Early America
Name the two empires who colonized and tell me why.
Spain for political power reasons
France for economic
What did colonists do to protest British Taxes
they boycotted British goods
Due to industrialization where did people begin to move to
Cities
What was the first government the united states formed set up under
articles of confederation
What happened after Abraham Lincoln got elected
several southern states seceded
Salutary Neglect is
What is Letting the Colonies govern themselves
What document made the United States officially its own country as well as ended the revolutionary war
Treaty of Paris
This increased the profitability of slavery
Cotton Gin
What is Federalism
power not given to the National government is reserved to the states
What was the turning point in the Civil War
Gettysburg
What legislature served as a model for government in colonial times?
Virginia House of Burgesses
Following this, leading Americans realized the Articles of Confederation were too weak and a stronger national government was necessary.
What is Shay’s Rebellion?
Marbury vs Madison gave the Supreme court
Judicial Review
Name the first two political parties
Federalists and anti federalists
What battle lead to the control of the Mississippi river for the Union
Vicksburg
Describe the geography of the New England Colonies must get all 5
Long Coastlines
Forests
Rocky soil
cold
Natural harbors
Why was Great Britain taxing the colonist so heavy?
To recover the costs of the French and Indian war
Future President involved in the War of 1812
Andrew Jackson
Explain Hamilton's economic plan
He would create a national bank to tax and take loans
After the Civil war this system of farming kept former slaves indebted to plantation owners
Sharecropping
This line said Colonists could not go past it. What was it called.
Proclamation line of 1763
Name all 3 battles and significance we studied during the Revolutionary war
Yorktown - Last battle
Saratoga - Turning point
Lexington and Concord - First battle
What did Thomas Jefferson do that doubled the size of the United States and what year.
Louisiana Purchase 1803
Explain the United States bicameral legislature. Also tell me the name of the compromise that created it.
two branches that make up congress. The house which is based on population and the senate which is 2 senators per state. The Great Compromise.
Describe the Missouri Compromise in full and the year
United States federal legislation that stopped northern attempts to forever prohibit slavery's expansion by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state in exchange for legislation which prohibited slavery in the remaining Louisiana Purchase. 1820