front 1 Proclamation Line of 1763 | back 1 Border established by Great Britain in order to avoid conflicts between American colonists and Native Americans. |
front 2 Natural harbors contributed to the | back 2 development of commerce. |
front 3 Oceans on the east & west coasts helped the U.S. maintain | back 3 its foreign policy of neutrality during much of the 1800s. |
front 4 Atlantic and Pacific Oceans most influenced U.S. foreign policy | back 4 throughout the 18th, 19th, and 20th century. |
front 5 Appalachian Mountains served as | back 5 the western boundary for British colonial settlements prior to the Revolutionary War. |
front 6 Early colonial settlements were similar in that | back 6 each developed near the coast line. EX) Jamestown (1607) Plymouth (1620) New Amsterdam (1625) |
front 7 New England Colonies | back 7
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front 8 Southern Colonies | back 8
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front 9 Great Plains | back 9 The relatively flat, grassy region of the U.S. between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. *The states with the largest percentage of land used for agriculture are located in areas with relatively flat terrain. Known for producing grain crops (aka food). |
front 10 Triangular Trade | back 10 led directly to the increased importation of enslaved Africans to the Western Hemisphere (colonies) |
front 11 British Mercantilism | back 11 Economic policy used by the British in which the American Colonies served as a source of raw materials and a market to sell goods. British buy raw materials from the colonies and sell them finished products.
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front 12 Salutary Neglect | back 12 Period of time when the British ignored the colonies because they only wanted to benefit from the economic prosperity of the colonies. Led to the development of independent colonial trade practices. |
front 13 French and Indian War | back 13 Caused by disputed land claims in the Ohio River valley between the French and the British (the French and Indians were on the same side). War led to the end of the period of Salutary Neglect, because of the British need to tax the American colonists in order to pay for the war. This increase in taxes became one of the major causes of the Revolutionary War (war for American independence from Great Britain). |
front 14 Virginia House of Burgesses/Mayflower Compact/Town Hall Meetings | back 14 Early colonial efforts in selfgovernment. They all contributed to the development of representative democracy. |
front 15 Albany Plan of Union (1754) | back 15 Early attempt to unify American colonies but under British rule. Many colonies objected to it because colonial assemblies did not want to give up their individual power. |