1. Unit one note cards 36 note cards

2. New England colonies shipping and trade Religious puritans New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island,

3. Middle Colonies Livestock and hunting Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

4. Southern Colonies Farming, plantations Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

5. Jamestown Virginia John smith Established for money First successful colony

6. Mercantilism Trading more then you import (selling more then you buy)

7. Middle passage Slave route took to get to America Part of the triangle trade route

8. Triangular trade route Trade between America, Britain, and Africa

9. Bacons rebellion Nathanial Bacon lead a group of farmers against the royal government First uprising against Britain

10. joint stock colonies (make these 3 one note card) ran by company and its stock holders

11. proprietary/royal Ran by Britain

12. self-governing Ran by the people who lived there

13. Magna carta Created a parliament in Britain and said the king was not above the law (rule of law) blue print for our government

14. House of Burgesses First form of government in the colonies Jamestown

15. Mayflower compact Form of government made by the pilgrims

16. Fundamental orders of Connecticut First constitution Oldest constitution

17. French and Indian war (7 years war) 1754-1763 Between Britain and France Colonist fought with Britain Britain won War lead to more taxes to pay for the war a lot of taxes were put on the colonist

18. Stamp act First tax that colonist got upset about Direct tax (paid directly to brittan) Replaced with the declaratory act after protest Lead to the creation of the stamp act congress “no taxation with out representation

19. Sons of Liberty Created because of the stamp act Samuel Adams Shows colonist unity

20. Intolerable acts/coercive act Created after the Boston tea party to punish colonist Closed Boston harbor Martial law Quartering Last straw for colonist

21. Albany plan of union Created by Ben Franklin Join or die Unity among colonies

22. common sense Written by Thomas Paine’s Told colonist it was “common sense” to break free from Britain

23. Treaty of Paris, 1783 Ended the revolutionary war

24. Shays rebellion Rebellion against the United States government Showed weakness of articles of confederation

25. Virginia plan Created by James Madison 3 branches of government Representation based on Population House of Representatives

26. New Jersey plan Made by William Patterson 3 branches of government Representation should be equal for all states Senate

27. Great Compromise Brought the NJ plan and Virginia plan together Roger Sherman Connecticut plan

28. Three fifths compromise Slaves will count as 3/5 of a person for states population If you have 5 slaves you can count 3 towards population

29. Federalist Alexander Hamilton Strong central government North Factories Loose interpretation of the constitution

30. Anti-Federalist Thomas Jefferson Week central government South Farming Strict interpretation

31. Loose interpretation If it doesn’t say you cant do it then you can do it Federalist

32. Strict interpretation If it doesn’t say you can do it then you cant do it Anti-Federalist

33. Theocracy Government ruled by religion

34. Dictatorship/Totalitarianism Ruled by one Taken by force

35. Democracy Each citizen has an equal voice in the government

36. Federalism Two forms of government working together State Federal

37. Democratic republic What we have We elect people to speak for us