of an individual whose ethnic background consisted of a Spanish and African mixture?
Mulattos
What was the given name of an individual whose background consisted of Spanish and Native mixture?
Mestizo
What was the Jamestown winter called where the colonists ate their shoes?
The Starving Time
What is Nat Baconknown for?
Leading a rebellion against Governor Berkeley
What English Monarch broke off from the Roman Catholic Church because he wanted a divorce?
King Henry VIII
What was John Winthrop's famous sermon?
City on a Hill
Who started the colony for Quakers?
William Penn
What was the colonythat promoted religious tolerance?
Pennsylvania
What colony did Roger Williams start?
Rhode Island
What woman was banned from the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Anne Huchinson
What laws did British pass to restrict trade in the American Colonies?
Navagation Acts
What were 2 major cash crops in the south?
Tobacco and Cotton
Who was the New England governor that enforced the Navagation Acts?
Edmond Andros
What was the Glorious Revolution?
Rise of William and Mary as Protestant monarchs.
What was Jonathan Edwards's famous sermon?
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
What were the British and French primarily competing for in the 1760s?
Control of the Ohio River Valley
What was the First Great Awakening?
Religious movement in America
What Native American tribe dominated trade in the north?
Iroquois
What fort did George Washington build?
Fort Necessity
What proclamation limited settlement west of the Applachain Mountains?
Proclamation of 1763
Who was the first person killed at the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
What did the Quartering Act allow British soldiers to do?
Stay in colonist's houses
Who warned colonists that the British soldiers were moving into the Massachusetts countryside?
Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott
What were colonists called who maintained strong ties to Britain?
Tories
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Pain
What topic did Thomas Jefferson delete from early drafts of the Declaration?
Slavery
What were the German mercenaries called?
Hessians
What European allies did the Untited States gain because of the Battle of Saratoga?
France and Spain
Where was American soldiers winter in 1776- 1777?
Valley Forge
What French commander helped train American soldiers?
Marquis de Lafayette
What was the nickname of Francis Marion?
Swamp Fox
What was the last battle of the American Revolution?
Yorktown
What type of government does the USA have?
Federal democratic republic
What was the first territory created in the USA?
Northwest Territory
What piece of legislation created the Northwest Territory?
Land Ordinance of 1787
What constitutional Convenion plan favored large states and a bicameral legislature?
Virginia Plan
What Constitutional Convention plan favored small states and equal representation?
New Jersey Plan
Who was responsible for writing the majority of the Constitution?
James Madison
Who wrote the Federalists papers?
John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison
Who wrote the Bill of Rights?
James Madison
What was John Adams nickname as president of the Senate?
His Rotundity
What did Washington call his group of closest advisers?
Cabinet
What feud developed within Washington's cabinet?
Hamilton vs. Jefferson
What compromise did Hamilton propose to gain Jefferson's support of the National Bank?
Location of the National Capital
What treaty pushed the British troops out of western lands?
Jay Treaty
What was the name of the scandal that involved French diplomats taking bribes?
XYZ Affair
What piece of legislation did Adams pass as a response to the XYZ affair?
Alien and Sedition Acts
What power did Marbury Vs. Madison give the Surpreme Court?
Judicial Review
Why did the US go to war with Britain in 1812?
Impressionment of US Sailors
Encouraging Native American Attacks
Decrease in the US trade
Who did the Embargo of 1807 hurt the most?
USA
Who was the Native American Leader that led the resistance during the war of 1812
Tecumseh
Who was Tecumseh's brother?
The Prophet
What piece of land did the US try to invade multiple times during the war of 1812?
Canada
What Treaty ended the war of 1812?
Treaty of Ghent
What battle did Andrew Jackson fight after the Treaty of Ghent was finalized?
Battle of New Orleans
What canal connected the Great Lakes and the Hudson River?
Erie Canal
What party died out during the Era of Good Feelings?
Federalist Party
Who was the last Founding Father president?
James Monroe
Who did John Adams convince to reduce the number of war ships in the Great Lakes?
Great Britain
The Adams Onis Treaty settled boundary disputes between the Us and which country?
Spain
What was John Adams Secretary of State?
Henry Clay
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Mr. Cox Final 1st semester
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Cox Class 6th
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