America Grows Up: Tracing Historical Milestones

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3. America Grows Up: 200 Theory that a country’s ultimate goal was self-sufficiency and that all countries were in a competition to acquire the most gold and silver • Mercantilism Back

4. America Grows Up: 400 • Question: • Series of laws restricting colonial trade • Answer • Navigation Acts Back

5. America Grows Up: 600 • Question: • Policy in which England relaxed its enforcement of most regulations in exchange for economic loyalty from the colonies • Salutary neglect Back

6. America Grows Up: 800 • Question: Name given to the bloodless overthrow of King James II in England. • Answer • The Glorious Revolution Back

7. America Grows Up: 1000 • Question: • In every colony, this group paid the governor’s salary, giving them great power • Colonial assembly Back

8. The North: 200 • Question: • Movement that emphasized the value of reason • Answer • The Enlightenment Back

9. The North: 400 • Question: • Jonathan Edwards was a member of this movement in the North • Answer • The Great Awakening Back

10. The North: 600 • Question: • The name of the town in which the witch trials took place in 1692 • Salem, MA Back

11. The North: 800 • Question: • Why did the North have fewer slaves than the South? • Answer • The economy in the North did not require as much labor Back

12. The North: 1000 • Question: • The two founding fathers mentioned in this chapter from the North • Answer • John Adams and Benjamin Franklin Back

13. The South: 200 • Question: • The voyage that brought Africans to North and South America • Answer • The middle passage Back

14. The South: 400 • Question: • Former slave who wrote the first slave narrative • Answer • OlaudahEquiano Back

15. The South: 600 • Slave rebellion in 1739 in Charleston, South Carolina • Answer • The Stono Rebellion Back

16. The South: 800 • Question: • The South established these that were grown primarily for sale rather than for the farmer’s use • Answer • Cash crop Back

17. The South: 1000 • Question: • Young Enlightenment thinker from Virginia who declared himself to be rather independent • Answer • Thomas Jefferson Back

18. Fr-Indian War: 200 • Question: • Young officer who “started” the French and Indian War, and had to surrender in his first battle (if at first, you don’t succeed…) • Answer • George Washington Back

19. Fr-Indian War: 400 • Question: • Native Americans fought for them during the war • Answer • France AND Great Britain Back

20. Fr-Indian War : 600 • Question: The Proclamation of 1763 banned all settlement here • Answer • West of the Appalachian Mountains Back

21. Fr-Indian War: 800 • Question: • The Sugar Act of 1764 was established by Britain to stop this • The smuggling of goods into the country Back

22. Fr-Indian War: 1000 • Question: • During the war named after this chief, blankets infected with smallpox were given to Native Americans by the British • Answer • Pontiac Back

23. Final Jeopardy • Question: • The name of Ben Franklin’s book of sayings included gems like, “A penny saved is a penny earned.”, “Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.” , and “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise” • Answer • … • Poor Richard’s Almanac Back

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