Civics jeopardy unit 1

Civics and Civics and EconomicsEconomics

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Trade and Trade and commercecommerceThe DeclarationThe Declaration

Colonial Society Colonial Society

RevolutionRevolution

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What is North What is North Carolina?Carolina?

The colony most known The colony most known for its fine naval stores for its fine naval stores

What is What is mercantilism?mercantilism?

The idea that a country should The idea that a country should maintain minimal trade with other maintain minimal trade with other countries, and that colonies existed countries, and that colonies existed

merely to benefit the mother merely to benefit the mother country by providing cheap, raw country by providing cheap, raw

materials and labormaterials and labor

What was the triangle What was the triangle trade route?trade route?

Moved raw materials to Moved raw materials to England, rum to Africa, England, rum to Africa,

finished goods and slaves to finished goods and slaves to AmericaAmerica

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What is tobacco or What is tobacco or “brown gold”?“brown gold”?

The leading cash crop, The leading cash crop, especially in the especially in the

Southern ColoniesSouthern Colonies

Two leading ship-building Two leading ship-building towns in the Middle Coloniestowns in the Middle Colonies

What are New York and What are New York and Philadelphia?Philadelphia?

Wrote the Declaration of Wrote the Declaration of Independence.Independence.

Who was Thomas Who was Thomas Jefferson?Jefferson?

His His Two Treatises of Two Treatises of Civil GovernmentCivil Government

contained the ideas in contained the ideas in which the Declaration of which the Declaration of Independence was based Independence was based

on.on.

Who was John Locke?Who was John Locke?

According to the According to the Declaration, life, liberty Declaration, life, liberty

and the pursuit of and the pursuit of happinesshappiness. Rights everyone . Rights everyone

is entitled to.is entitled to.

What are unalienable What are unalienable rights?rights?

The origin or source of The origin or source of government’s power government’s power

[popular sovereignty][popular sovereignty]..

Who are the people, [or Who are the people, [or the governed]?the governed]?

The principle upon The principle upon which rights and which rights and

reasonable government reasonable government are based.are based.

What is natural law?What is natural law?

A women who was A women who was arrested for teaching A arrested for teaching A Bible Study in her own Bible Study in her own

home. home.

Who was Anne Who was Anne Hutchinson?Hutchinson?

The first elected group of The first elected group of representatives in representatives in

America.America.

What was the Virginia What was the Virginia House of Burgesses?House of Burgesses?

Sea route that brought Sea route that brought slaves to the new world.slaves to the new world.

What was the Middle What was the Middle Passage? Passage?

The colony that had the The colony that had the fewest problems with fewest problems with

Native-Americans.Native-Americans.

What was distinct about What was distinct about the Pennsylvania Colony?the Pennsylvania Colony?

England’s policy that England’s policy that allowed the colonies to be allowed the colonies to be

nearly self-governing.nearly self-governing.

What was salutary What was salutary neglect?neglect?

Founder of the Sons of Founder of the Sons of Liberty.Liberty.

Who was Sam Adams?Who was Sam Adams?

A direct tax that caused A direct tax that caused the colonists to protest the colonists to protest

strongly, at times strongly, at times violently.violently.

What was the Stamp Act?What was the Stamp Act?

A violent attack on British A violent attack on British Tea Ships. This Caused Tea Ships. This Caused Parliament to pass the Parliament to pass the

Intolerable Acts Intolerable Acts [closing port [closing port of Boston, Quartering Act, martial of Boston, Quartering Act, martial

law]law]

What was the Boston What was the Boston Tea Party?Tea Party?

Altercation in front of the Altercation in front of the Boston Customs house Boston Customs house that left five colonists that left five colonists

dead. dead.

What was the Boston What was the Boston Massacre?Massacre?

The means by which the The means by which the colonies informed each colonies informed each other about acts of the other about acts of the British government or British government or

army. army.

What were the Committees What were the Committees of Correspondence?of Correspondence?

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Washington’s victory Washington’s victory that prevented his that prevented his army from going army from going

home.home.

What was the Battle of What was the Battle of Trenton?Trenton?

Convinced the French to Convinced the French to enter the war on the side enter the war on the side

of the United States.of the United States.

What was the Battle of What was the Battle of Saratoga?Saratoga?

Excellent Patriot Excellent Patriot General that later General that later

betrayed the United betrayed the United States.States.

Who was Benedict Who was Benedict Arnold?Arnold?

The final major battle of The final major battle of the Revolutionary War. the Revolutionary War.

What was the Battle of What was the Battle of Yorktown?Yorktown?

The two greatest The two greatest financial problems financial problems

facing the 2nd facing the 2nd Continental Congress.Continental Congress.

What were devaluation What were devaluation and inflation?and inflation?

The first document to The first document to establish a government in establish a government in

America.America.

What was the Mayflower What was the Mayflower Compact?Compact?

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What percentage of the What percentage of the people in the Southern people in the Southern Colonies were slaves by Colonies were slaves by

1750? 1750?

What were the What were the southern colonies?southern colonies?

The most agricultural The most agricultural of the colonies.of the colonies.

When did the First When did the First Continental Congress Continental Congress

convene?convene?

September 5, 1774.September 5, 1774.

What were indentured What were indentured servants?servants?

People who made deals People who made deals with American Colonist with American Colonist for shelter and food as for shelter and food as

well as to pay off debts. well as to pay off debts.

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A Maryland law A Maryland law which made the which made the persecution of persecution of

Catholics illegal.Catholics illegal.

What was the What was the Maryland Act of Maryland Act of

Toleration?Toleration?