PRESIDENTS
The first bloodshed of the American Revolution (1770), as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five Americans
Boston Massacre
A war in 1756-1763 fought in Europe, India, and America. Also known as "French and Indian War"
Seven Years' War
What did the anti-federalists think was missing from the constitution?
What is BILL OF RIGHTS?
Document which spells out the principles by which the US government runs and the fundamental laws that govern society
What is The Constitution?
Agreement at the creation of the Constitution that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes
What is The Three-Fifths compromise?
1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
Who is George Washington?
On the night of December 16, 1773, colonials disguised as Indians boarded the ships and threw the tea overboard.
Boston Tea Party
A rule passed by England that says colonists can't settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
Form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states
What is Federalism?
First government of the United States; extremely weak government that gave most of the power to states
What is the Articles of confederation?
A compromise between the New Jersey and Virginia plans that created the Senate and the House of Representatives; each state received equal number of senators, states received representatives based on population
What is The Great Compromise?
America's first Vice-President and second President. Sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts.
Who is John Adams?
DAILY DOUBLE
100
From the late 1600s to about 1750 the English didn't pay attention to colonists and left them as self-governing.
Era of Salutary Neglect
Business between states
What is interstate commerce?
1776: a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation
What is Common Sense?
Allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state, Maine to enter the union as a free state, prohibited slavery north of latitude 36˚ 30' within the Louisiana Territory (1820)
What is the Missouri Compromise?
wanted to limit the power of the government
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Designed to punish the colonists -Shut down the port of Boston, ended self-rule in Massachusetts, tried colonists for high crimes in England, and created the New Quartering Act for all colonies.
Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
Ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America., Britain gains controls of Canada and all land east of the Mississippi; Spain gains control of land west of the Mississippi River
Treaty of Paris 1763
Those powers that the constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not, at the same time, deny to the states
Reserved Powers
American victory over British troops in 1777 that was a turning point in the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Allowed the settlers in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders, instead of the federal government dictating the rules.
What is the Kansas- Nebraska Act?
President during War of 1812
Who is James Madison?
Boston silversmith who rode into the countryside to spread news of British troop movement.
Paul Revere
A young surveyor that built Fort Necessity in the Ohio Valley to combat the French
Who is George Washington
They opposed the Constitution's powerful centralized government, arguing that the Constitution gave too much political, economic, and military control.
What is Anti-Federalists?
DAILY DOUBLE
200
Made up of five bills that attempted to resolve disputes over slavery in new territories added to the United States in the wake of the Mexican-American War (1846-48).
What is The Compromise of 1850?