COLONIZATION
Europeans came to America seeking land, wealth, and this freedom
What is religious freedom?
Complaint meaning colonists were taxed without having a voice
What is taxation without representation?
First government of the United States
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Case that established judicial review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Battle that started the Civil War
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
The first permanent English settlement in America
What is Jamestown?
War fought for independence from Great Britain
What is the American Revolution?
Document that replaced the Articles
What is the Constitution?
Power of courts to decide if a law is constitutional
What is judicial review?
Bloodiest single day of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Antietam?
Document that set up an agreement for self‑government in Plymouth Colony
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Declaration announcing independence from Britain in 1776
What is the Declaration of Independence?
$300 – System that divides power between national and state governments
What is federalism?
Case that increased federal power over state power
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
Turning point battle of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Region of the colonies known for farming and plantations
What is the Southern Colonies?
King of England during the Revolution
Who is King George III?
First ten amendments to the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
Case that ruled enslaved people were not citizens
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
Battle that ended the American Revolution
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This economic system required colonies to send raw materials to the mother country and buy finished goods in return.
What is mercantilism?
This 1775 battle marked the first military conflict of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
System that prevents one branch from becoming too powerful
What are checks and balances?
Case that supported segregation under “separate but equal”
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
War fought mainly over slavery and states’ rights
What is the Civil War?