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What contributed most to the American Victory in the American Revolution (2)
French Military and Financial assistance
Colonist from which European nation generally had the most cooperative relationship with American Indians
France
Under the Articles of Confederation the United States government had no power to
Tax/ Collect Taxes
The Federalist papers were written in order to
get the Constitution ratified as is
The first attempt to apply the doctrine of popular soverignty in determining the status of slavery occurred in which state?
Kansas
Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World, was founded by
A joint stock company
The Proclamation Line of 1763 sought to
Prevent conflicts with American Indians on the colonial frontier
The legislature of the Articles of Confederation consisted of
A unicameral legislature (one house)
Preserve the Union
What was the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Law
Why did English colonists want to come to North America
To seek economic opportunity and improved living conditions
The Missouri Compromise did what:
Allowed Maine to enter the Union as a Free State. Missouri entered as a Slave State.
The Seneca Falls Convention marked the beginning of
An organized women's right movement. Expansion of women's rights.
What was established by Marbury v Madison
The principle of Judicial Review
What is the most direct reason for the secession of South Carolina
The election of 1860
British Colonist objected this Act primarily because it taxed them without their consent
Stamp Act
Jacksonian Democracy was distinguished by the belief that
Political participation by the common man should be increased.
The Great Compromise of 1787 resulted in
A system of political representation for the states in the federal government.
House of Reps -based on population
Senate -equal representation
The Monroe Doctrine states:
European powers should not pursue any future colonization in the Americas
Why is Shays' Rebellion significant?
Strengthen the movement for a new US Constitution.
Highlights the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What is a major difference between the encomienda system and slave labor in the Spanish colonies
Encomienda system exploited the labor of Native Americans,
Slavery typically extracted labor from enslaved Africans
What was determined/ gained at the end of the American Revolutionary War/ signing of the Treaty of Paris
US was recognized as a soverign territory. East of the Mississippi River, between the Great Lakes and Florida
What was established in McCulloch v Maryland
It increased federal authority by invoking the doctrine of implied powers.
The United States gained which territories following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848
Possession of California and most of the Southwest
Describe the Advantages of the North AND the South during the Civil War
North- Greater population, industrial development, political structure
South- Military leadership, support from civilians,