Colonies
What was the first English colony?
Jamestown
What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1776
Why is the Great Compromise important?
created congress how it is today. (senate and House of Representatives)
The philosophy of "Manifest Destiny" stated that Americans should expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the _________
Pacific Ocean
where were the first shots fired in civil war?
Fort Sumter
What type of economy did southern colonies have?
Farming
Why were the colonists upset about the Proclamation of 1763?
The colonists wanted to settle land in the Ohio Valley and lands farther West
Why was Shay's Rebellion important?
It led to revision of the Articles of Confederation
This innovation made travel westward quicker and more efficient in the 1800s.
Transcontinental Railroad
Explain the Anaconda Plan.
Blockade southern ports, control mississippi river, capture Richmond Va
What is the economy of the Northern colonies?
Shipbuilding and whaling
How did salutary neglect affect the colonists?
They had been able to decide things for themselves for so long, and that made them reluctant to accept British laws.
What battle is the end of the war?
Yorktown
What group of people consistently lost land due to western expansion?
Native Americans
What was Lincoln's primary goal of the Civil War?
to preserve the Union
What were some forms of early democracy in the colonies?
House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What conflict created debt that American colonists were expected to pay?
French and Indian War
Why were the "Sons of Liberty" created?
patriot group that enforced boycotts
Explain the Missouri Compromise
Maine as a free state, Missouri slave state, 36'30 line created
Explain the Emancipation Proclamation.
Freed all slaves in the Confederate States if those states did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Exchange of plants, animals, diseases and technology between the Americas and Europe
What type of government did the Articles of Confederation set up?
Weak Federal government
what is the Committees of Correspondence
system of communication between colonies (letters)
Explain the Compromise of 1850
It consisted of laws admitting California as a free state, creating Utah and New Mexico territories with the question of slavery in each to be determined by popular sovereignty
What were the plans for re-admitting slave states under Lincoln and Johnson?
10% and 50% plans