Colonization
Georgia was given this nickname because of the geographic barrier it provided to other colonies.
What is 'buffer colony'?
Ben Franklin's slithery cartoon was meant to inspire colonists to unite for defense.
What is 'Join or Die'?
He is considered the "Father of the Constitution" because he helped develop and explain most of its principles and structure.
Who is James Madison?
The forcing of American sailors to serve on British ships.
What is impressment?
This was the controversy over Jackson's loss to John Quincy Adams because of Henry Clay.
What is the 'corrupt bargain'?
This religious experience encouraged democracy and religious toleration and was shared by all colonies, lessening differences between them. These folks aren't asleep...
What is the First Great Awakening?
What are the Intolerable Acts OR the Coercive Acts?
This lists the purposes for the government in the Constitution.
What is the Preamble to the Constitution?
The new nation showed its willingness to protect its trade and not be bullied during which conflict?
What is the Conflict with the Barbary Pirates?
Sequoyah's primary contribution to the Cherokee.
What is a written alphabet?
"It were too vile to say, and scarce to be believed, what we endured: but the occasion was our own, for want [lack] of providence, industry and government, and not the barrenness and defect of the Country…”
-says John Smith to the hungry colonists.
What is 'starving time'?
This battle was considered the turning point in the revolution.
What is Saratoga?
This system prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful. [ Hint: ____ & ____ ]
What are checks and balances?
This provided a wealth of resources and doubled the size of America.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Marshall decided that Georgia could not force the Natives to move in this case.
What is Worcester v Georgia?
He developed processes that made tobacco essential to the economy of Jamestown.
Who is John Rolfe?
The policy wherein the mother country provides manufactured goods to its colony, which provides raw materials in return.
What is mercantilism?
This pre-Revolutionary act led to the 3rd Amendment, prohibiting the housing of troops in the homes of private citizens.
What is the Quartering Act?
Jefferson stopped trade with all countries using this piece of legislation.
What is the Embargo Act?
John C. Calhoun rallied for his state, threatening nullification of this.
What is a tariff?
The establishment of this 'house' contributed to the development of representative government in Jamestown.
What is the House of Burgesses?
Loyalists were concentrated in these areas of the American colonies.
What are New York and the Southern colonies?
This settled the debate for how to determine congressional representation per state.
What is the Great Compromise?
Following the War of 1812, this asserted that European affairs were none of America's business, and vice versa.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Jackson's use of this prompted his opposition to refer to him as a tyrant, or 'King Andrew'.
What is the veto?