Vocab
Boycott
During the Texas Revolution, Mexican forces laid siege to what fort
The Alamo
Law requiring a government tax stamp on all legal documents
Stamp act
Who campaigned to improve conditions for prisoners and the mentally ill
Dorthea Dix
Land purchase that almost doubled the territory of the United States
Louisiana Purchase
British soldiers were known as this because of their uniforms
Redcoats
Uprising of Americans against Mexican rule in California
Bear Flag Revolt
The first 10 amendments to the constitution are known as the?
Bill of Rights
Who was known as the father of the constitution
James Madison
Pen name under which the federalist papers were written
Publius
Opposition to immigration
Nativism
Who won the Battle of Bunker Hill
The British
What was the pamphlet called that Thomas Paine used to promote independence and condemn monarchy
Common Sense
Slave who sued for his freedom
Dredd Scott
Meeting that declared all men and women equal
Seneca Falls Convention
Means of transportation for most migrants to the West
Wagons
Who was chosen to lead the Continental Army
George Washington
What plan proposed a government separated into 3 branches
The Virginia plan
Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key
Another name for the Lewis and Clark expedition
Corps of Discovery
Used relays of fast horses to deliver mail quickly
pony express
What treaty ended the war of 1812
Treaty of Ghent
The balance of free states and slave states was preserved in 1820 by this
Missouri Compromise
Famous school reformer
Horace Mann
Stated the Americas were off limits to further colonization attempts by European powers
Monroe Doctrine