| A | B |
|---|
| Lexington | First shots of the Revolutionary War |
| Triangle trade | Trade between colonies, England and Africa (slaves) |
| Anti-federalists | Demanding a Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution |
| Proclamation Line of 1763 | Stopped Colonists from moving to Ohio Valley after helping win the French and Indian War |
| Jamestown | Saved by tobacco- black gold |
| "Common Sense" | Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to advocate for independence |
| Thomas Jefferson | Primary author of the Declaration of Independence |
| George Washington | Commander of military in Revolutionary War and first US president |
| France | Helped US in battle for independence |
| Articles of Confederation | First attempt at a Constitution following independence |
| Headright System | Promised land to people who would come and settle in Virginia |
| Three branches of government | Legislature, Executive, Judicial |
| Bi-cameral legislature | Two Chambers: House and Senate |
| House of Representatives | #'s based on population, 2 year terms |
| Senate | 2 per state, 6 year terms |
| Indentured Servants | Brought to colonies for a specific term of servitude |
| Louisiana Purcahse | $15 million, purchased from France, nearly doubled size of the US, Jefferson |
| Trail of Tears | Jackson, Forcibly removed Cherokee from SE to Oklahoma |
| American System | National bank, tariffs, improved transportation system |
| Missouri Compromise | Maintained balance of slave and free states with Maine as Free and Missouri as Slave |
| 17th Amendment | Made direct election of US Senators |
| 16th Amendment | Gave Congress power to collect income taxes |
| Eli Whitney | Invented the cotton gin |
| Popular sovereignty | People vote/make decisions (e.g. on issue of slavery) |
| Monroe Doctrine | Declared that European nations should not be involved in Western Hemisphere affairs |
| Abolition | Movement to end slavery |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" |
| President of the Confederated States of America | Jefferson Davis |
| Lincoln | Main goal to restore the Union, assassinated by John Wilkes Booth |
| Writ of Habeus Corpus | Takes away rights of accused people, Lincoln used during Civil War |
| 13th, 14th, 15th amendments | Outlawed slavery; gave civil rights to former slaves, gave voting rights to former slavers |
| Battle of Gettysburg | Turning point- South no longer attempted to win in the north |
| Antietam | Bloody single day battle in Civil War |
| Reconstruction | Period after Civil War |
| Andrew Johnson | Impeached, but not removed from office |
| Grandfather clause | Stopped African Americans from voting by requiring that a grandparent have voted |
| Plessy vs Ferguson | Segregation ruled legal in US |
| Jim Crow Laws | Discriminatory laws in the south |
