Abe Lincoln was 6'4''
Members of the colonies that supported English rule during the American revolution were called...
loyalists
What 3 things make the Missouri Compromise?
Equal slave and free
No slaves north of Missouri
Missouri =Slave Maine=Free
A battle during war of Independence for Texas that took place at a Spanish mission. Almost all of the Texan and Tejano defenders died trying to hold back the Mexican Army.
Alamo
an economic theory whose goal is building a state's wealth and power by increasing export goods and accumulating precious metals in return
Mercantilism
Proposed by Alexander Hamilton as the basis of his economic plan to fund the government.
National Bank
He was the commander of the Colonial Army during the American Revolution.
George Washington
This group was forcibly removed from their lands in Florida.
Seminole
The final battle of the war of Independence for Texas when General Santa Anna is captured.
San Jacinto
taxes on imports and exports
custom duty
type of rule in which the military is in charge and citizens' rights are suspended
Martial Law
This part of the Constitution gives Congress the power to establish laws to help carry out the work that otherwise are not directly stated in the Constitution.
Necessary and Proper Clause
This belief during the expansion westward was expressed in the painting below...
The area of disputed land that led to blood shed and America declaring war on Mexico.
Nueces and Rio Grande River
Ben Franklin's attempt to unify the colonies under one government in preparation for the French and Indian War.
Albany Plan of Union
US purchase southern portions of New Mexico and Arizona from Mexico. This gives US control of lands across the entirety of the continent.
Gasden Purchase
The belief that a rural society made up of independent, land owning farmers, would be the strength of American society and economics is called...
Which treaty included the Spanish ceding the colony of Florida into American control?
Adams-Onis
The commander and first president of the Republic of Texas
Sam Houston
paper notes issued by the government, promising to repay money in a certain length of time
bonds
1846 proposal in congress that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the War with Mexico
Wilmot Provisio
This was a system created by the Spanish to award lands in their new colonies to their soldiers. This reward of land led to the unfair treatment of the native people that already called that land their home.
Encomienda
Which battle was the first invasion of the north by the Confederacy and compelled Lincoln to write the Emancipation Proclamation?
Antietam
The general of the Mexican army during the war for Texas's Independence
Santa Anna
British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into military service
impressment
the voluntary freeing of slaves.
Manumission