Exploration/Colonization
What is 1607?
The first battle of the American Revolution
What is Lexington and Concord?
Freedom of speech, press, religion, petition and assembly
What is the 1st Amendment?
Where the Bill of Rights are found
What is Individual Rights?
African-Americans were not citizens and could not go to the Supreme Court
What is Dred Scott vs Sanford?
Document that established self-government in the colonies
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Clash of colonists and British soldiers where 5 colonists were killed
What is the Boston Massacre?
Where the first 10 amendments are located
What is the Bill of Rights?
The process of each brach checking on the other in order to prevent them from having too much power
What is Checks and Balances?
The Supreme Court has the right to review all laws; established the principle of Judicial Review
What is Marbury vs Madison?
Region that thrived on cash crops and plantation slavery
What are the Southern Colonies?
Battle of the Revolution seen as the turning point of the war
What is Saratoga?
Freedom of double jeopardy, and self-incrimination
What is the 5th amendment?
The power comes from the people; the people vote
What is Popular Sovereignty?
Cherokee Nation to keep their lands and won, but Jackson removed them anyways
What is Worcester vs Georgia?
Document that prevented colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Treaty that ended the American Revolution
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783?
What is the 7th amendment?
People exercise the right to elect their representatives
What is Republicanism?
Federal government has the power to regulate trade between states
What is Gibbons vs Ogden?
The idea of providing goods to the Mother Country
What is Mercantilism?
Geographic location where Americans can now live
Where is the Mississippi River?
Rights given to the states
What is the 10th Amendment?
Powers reserved for the states
What is Federalism?
States cannot tax a national bank; increased the power of the national government
What is McCulloch vs Maryland?