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| In the 1730s and 1740s a religious movement swept through the colonies that inspired colonists to help others and debate moral issues more openly. This was known as _________ | The Great Awakening |
| Colonial leaders in 1776 chose Thomas Jefferson to write what document? | The Declaration of Independence |
| The Declaration of Independence explains that there are three (3) unalienable rights. What are the three? | Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
| The Declaration of Independence applied to only | White free men |
| the document that declared independence and contains the phrase"...all men are created equal...." is the_______________ | Declaration of Independence |
| _________ is when a mother country establishes laws yet fails to enforce them. | Salutary neglect |
| Colonists who supported the war against Britian were called______________________. | Patriots |
| In the last battle of the Revolutionary War, Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington at________________. | Yorktown |
| In 1783, the_____________was signed, officially ending the Revolutionary War. | Treaty of Paris |
| _____________was based on the idea that people should approach religious, political, and economic issues through reason and science. | The Enlightment |
| The idea that the legislature could be made up of two houses in the United States came from what British body? | Parliament |
| The___________signed by King John in 1215, became one of the important documents that the United States Constitution was based upon. | Magna Carta |
| The_______ signed by William and Mary in 1699, agreed to respect the rights of English citizens and of Parliament and included the right of free elections. Because the United States Constitution was lacking these rights, the first ten amendments were added. | English Bill of Rights |
| The_________established a form of self-government to promote the good for Plymouth Colony. | Mayflower Compact |
| The amendments to the Constitution that were needed to address concerns people had about governmental power and individual liberties were called____________ | The Bill of Rights |
| The first governmental plan of the new United States that proved to give too much power to the States over the federal government was_______________ | The Articles of Confederation |
| The president of the Constitutional Convention was | George Washington |
| Essays written in support of the proposed United States Constitution by men such as John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison were know as_________ | The Federalists Papers |
| The Constitution gives to ___________ the power to declare war, make laws, and to regulate commerce. | Congress |
| To approve by a vote means to__________ | ratify |
| The number of people present and necessary to hold a meeting is a _____________ | quorum |
| A change to a document is called an______________ | amendment |
| The branch of government that creates laws is the____________ | legislative branch |
| The branch that carries out the laws is______________ | executive branch |
| The branch of government that interprets the fairness of the laws is the_______________ | judical branch |
| The number of members each state has in the_______________ is based on population. | House of Representatives |
| The house that sends two representatives to vote is the __________ | Senate |
| Senate | Federalism |
| The system where one branch of government has constitutional oversight over another branch of government is called________________ | checks and balances |
| Power that is shared among three branches of the United States national governemnt that keeps any one branch from being too powerful is known as | separation of powers |
| A government where the people rule and have power to govern themselves is know as ____________________ | popular sovereignty |
| __________________ is a form of government where the people exercise their power by voting for their political representatives. | Republicanism |
| The________ of 1785 and 1787 transferred federally owned lands into private holdings, townships and states. | ordinances |
| Those that felt the Constitutional Convention gave too much power to the federal government, especially the executive branch, and could lead to tyranny were known as______________ | Anti-Federalists |
| American____________were formed because many Americans disagreed with each other about political ideas. | political parties |
| _______________made it clear that there was a need for a strong central government when the federal government had trouble controlling riots. | Shays's Rebellion |
| When the President vetoes a bill, it can still become a law if it is overridden by two-thirds majority vote in the_______________ | House and Senate |
| In the early 1800s, many Native Americans united under Shawnee Chief________________to fight for their land. | Tecumseh |
| The treaty that ended the War of 1812 was the __________________ | Treaty of Ghent |
| A tax put on imported goods is know as a_____________ | tariff |
| The United States victory in the War of 1812 brought a spirt of_____________, feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness, that inspired Americans to work together to build a better, stronger nation. | Nationalism |
| __________is loyalty to the interests of your own region or section of the country. | Sectionalism |
| In Thomas Jefferson's view, people were best governed primarily by | A system of laws |
| According to __________ and his Theory of Capitalism, the government needed to leave individuals alone and let them make their own decisions in order to increase wealth. | Adam Smith |
| Alexander Hamilton's financial plan for the nation included a ________________. | National Bank |
| Angered by British aid to Native Americans, Westerners, called_____________, urged Congress to declare war on Great Britian and to invade Canada. | War Hawks |
| One British practice that hurt trade and angered the United States was the_________________, forcing American sailors to work on British ships. | impressment |
| A poem written by_____________during the War of 1812 was later set to music and became our national anthem. | Francis Scott Key |
| In the_______________, the United States paid France $15 million, and doubled the size of the nation. | Louisiana Purchase |
| In an 1823 statemnent know as the,_____________________, the United States announced that the Americas would be closed to any more colonization by European nations. | Monroe Doctrine |
