Exploration and Founding Colonies
The Portuguese trading posts in Africa and Spanish domination of exploration in the Americas were results of...
Treaty of Tordesillas
Jamestown was settled in the year
1607
The colonies declared independence on
July 4th, 1776
States must recognize other states' public records and judicial proceedings.
Full Faith and Credit clause
The first president was chosen based on his leadership, military experience, respect among Americans. His name was...
George Washington
Problems people had with the Catholic church in the Middle Ages...
Spent/Had too much money, selling indulgences, too involved in politics
The production of tobacco and cotton led to an increased demand for
enslaved peoples from Africa
The 2nd Continental Congress determined that the new government would be a
republic
Congress can create a law when necessary, Hamilton used this to justify a national bank.
Elastic clause
To show Americans that he would enforce the law, George Washington sent troops in to put down which rebellion?
Whiskey Rebellion
Puritans who wanted a simple/pure church likely followed the teachings of...
John Calvin
These acts gave British officials the ability to search and seize property on colonial ships.
Navigation Acts
The president cannot make a law, but he can veto one.
Congress can make a law, but the Supreme Court can determine its constitutionality.
These are examples of which principle of government.
Checks and balances
The date the US constitution was created.
September 17, 1787
Thomas Jefferson
The document Pilgrims signed in 1620 that was a first step in self governance in the Americas...
Mayflower Compact
Colonists were used to the British practice of letting the colonies flourish without much interference, known as...
Salutary Neglect
When federal and state governments share power, this is called federalism. Which amendment in the Bill of Rights addresses this?
10
Article V states that 2/3 of states can do what to ratify an amendment?
Call a convention of states.
The Alien and Sedition Acts led to the issue of...
states' rights
The trade that opened up between the Old and New worlds of foods, animals, people, and disease
Columbian Exchange
Tensions were on the rise with the Intolerable Acts in the colonies, one event caused bloodshed in the Massachusetts colony...
Boston Massacre
The federal government of the US under the Articles of Confederation was initially very weak because...
Americans did not want to live under another tyrant.
Article III covers the judicial branch of government which includes...
Supreme Court and Federal Courts
Finish this sentence: "We the people...
in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, promote the general welfare, provide for the common defense, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America.