British Colonial Period
The British American colonies were divided into three regions based on geographic location, climate, and economic/social characteristics. The regions were Southern, Middle, and the...
What are the New England colonies?
This group of colonists supported complete independence from Great Britain?
Who are Patriots?
These are the precedents set by George Washington's Farewell Speech. Name One
What is to not create permanent foreign alliances, not form political parties, and hold presidents to only 2 terms in office
This was a result of Lincoln victory in the election of 1860.
What is South Carolina, followed by 10 other Southern states, seceded?
What is the 13th amendment?
This event led to a decline in the use of indentured servants and led to the implementation of chattel slavery laws.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
What was the cause of the Boston Tea Party
Increased taxation on imported goods like Tea (British Tea Act)
These are reasons the Article of Confederation (the 1st American Constitution) failed and was scrapped to start anew with the US Constitution. Name One
What are the inability to tax, form a military, create foreign treaties, no court system, and state governments were stronger than the federal government
This Supreme Court decision nullified the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850 in that the court ruled that enslaved people were property and thus slavery could not be outlawed as right to property in protected in the Constitution.
What is Dred Scott v Sandford?
These local and state laws that were widespread nationally during reconstruction to deter equal access to public amenities, services, and voting rights.
What are Jim Crow laws?
The first elected assembly in the New World
What is the House of Burgesses?
This is the major advantages the Continental Army had over the British military.
This compromise won support of Southern states in order to ratify the Constitution. It included a percentage of the enslaved population to be counted towards state population in determining representation in the Legislative Branch.
The 3/5 Compromise
This allowed CA to enter as a free state while letting the Southwestern territories decide the slavery issue on their own.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This court case established the principle of separate but equal
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
The British Navigation Acts prevented colonists from doing this.
What is trading with foreign nations? (Trading with countries other than Great Britain)
This is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence.
What is declare formal separation from the British Empire and declare American sovereignty or self-governance?
This compromise created 2 houses in the Legislative branch: the Senate with equal representation from each state and the House of Reps. which has representation based on population.
What is the Great Compromise?
Land annexed as a part of the Treaty of Hidalgo, and victory in this war, further created tension concerning the spread of slavery in the West.
The Mexican-American War
These federal acts further eroded Native American sovereignty during the second half of the 19th century (1800s). Name One
What are the Homestead Act, Pacific Railway Act, and the Dawes Act?
This war was fought by many American colonist in the name of the British Empire. Despite a British victory, the same war was expensive and caused an end of salutary neglect; bring on the taxes.
What is the French and Indian War?
This was a major impact of the Revolutionary War on workers/industry.
What is manufacturing increased and new jobs were created in industries in port cities.
This political party refused to support the ratification of the Constitution until a Bill of Rights was added to protect freedoms of the people.
What is the Anti-Federalists?
The reason Northern states favored a high tariff in comparison to Southern states.
What is to protect Northern manufacturing from foreign competition?
This is the meaning of suspending Habeas Corpus, an action taken by President Lincoln in the Civil War to protect the Union against Americans accused of spying for the Confederacy?
What is to unlawfully imprisonment a person with out proof of a crime or a speedy trial.