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| When a country tries to make money by exporting more than it imports? | Mercantilism |
| What was the 3-part pattern of trade between Europe, Africa, and America? | Triangular Trade |
| Which regional section had long growing seasons & fertile land? | Southern colonies |
| Which regional area had short growing seasons, but engaged in commercial fishing and shipping? | New England colonies |
| Which regional area had warm summers with a moderate growing season? | Middle colonies |
| Which document limited the power of the English king? | Magna Carta |
| What formed the precedent for America to assert her liberty from England? | Magna Carta |
| What was one of the 1st documents that promised a govt answerable to the will of the people? | Mayflower Compact |
| What was the 1st representative government in the new colonies? | House of Burgesses |
| A form of local govt where people vote directly for a candidate or idea? | Direct Democracy |
| When people vote for an advocate to represent them? | Representative Democracy |
| Who was an advocate of the "Social Contract Theory"? | John Locke |
| Thomas Paine wrote which book, advocating Independence? | Common Sense |
| Who believed that man needed a strong govt to protect him? | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
| Montesquieu believed in the govt idea of.... | Separation of Powers |
| What are the 3 branches of govt? | Executive, Legislative, & Judicial |
| Who would support the Constitution if a Bill of Rights was added? | Thomas Jefferson |
| What is the first 10 Amendments? | Bill of Rights |
| Who wanted a bicameral govt so the Executive branch wouldn't be too powerful? | John Adams |
| A time when the British ignored the colonies? | Salutary Neglect |
| What allowed England to regulate trade & collect taxes? | Navigation Acts |
| 7-Year war between the British & French was the..... | French and Indian War |
| What tried to stop settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns? | Proclamation of 1763 |
| What was the 1st direct tax on the colonies? | Stamp Act |
| 1st violent interactions between British & colonists was the..... | Boston Massacre |
| When a tax on tea led the colonists closer to war.... | Boston Tea Party |
| When people actively refuse to follow the rules.... | Civil Disobedience |
| What was one of the 1st colonial resistance groups? | Sons of Liberty led by Sam Adams |
| After the Boston Tea Party, the British shut down Boston Harbor with..... | the Intolerable Acts |
| What officially separated the US from the British Govt.? | Declaration of Independence |
| The 1st Revolutionary War confrontations between the colonists & the British? | Lexington & Concord |
| What ended the Revolutionary War? | Treaty of Paris |
| Some examples of the new American national identity: | Egalitarian society, encouraging land ownership, slavery in the South, separation of church & state |
| What was the 1st attempt at creating a national govt.? | Articles of Confederation |
| The Articles were weak, meaning: | Congress couldn't tax, they couldn't regulate commerce, couldn't draft, & they couldn't enforce the laws |
| What event showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Conf.? | Shay's Rebellion...showed a new patriotism & Civil Disobedience |
