Social Studies Midterm Cards
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- Why did the Native Americans band togethr to form the Iroquois League?
- So they could fight their enemies together and to have a complex government to govern their nations.
- What is a famous quote from Thomas Paine about the Revolutionary War?
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"These are the times that try mens souls."
"The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph." - Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
- Thomas Jefferson.
- Why did Virginia have the highest slave population?
- They had rice fields and plantations. They also grew a lot of cash crops, such as tobacco, which required a lot of labor.
- Why was the United States arefuge for people from all aroud the world?
- People weren't discriminated, we offered freedom of religion, and rights.
- What is the triangular trade route? Why is it called this?
- A trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American Colonies, and West Africa. It is called triangular because it is in a triangle.
- What was the name of the Puritan colony?
- Massachussets.
- Who were the tribes that lived in longhouses?
- The Iroquios - Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Oneida, and Mohawks.
- How did Pennsylvania treat Native Americans?
- They paid for the land owned by the Native Americans, and the Pennsylvanians negotiated several treaties with the Natives.
- How was Manhattan Island purchased?
- The Manhates people first owned it. Then, he Dutch West India Company bought Manhattan for small quantitie of beads and other goods.
- Where was Patriot strength strongest? How about the Loyalists?
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Patriots - New England
Loyalists - Down in the South. - What did George Washington do right after he resigned from the army?
- He went home.
- Who was Mali's greatest king?
- Mansa Musa.
- What is a mestizo?
- Part of the Spanish Class system. When someone has people with Spanish and Native American parents.
- What is a caravel?
- A small, fast ship with a broad bow.
- What is the region of large plantations called in the South?
- Tidewater.
- What was the first college in America?
- Harvard College.
- What are slave codes?
- The laws passed in the Southern states that controlled and restricted enslaved people.
- Who conquered the Incas?
- Francisco Pizarro.
- What did Nathan Hale do?
- He volunteered to spy on British troops and disguised himself as a Dutch schoolteacher. The British discovered his true identity, and hung him.
- What 2 countries originally divided the New World?
- Siberia and Alaska.
- Where did Henry Hudson start his voyage to the New World?
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The Netherlands.
England for the second try. - What were unmarried women allowed to do?
- Own and run businesses and property.
- What type of crops did New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware grow?
- Cash crops.
- Where did the French fur traders establsih trading posts?
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Canada
(Quebec) - What country attacked forts along Mobile Bay that tied down British troops?
- Spain.
- What were the Sunshine Patriots?
- They were Patriots that only fought in good weather. When there was bad weather, they would leave.
- What does indolent mean?
- Indolent means lazy.
- Where was the first public education law passed?
- Boston, Massachusetts.
- Who oversaw the war from London?
- William Pitt.