Colonial America
Where is the Atlantic coast - near water for trade!
This was a reason the British ended salutary neglect and began taxing the colonies.
What is the French and Indian War?
The first government after the American Revolution, which set up a weak national government, with more power to the colonies was called.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This was George Washington's foreign policy
What is isolationism?
This idea said that God gave the United States the right to expand to the Pacific Ocean
What is Manifest Destiny?
This is the economic policy that the British followed towards the colonists.
What is mercantilism?
Colonies sent raw materials back to the "mother country" (England) and create new markets to sell products to.
These are examples of British acts that angered the colonists and encouraged them to start thinking about independence. (Name 3)
What are the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Tea Act, Intolerable Acts, Quartering Acts . . . ?
What are:
* no Executive branch to enforce laws
* no power to collect taxes
* states had more power/could not agree
* unable to defeat Shay's Rebellion (no strong armed force)
George Washington passed this act to align with his philosophy of isolationism.
What is the Proclamation of Neutrality?
This "purchase" doubled the size of the United States and gave the US the port of New Orleans and control of the Mississippi River.
What is the Louisianna Purchase?
Salutary neglect means . . .
What is that the British government pretty much left the colonies alone in their day to day lives
This document outlined all the reasons why the colonies wanted to break away from British rule and self-govern.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This ensures each of the three branches of government have equal power
What are checks and balances?
What is a Federalist?
This policy of Andrew Jackson's forced Native Americans off their territory
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This agreement was made by the first Puritan settlers in Massachusetts and promoted the idea of self-government
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
Define federalism
What is the sharing of power between state and federal governments?
Jefferson and Hamilton argued about this, among many other issues, which led to the creation of political parties
What is the National Bank?
This policy granted land to any settlers who would promise to fram it for 5 years.
What is the Homestead Act?
This was an example of the first elected legislature in the American colonies. It was the first step towards representative government.
What is the House of Burgesses?
The idea that the government gets its power from the people and must give their permission to be governed
What is consent of the governed?
The Great Compromise stated this.
What is that a Congress whould have a House of Representatives (based on the population of each state) and a Senate with two representatives from each state, no matter the size of the population?
This decision, part of Marbury v. Madison - expanded the power of the judicial branch
What is judicial review?
This idea led to the regions in America having vastly different needs, with the issue of slavery at the forefront.
What is sectionalism?