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The Adams-Onis Treaty did what?
Purchased the Florida territory from Spain for $5M
This constitutional compromise that got Southern states to sign on to the constitution by counting a portion of their slaves for representation and tax purposes.
3/5 Compromise
Once the war concluded, where were the American moving to settle at?
West of the Appalachians
Constitutional principle: Governmental powers are specific on what it can and cannot do.
Limited government
Constitutional Principle: Divides federal power into 3 branches of government
Separations of power
Why did Thomas Jefferson personally wrangle with purchasing the Louisiana Territory?
The colonists were upset with the Sugar Act (1764) because it bypassed the colonial assemblies' right to pass taxes and that it would be
Enforced by the British Army
Thomas Paine wrote what pamphlet that called the monarchy a foolish form of government whose path through history was strewn with wreckage and concluded with "the blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'TIS TIME TO PART."
Common Sense
What is the best time tested tactic in guerrilla warfare?
hit and run attacks
Name of the constitutional compromise that created America's bicameral legislature after intense debate between small and large states
Great Compromise
During the French and Indian War, the British colonies rejected the Albany Congress plan to unite because they feared what more than the French?
Centralized government power
A major turning point in the War for Independence was the Battle of _________. It was an American victory with 6,000 British forces being killed/captured and led to France entering the war.
Saratoga
The biggest advantage a guerrilla fighter has is that they dictate
When and where to attack.
In "Report on Public Credit," Hamilton proposed that the government pay the full value of ______. If not, he was concerned that it would harm US credit.
Bonds
What Supreme Court case established judicial review, which allows the court to strike down laws as unconstitutional?
Marbury v. Madison
In 1757 (French & Indian War), the British Secretary of State took direct control of the war and did the following things that changed the course of the war to a British victory:
1) Devoted more resources to N. America
2) Replaced old incompetent generals with young energetic generals who could adapt to the Indians
What was his name?
William Pitt
(Pittsburgh named after him)
The passing of what Act led to the popular phrase "No taxation without representation."
Townshend Act (1767)
After the Quartering Act (1765) was passed, more British troops arrived to enforce the new taxes. At this point, the colonist believed that they were being oppressed because they were
under an unlawful military occupation to enforce illegal taxation.
Who's victories in the Western frontiers during the War for Independence led to fewer Indian attacks, and laid claim to the Northwest Territories.
(NW Territories later become: OH, MI, IN, WI)
George Rogers Clark
What laws passed by Parliament that was meant to punish Boston and MA for the Boston Tea Party?
The Coercive (Intolerable) Acts
Why is the Preamble in the Constitution significant?
States that We the People of the US are giving the federal government its authority (popular sovereignty)
Big controversy arose with the constitutionality of a Congressional bill to create a national bank. Hamilton Convinced Washington to sign the bill into law using a broad constructionist interpretation of what clause in the Constitution?
Necessary and Proper clause
The Declaration of Independence can be summarized into three sections. What is that summary?
1) We have rights given to us by God, and its Gov's job to protect them, if gov abuses them we can "alter or abolish" the gov.
2) Lists the abuses suffered by the Colonist committed by the British gov
3) Because of those abuses, the colonists are justified in separation from Britain
How did Colonists view the passing of the Tea Act (1773)
"If Parliament can make the British East India Company a monopoly on the tea trade, what else could they do?"
Once the War for Independence was over, American minds were starting to change on slavery. What was happening?
Contradicted American ideals: How can all men be created equal with rights given to them by God, but yet be subjected to slavery?
Northern states began emancipation/abolition as a result.