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| The lowlands of Gulf of Mexico |
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| This was the earliest known civilization in the Americas. |
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| carved huge stone heads, some 10 feet tall. |
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| Rainforests of Guatemala and Mexico |
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| They disappeared about A.D. 900, leaving their cities and farms. |
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| developed a civilization in the 1300s |
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| Near Lake Texcoco in central Mexico |
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| Their capital was Tenochtitlan. |
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| high in the Andes Mountains in South America |
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| invented a counting device known as the quipu |
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| In what year did Columbus set sail for America? |
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| What was the name of the three ships Christopher Columbus sailed the sea with? |
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| Santa Maria, Nina, and the Pinta |
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| What does circumnavigate mean? |
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| sail completely around the world |
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| Which country was first gaining riches from American colonies? |
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| What is the name of the Aztec Emperor? |
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| Where did the first banana’s come from? |
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| What Spanish class of people were born in the Americas to Spanish parents? |
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| Which social class were born in Spain ? |
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| What were some problems in James town? |
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-The water was unhealthy,
-Mosquitoes spread malaria,
-Colonist faced starvation |
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| A large estate farmed by many workers. |
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| -directly taxed the colonists for every sheet of paper printed |
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"-stated that Great Britain would
house its soldiers in American barracks and public houses" |
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| The Quartering Act of 1765 |
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| –taxed glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea which were items that colonists had no choice but to import through Great Britain |
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| Townshend Tariffs of 1767 |
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| - taxed tea imported from Great Britain from the colonies who had to buy their tea from the East India Company, a British company. |
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-resulting from the Boston Tea Party, these laws closed Boston harbor, attempted to take away Massachusetts ability to self-govern, and created a new
Quartering act. |
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| The Intolerable Acts 1774 |
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| - warned militia of British marching from Boston to Concord in his famous ride |
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| - An Englishman living in Philadelphia who on January 9th, 1776 published the pamphlet ""Common Sense,"" one of the most influential pamphlets in American history." |
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| - the monarch of Great Britain during the time of the American Revolution |
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| - wrote the majority of the Declaration of Independence |
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| -the Commander-in-chief of the American colonial forces |
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| General George Washington |
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| – commanded British forces which occupied Georgia by early 1779 and captured Charleston, South Carolina in May 1780. |
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5 freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly,
petition |
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Right to bear arms (to protect the people
against a government that becomes too powerful) |
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| No quartering of soldiers |
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No unreasonable searches and seizures without
a warrant; right to privacy |
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Due process, eminent domain, no double jeopardy, right
to remain silent (you can't be forced to testify against yourself) and
the right to be tried by a grand jury for a capital offense |
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Right to a trial by a jury of your peers; no
lawsuits under $20 |
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| No cruel and unusual punishment |
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Any rights not explicitly listed are automatically
given to the people. (Meant to appease the Anti-Federalists) |
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Any powers not explicitly listed are automatically
given to the states. |
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