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Bacon's Rebellion CORRECT ANSWER Friction between English settlers and Native Americans Articles of Confederation CORRECT ANSWER Goal that was clearly expressed was a limit on the power of the national government. This document, the nation's first constitution, was adopted by the second continental congress in 1781during the revolution. The document was limited because states held most of the power, and congress lacked the power to tax, regulate trade, or control coinage British Colony o...

APUSH Exam 250 things to knowJamestown 1607 Colony in Virginia, The first successful settlement in the Virginia colony founded in May, 1607. Harsh conditions nearly destroyed the colony. The settlement became part of the Joint Stock Virginia Company of London in 1620. Grew to be a prosperous shipping port. First Africans brought to Virginia 1619 The Africans became indentured servants, similar in legal position to many poor Englishmen who traded several years labor in exchange for passa...

US History Regents Review 142 Questions with Complete Solutions Mayflower Compact - Correct Answer A document written by the Pilgrims setting guidelines for self-government Virginia House of Burgesses - Correct Answer First representative government in the colonies, self-government Mercantilism - Correct Answer Economic system where the mother country benefits - raw materials sent from the colonies, colonists buy finished products from the mother country. Common Sense - Correct Answer ...

US History - ABCTEPre-Columbian - correct answer The age of history in the Americas before the arrival of Europeans (Columbus) Jamestown - correct answer 1607 - The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia. Located about 60 miles from the Chesapeake Bay to avoid being an easy target for Spanish explorers also trying to claim land. Who were the colonists at Jamestown employed by? - correct answer Virginia Company Who fought the Pequot War? - correct...

Bacon's Rebellion - Answer In 1676, Nathaniel Bacon, a Virginia planter, led a group of 300 settlers in a war against the local Native Americans. When Virginia's royal governor questioned Bacon's actions, Bacon and his men looted and burned Jamestown. Bacon's Rebellion manifested the increasing hostility between the poor and wealthy in the Chesapeake region. Jamestown - Answer First permanent English settlement in North America Peter Stuyvesant - Answer The governor of the Dut...

USI Final Exam - Questions with Verified Answers The Ohio River Valley: What & Where Region of fertile land along the Ohio River The Ohio River Valley: Historical Significance The point of contention that sparked the French and Indian War. Both the French and British claimed it. They wanted the area because the rivers allowed for transportation. The Proclamation of 1763: What & Where Boundary that Britain established in the Appalachian Mountains, west of which white settlement was banned; also...

Massachusetts Bay Colony Established in 1629 by the Puritans. Governor John Winthrop called it a "city upon a hill." Established for religious purposes. Puritans Religious dissidents who traveled to the New World to develop a purer church than the Church of England. Indentured Servents Exchanged work for passage to the New World. London Company Permitted by King James I to establish Jamestown for economic reasons. Powhatan Confederacy Native American alliance w...

WATCH THIS CRASH COURSE SERIES - Pre-Columbian Peoples of the American Southwest - -Agriculturally focused groups that developed powerful and complex societies -Became increasingly dependent on the cultivation of maize Pre-Columbian economy in Great Basin and the western Great Plains - - Migratory because of limited resources Pre-Columbian economy in the Northeast and along the Atlantic Seaboard - -Another Group of tribes in present-day NY formed the Iroquois League -Cultivated crops...

Great Columbian / Biological Exchange Exchange of plants and animals between the New World and Europe following the discovery of America in 1492. Christopher Columbus Italian explorer, sailed from Spain in 1492 and reached Americas, greatly increased European awareness of the North American Continent Bartolomeo de las Casas 16th Century Spanish Historian, Dominican Friar, "Protector of the Indians;" opposed atrocities by colonizers on Indigenous people Spanish empire E...

Great Columbian / Biological Exchange correct answers Exchange of plants and animals between the New World and Europe following the discovery of America in 1492. Christopher Columbus correct answers Italian explorer, sailed from Spain in 1492 and reached Americas, greatly increased European awareness of the North American Continent Bartolomeo de las Casas correct answers 16th Century Spanish Historian, Dominican Friar, "Protector of the Indians;" opposed atrocities by colonizers on Indig...