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-Why did Britain place new taxes on the American colonists?
To help finance the French and Indian War
To help finance the maintenance of British troops in the colonies
-Turning point of the Revolutionary War:
Battle of Saratoga
-Event in which Jefferson doubles the size of the US after a deal with France
Louisiana Purchase
-The Homestead Act was passed to encourage new farmers to move west and farm because of what geographic factor?
Population growth in the eastern states
-To what modern day states were Native Americans forced to march?
Oklahoma
Why did the colonists dislike the Proclamation of 1763?
The procomation of 1763, which followed the French and Indian war, restricted the western movement of settlers
-First battle and start of the Revolutionary War:
Battle at Lexington and Concord
-Names of the explorers who led an expedition through the new Louisiana territory
Luis and marywhether
-Dangerous overland trail that made it possible to travel to the Pacific Northwest
Oregon
-What effect did the American Indian Removal Act have on tribes like the Cherokee?
The tribes like the Cherokee were forced to relocate to present day Oklahoma
-What were the reasons the colonists were unhappy with Britain?
Great Britan desired to remain a world power.
-The three branches of government:
Legislative, execative, Judical
-New state that became a part of the US after the Mexican-American War
California
-This event led to massive population growth in California
California Gold Rush
-The women’s suffrage movement was meant for women to gain equal rights, especially the right to:
Vote
-What was a specific Act that imposed new taxes on the colonists?
Stamp Act
-Name for the first Ten Amendments of the Constitution
Bill of rights
-Economic factors that “pulled” people to the west
gold
logging
farming
freedom
-Summarize why Andrew Jackson wanted to remove Native Americans from Eastern states?
Found gold on Indian land
-Name of most famous Underground Railroad conductor
Harriet Tubman
-Date the colonies declared independence
July 4, 1776
-Which future state became an independent republic after breaking away from Mexico?
Texas
-Name of the idea that expanding westward was the good and right thing to do?
Manifest Destiny
-What was the “Trail of Tears”?
The cherokee nation and other tribes were forced to give up their lands east pof the Missisippi River and to relocate to an area in present day Okalahoma. This journy became known as the "Trail of Tears"
-Abolitionists wanted to abolish:
Slavery