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scientists propose that the first inhabitants of North America migrated from Asia across a landbridge during the ice age
landbridge theory
President Van Buren removed the Cherokees from Georgia to Oklahoma
Trail of Tears
July 4, 1776, Jefferson wrote a document of freedom from Britain
Declaration of Independence
Moses of her people; escaped slave who led many slaves to freedom
Harriet tubman
1773, Sons of Liberty disguised as Native Americans dumped British Tea into the Boston Harbor (reaction to Tea Act)
Boston Tea Party
weak ineffective first plan of US government later replaced by the US Constitution
Articles of Confederation
to force a smaller culture into a larger culture
assimilation
makes the laws; congress
legislative branch
system to make sure no one branch of government gets too powerful
checks and balances
also called the Wasted War because nothing was accomplished between the Americans and the British
War of 1812
secret network of houses to help slaves escape to freedom
Underground Railiroad
someone who wanted to outlaw slavery
abolitionist
explored the Louisiana Purchase and mapped a route to the Pacific Ocean
Lewis and Clark
laws to control the behavior of slaves and to prevent revolts
slave codes
replaced the Articles of Confederation, "Supreme Law of the Land"
US Constitution
interprets the laws; Supreme Court
judicial branch
first major battle of the American Revolution; actually fought on Breed's Hill
Battle of Bunker Hill
division of power between state and national government
federalism
territory purchased from France in 1803 to double the size of the US
Louisiana Purchase
economic policy limiting government involvement in business
laissez faire
Punishments imposed by the British in response to the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
enforces the laws; president
executive branch
belief that Americans could claim all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; root cause of the Civil War
Manifest Destiny
first 10 amendments to the constitution
The Bill of Rights
1770, five innocent colonists killed by British soldiers
Boston Massacre