Review Periods 2-9

Question 1

colony founded for money

Answer 1

Jamestown (first colony)

Question 2

colony founded for religious freedom

Answer 2

Pilgrims/Plymouth

Question 3

Social Issues from 1697-1754

Answer 3

development of slavery
cultural and religious diversity

Question 4

First enslaved Africans arrive in Virginia

Answer 4

1619

Question 5

New England

Answer 5

Puritans

Question 6

Pennsylvania

Answer 6

Quakers

Question 7

Maryland

Answer 7

Catholics

Question 8

The Seven Years War (French and Indian War) ends . . .

Answer 8

salutary neglect

Question 9

Stamp Act

Answer 9

first direct tax. successfully protested by colonies

Question 10

Townsend Acts

Answer 10

taxes everything

Question 11

Boston Massacre

Answer 11

On March 5, 1770, a mob pelted a group of soldiers with rock-filled snowballs Soldiers fired on the crowd, killing five

Question 12

Boston Tea Party Leads to . . .

Answer 12

Intolerable Acts

Question 13

Philosophical Foundations of the American Revolution

Answer 13

Republicanism (common sense)

Question 14

The Articles of Confederation

Answer 14

the first government. Can’t tax, send troops. Challenged by Shays rebellion. Created Northwest Ordinance

Question 15

Northwest Ordinance

Answer 15

banned slavery in the Northwest

Question 16

The Constitution

Answer 16

Great compromise determined the legislature
3/5 Compromise

Question 17

Washington’s Presidency

Answer 17

whiskey rebellion: first test of the new government
He leaves because he wants to
Farewell Address: no political parties, no foreign alliances

Question 18

Federalists

Answer 18

led by Hamilton. loose constructionists. More Power to gov.

Question 19

Democratic Republicans

Answer 19

Jefferson. strict constructionists. Less power to gov. agrarian

Question 20

Alien and Sedition Acts

Answer 20

Alien: remove foreigners
Sedition: no critique of president

Question 21

Louisiana Purchase

Answer 21

10 mil from new orleans–> 15 mil for Louisiana/land

Question 22

War of 1812

Answer 22

fought against britain. US didn’t win but nationalism rose

Question 23

Missouri Comprimise

Answer 23

Done by Henry Clay and allowed Missouri to be a slave state but added Maine as free.

Question 24

Election of 1824

Answer 24

Corrupt Bargain. first time all votes were counted. Andrew got most votes but John Adams won

Question 25

Age of Jackson

Answer 25

appeal to the common white man

Question 26

Reform movements

Answer 26

Whigs against Jackson's king like tyranny

Question 27

1848

Answer 27

seneca falls convention

Question 28

Temperance

Answer 28

Anti-Alcohol went along with women's rights

Question 29

Second great awakening

Answer 29

appeal to women and enslaved people. faith motivates reforms

Question 30

Sectional Conflict

Answer 30

Slave or free states in the New Mexico territory direct leads to civil war

Question 31

Mexican American War ended by

Answer 31

We wanted to buy California so we provoked war, won and took half of their land. Ended by Treaty of Guadelupe

Question 32

Compromise of 1850

Answer 32

adds California as a free state, north takes over the house and Senate, south gets new fugitive slave act which allows rounding up of slaves in the north