| A | B |
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| 1st selected representative body in the colonies | Virginia House of Burgesses |
| social contract that was signed by the Pilgrims | Mayflower Compact |
| 1st set of written laws in the colonies | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
| Virginia House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, and Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | examples of self or representative goverment |
| conflict fought over the Ohio River Valley | French and Indian War |
| Who fought in the French and Indian War | Great Britain against France |
| Benjamin Franklins plan to organize and unite the colonies during the French and INdian War | Albany Plan of Union |
| Peace Treaty that ended the French and Indian War | Treaty of Paris 1763 |
| Colonist were forbidden to settle west of an imaginary line along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains | Proclamation of 1763 |
| No taxation without representation | slogan in the American revolution |
| U.S. fights against Mexico over Texas | Mexican War |
| results of the Mexican War | Mexican Cession (lands of Texas to California) |
| Jamestown, Virginia settled | 1607 |
| Declaration of Independence | 1776 |
| Constitution written | 1787 |
| Constitution ratified(accepted by all states) | 1789 |
| Civil War | 1861-1865 |
| early colonial cities are all located by | rivers, harbors for ease of transportation |
| tobocco, rum, molasses, and slaves | products of the triangular trade |
| Louisiana Purchase | 1803 |
| founder of the sons of liberty | Samuel Adams |
| redcoats "British" shoot 5 Boston citizens | Boston Massacre |
| Examples of British taxation on the colonies | Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Tea ACt |
| Colonist respond to the Tea Act | Boston Tea Party |
| British response the Boston Tea Party | Coercive Acts |
| colonists call the act that were the response to the Boston Tea Party this | Intolerable Acts |
| supported the colonies in the American Revolution | Patriots |
| supporters of the king of Britain in the American Revolution | Loyalists |
| last attempt to make peace with the King of England before the American Revolution | Olive Branch Petition |
| shot heard round the world | was fired at Lexington and Concord |
| English king during the American Revolution | King George III |
| a document written to inform the world of American liberty | Declaration of Independence |
| author of the declaration of independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| rights that no man can take away | unalienable rights |
| 3 unalienable rights in the declaration of Independence | life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
| Commander and Chief of the Continental army | George Washington |
| author of the pamphlet Common Sense | Thomas Paine |
| treaty that ended the American Revolution | Treaty of Paris 1783 |
| Old English document that gave the idea that people had rights | Magna Carta |
| 1st try at an American Revolution (first government) | Articles of Confederation |
| weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation | no executive branch, no power to tax, no national courts, no trade regulation |
| big meeting in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation | Constitutional Convention |
| big state plan at the Constitutional Convention | Virginia Plan |
| small state plan at the Constitutional Convention | New Jersey Plan |
| when the big state plan and the small state plan came together | the Great Compromise |
| New government that replaced the Articles of Confederation (still used today) | the Constitution |
| number of senators per state | 2 per state |
| number of respresentatives | based on population |
| all 3 branches of governemtn have different jobs | separation of power |
| judicial branch | interprets or judges laws |
| legislative branch | makes the laws |
| executive branch | Enforces the laws |
| one word name for the legislative branch | Congress |
| head of the executive branch | President |
| decides of laws are constitutional | judicial review |
| Marbury vs. Madison | supreme court case that established judicial review |
| Checks and Balances | system where each branch of goverment checks the other to make sure that one branch does not get too powerful over another |
| when the power is divided between state (local) and federal goverment | federalism |
| popular sovereignty | concept that people have the authority over their goverment |
| REPUBLIC | has ELECTED representatives |
| limited goverment | that the goverment can only do what the people allow them to do |
| amendment | change to the Constitution |
| the 1st ten amendments | Bill of Rights |
| purpose of the Bill of Rights | protect individual's freedoms |
| freedoms of the 1st amendment | religion, assembly, Press, Petition, Speech |
| 2nd amendment | right to bear arms (2 arms) |
| third amendment | no lodging of troops in private homes |
| fourth amendment | search and seizure (must have a search warrant to enter your home) |
| fifth amendment | due process of law and self-incrimination |
| FEDERALISTS | BELIEVED IN A STRONG CENTRAL GOVERMENT |
| ANTI-FEDERALISTS | BELIEVED IN STATES RIGHTS OVER CENTRAL GOVERMENT |
| TO PASS THE CONSTITUTION THE ANTI-FEDERALISTS INSISTED THAT THIS ALSO BE PASSED | THE BILL OF RIGHTS |
| THE MOST FAMOUS ANTI-FEDERALIST | PATRICK HENRY |
| DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POLITICAL PARTIES | HOW MUCH CONTROL THE FEDERAL GOVERMENT SHOULD HAVE |
| ARTICLES THAT WERE WRITTEN IN SUPPORT OF THE CONSTITUTION | THE FEDERALIST PAPERS |
| 1ST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES | GEORGE WASHINGTON |
| JEFFERSON'S PURCHASE THAT DOUBLED THE SIZE OF THE U.S.A. | LOUISIANA PURCHASE |
| PRICE FOR THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE | 15 MILLION DOLLARS |
| WHAT COUNTRY WAS THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE BOUGHT FROM | FRANCE |
| TARIFF | TAX |
| NULLIFICATION CRISIS | ANDREW JACKSON'S FIGHT OVER STATE'S RIGHTS |
| NORTHWEST ORDINANCE | SYSTEM FOR CREATING A NEW STATE IN THE TERRITORIES |
| BELIEF THAT U.S.A. WOULD SPREAD FROM SEA TO SEA | MANIFEST DESTINY |
| CHANGED THE WAY GOODS WERE PRODUCED | INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION |
| MOVEMENT TO END SLAVERY | ABOLITION |
| COMPROMISE OF 1820 | PLAN TO KEEP THE NUMBER OF SLAVE STATES AND FREE STATES EQUAL |
| MISSOURI COMPROMISE | CALIFORNIA AS A FREE STATE, FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW, NEW TERRITORIES CREATED, AND TEXAS-NEW MEXICO BORDER SETTLED |
| DRED SCOTT DECISION 1857 | SUPREME COURT CASE THAT RULES SLAVES ARE PROPERTY AND NOT CITIZENS |
| NEW POLITICAL PARTY BASED ON ANTI-SLAVERY | REPULICAN PARTY |
| ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 1860 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN |
| NORTH ECONOMY BASED ON | WAGE LABOR AND FACTORIES |
| SOUTH ECONOMY BASED ON | SLAVE LABOR AND PLANTATIONS |
| UNCLE TOM'S CABIN | BOOK BY HARRIET BEACHER STOWE |
| ARGUMENTS OVER STATE'S RIGHTS AND SLAVERY FINALLY LEAD TO | THE CIVIL WAR |
| 13 AMENDMENT | OUTLAWED SLAVERY |
| 14TH AMENDMENT | MADE FORMER SLAVES CITIZENS |
| 15TH AMENDMENT | GAVE FORMER SLAVES THE RIGHT TO VOTE |
| PERIOD WHERE THE SOUTH WAS REBUILT AFTER THE CIVIL WAR | RECONSTRUCTION |
| 13TH, 14TH, AND 15TH AMENDMENTS ARE KNOWN AS | THE CIVIL WAR AMENDMENTS |
| WHO WON THE CIVIL WAR | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR THE NORTH |
