Colonial Life
Oldest colony in North America
Taxes placed on the colonies for the cost of the French and Indian War (name 3)
What is the sugar, Stamp and Intolerable acts?
The number of houses in legislation under the Articles of Confederation
What is unicameral?
President Washington set up a cabinet and only served two terms
What is a precedent?
Heavy industry, infrastructure, large population.
Thomas Jefferson wrote this document
What is the Declaration of Independence?
A person who believed that the colonists were wrong in going to war with England.
What is a loyalist?
The group of men who wrote documents supporting the ratification of the Constitution.
Who are the Federalists? James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay
Hamilton set up a National bank, even though it wasn't mentioned in the Constitution.
What is loose construction?
Lincoln wanted a victory to announce his Emancipation Act
What is the battle of Antietam?
Philosophers: Hobbs, Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau
What political writers influenced the American forefathers in creating their idea of of a new nation?
The author of the Common Sense that inspired many colonists to think about Independence.
Who is Thomas Paine
The compromise that gave the south more representation in Congress
What is the 3/5 compromise
John Marshall ruled in favor of Madison in the Marbury vs Madison case.
What is judicial review?
The battle that had the south suffer a crushing defeat, headed back to Virginia and stopped any attempt to fight again in the north.
What is the battle of Gettysburg?
Immigration declined in the 13 colonies in the late 1600's.
What is better working conditions and political and religious acceptance in England?
The battle that convinced the French to come to the aid of the colonists against the British during the American Revolution.
What is the battle of Saratoga?
Plan created by James Madison that had 3 branches of government, a bicameral legislation and the power to veto any state law
What is the Virginia Plan
Dolly Madison saved George Washington portrait in 1814.
What is the invasion of the Washington DC by the British in the War of 1812?
This general believed that the only way to defeat the south was total war.
Who is General William T. Sherman?
Most enslaved Africans were sent to this area.
What is the southern colonies?
The battle where Washington with the help of the French navy ended the Revolutionary War
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
A plan that allowed a territory west of the original 13 colonies to be ruled by a governor, secretary and 3 judges where citizens could have freedom of religion, and right given by common law.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
Andrew Jackson beat the British soldiers after the end of the war.
What is the battle of New Orleans?
The confederate army was split in two after this battle/seige.
What is the battle of Vicksburg?