13 colonies
Economis in Southern colonies depended on
Plantations/Cash crops like tobacco.
What war was fought between Britain and France over land in north america?
French and Indian War
___________________ declared America's freedom from Great Britain and was written by Thomas Jefferson.
Declaration of Independence
_________________________ – each branch can limit the others
Checks and Balances –
_____________________ – U.S. warning against European colonization in the Americas
Monroe Doctrine
____________________ – forced Native Americans west
Indian Removal Act
_________ was a famous conductor on the underground railroad.
Harriet Tubman
John Brown was an abolitionist who killed people in _________________________.
Bleeding Kansas
The Southern states were known as
a. Confederacy
b. Union
a. Confederacy
a colony is __________________________
land controlled by another country.
We threw $2 million dollars of ____ in the water to protest a tax on____.
Tea
_____________________ – ended the Revolutionary War. America gains independence.
Treaty of Paris (1783)
_________________ – first 10 amendments. Many states insisted they be added to the Constitution before they would join the new nation
Bill of Rights
________________– war between U.S. and Britain. Seen as the second U.S. war for independence.
War of 1812 – war between U.S. and Britain
______________________ – belief that the U.S. should expand coast to coast
Manifest Destiny
Someone against slavery is a
abolitionist.
________________ was elected president in 1860 and the Southern states started to secede.
Abe Lincoln
This document freed slaves only in rebelling states.
Emancipation Proclamation
The ____________________ agreement for self-government in Plymouth. First one made by Colonists.
Mayflower Compact
Colonist were boycotting goods and protesting the British because
They had no representation in Britain.
Who helped America defeat the British in the American revolution?
France
The Constitutional Convention wrote this because the articles of confederation were too weak.
Constitution
_________________ – land bought from France in 1803, by Thomas Jefferson for $15 million.
Louisiana Purchase
The ______________________ ended in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and gave Mexican land to the U.S.
Mexican-American War
The southern slave population increased as they need more people to __________________.
Work Cotton Plantations
_______________________ was a political party opposed to slavery.
Republican
The __________ ended slavery in the whole country.
13th amendment
Many colonists came for ______________ freedom or economic opportunity.
religious
Stamp act was a
tax on all printed items
The war ended after this battle?
Yorktown
___________________ is a change to the constitution.
Amendment
____________________- Supported a strong national government
Federalists
_______________________ is when you give jobs to your supporters.
Spoils System
____________________ is the idea that Citizens should vote on important issues like slavery.
Popular Sovereignty
___________________ was president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
__________________________ turning point of the war. South loses last real chance to win.
Battle of Gettysburg
___________________________ – citizens elect leaders. Colonist felt like this was a right.
Representative Government
Lexington and Concord were the _____________________________
First battles of the Revolutionary war.
Who was chosen to lead the Continental Army and is nicknamed "Father of the Nation"
George Washington
____________________ – counted enslaved people as 3/5 for representation.
Three-Fifths Compromise
_________________– pride in one’s country. Increased greatly after the war of 1812.
Nationalism
____________________ expanded the power of the president
Andrew Jackson
__________________ Is the growth of factories and machines. (Mostly in the north)
Industrialization
______________ means to leave the Union.
Secede/Secession
What was the Union fighting for __________________
preserve/save the nation. End slavery.