Different Wars/ Battles
Important Documents/ Acts
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100

A political upheaval during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy 

The American Revolution/ Revolutionary War

100
The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
The Bill of Rights
100

He will lead the U.S through the Civil War. 

Abraham Lincoln

100

The lawmaking part of our government 

Legislative Branch/ Congress

100

A place where weapons are stored 

Armory

Arsenal 

200
A war fought between Britain and the Colonies vs France and the Indians. It was a battle over the Ohio River Valley.
The French and Indian War
200

The formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain

The Declaration of Independence

200

The president of Mexico during the Annexation of Texas 

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

200

This is a term used to describe low population areas that are usually centered around agriculture 

Rural 

200

When the President rejects a bill

Veto

300

What began after Texas was annexed to the U.S. What ended it?

Mexican American War. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 ended the war.

300
What were the Alien and Sedation Acts?
It made foreign colonization illegal in the U.S and gave the president the power to kick anyone out of the U.S. This act also made it illegal for anyone to criticize the government.
300

These were three notable abolitionists 

 Some include Harriet Tubman, Fredrick Douglass, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Parker, William Lloyd Garrison. 

300
It is the belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
Mercantalism
300

2 Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation 

No Tax, No Trade, No Military

400

The coldest winter of the revolutionary war took place here

Valley Forge 

400

The first Constitution of the United States 

Articles of Confederation

400
An English American political activist, philosopher and founding father of the U.S. He believed we should become independent from Britain and wrote "Common Sense"
Thomas Paine
400
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Inalienable Rights, Natural Rights
400
Warned against foreign alliances and political parties
George Washington's Farewell Address
500

The turning point of the revolutionary war 

Saratoga 

500
The ________________ was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. The ________________ was also the first written framework of government established in the U.S, and is cited as the first example of self-government in America. (Both blanks are the same word)
The Mayflower Compact
500
Describe the differences between Federalists and Anti- Federalists
Federalists were in favor of the constitution. They were usually wealthy landowners int he Northern states. They believed in elitism because they felt their class was the only one fit to govern. Federalists wanted a strong central government and wanted to remove all the common people from power because they could not govern themselves. Anti- Federalists did not support the constitution. They were usually small farmers or laborers who believed in the goodness of the common man. They also believed the elite were corrupt. Anti -Federalists wanted strong state governments in order to secure their rights.
500

Someone who agreed to work as an unpaid laborer for a certain period of time and would receive a ride to the new world in exchange 

Indentured Servant 

(Indentured Servitude)

500

The time period in the 17th and 18th century where influential thinkers used rational thoughts to discover truths about nature and society. 

The Enlightenment 

or

Age of Reason

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