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How did the first people migrate to the US?They walked from Asia across the Beringia land bridge
How do native peoples learn to survive in different areas?Adapt
Which native region had grasslands, buffalo hunters, V shaped traps, glue, tipis, feather arrows, and horses?Great Plains
Which native region had the most fresh water lakes, canoes, moccasins, maple syrup, and long houses?Eastern Woodlands
Which native region had deer skin skirts, grass hut houses, and used the hoe as a primary tool?Southeast
What did the four voyages of Columbus led to?An exchange of people, foods, and germs
Spanish conquistadors conquered most of... (where)?South America
What did French fur traders turn Natives into?Business partners
New Netherlands after taken over by the British becomes...?New York
Columbusdiscovered the island of Hispanola; contributed to setting up an exchange route
Pizarroconquered the Inca empire in Peru using force and trickery
Cortezconquered the Aztec empire in Mexico City
What are rice, tobacco, and indigo examples of?Cash crops
The Middle colonies were mainly what?Joint-Stock Colonies
The Magna Carta made clear that...?Even the King must obey the law
9 out of 10 colonists...?Lived on small family farms
The English Bill of Rights was important because?Spelled out the rights the colonists had as English citizens
What are the "blue laws"?forbiding of certain activities on Sunday
How could you tell someone's social class in the colonies?their style of dress
Which colonial region made education a top priority?New England
What is treason?acting/speaking out against your government
What qualification do voters in the colonies have to meet?they have to own enough land
The hardest part of the voyage for slaves in the Triangle Trade was known as what?The Middle Passage
What 2 ideas were spread with the Great AwakeningEquality and the questioning of slavery
Before 1763, the colonies had been...?Left alone to govern themselves
What did the Frencha and Indian War do?Led Parliament to tax the colonies to help payoff Britain's war debts
Why did the colonists oppose all of the taxes passed by Parliament?They had no representation
The Coercive Acts were passed to punish Boston because of?The Boston Tea Party
What was the Quartering Act?required colonists to shelter, cloth, and feed British soldiers
1776 Washington changes his strategy for war to?A defense approach that will tire the British out
Why was Saratoga a turning point in the war?It brought France into the war as an American ally
How was the American fight kept alive in the South?Guerrilla tactics
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 gave America freedom and...?the territory lying between the Atlantic and Mississippi and Canada and Florida
Why did Spain join the American side in the Revolutionary War?They wanted to weaken British power; hoping to become the super power of Europe
Where does the final battle of the Revolutionary War take place?Yorktown


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