European Colonization
Causes of Revolution
Revolution
Constitution
New Nation/1789-1800
100
French immigrants to the new world tended to inhabit this geographic region
What is Canada
100
Prior to the 1760's these British acts were only loosely enforced
What is Navigation Acts
100
He wrote Common Sense, an appeal to the colonists to resist the British and establish a republican form of government
What is Thomas Paine
100
Powers granted to the federal government uner the U.S. Constitution (like making treaties, creating a postal service, raising an army) are expressed as
What is enumerated powers
100
This was the 1st peaceful transfer of power (ballots rather than bullets) and represents an improvement in French-American relations
What is Revolution of 1800
200
As the founder of Rhode Island, this man established complete religious freedom for all of the colony's settlers
What is Roger Williams
200
Most Americans rejected this act for the following reasons; Catholicism was accepted as the official religion of French Quebec, Americans were suspicious that the non-representative assembly established in Quebec would set a precedent for British rule in the American colonies, Americans were angry that Quebec's territory was extended to the Ohio River, and it was an attempt to incorporate the French Canadians into the British North American empire
What is Quebec Act
200
This battle was the turning point of the revolution because the French entered the war on the American side
What is Saratoga
200
this group included John Hancock and Patrick Henry, their political support came mostly from backcountry and agricultural areas, debtors were supporters of them, they were opposed to a strong central government, and they said there was a need for a bill of rights to protect the common man
What is anti-federalists
200
In his more than thirty years as a Supreme Court justice, he blocked states regulations that limited property rights and increased the power of the federal government
What is John Marshall
300
These two countries sought to exploit the lucrative fur trade in North America
What is French and Dutch
300
The primary goal of the Hat, Iron, and __________Acts was to subordinate American capitalism to British capitalism
What is Wool
300
The argument that "abuses and usurpations" by King George and his government violated the social contract that had existed between Britain and its American colonies was articulated in this document
What is Declaration of Independance
300
these were written to calm the anxieties many had about the powers granted to the central government under the Constitution. It was an attempt to convince critics and doubters that the Constitution had in place various checks on the concentration of power. Written by Hamilton, Madison, Jay
What is Federalist Papers
300
This supreme court case established judicial review
What is Marbury vs. Madison
400
John Winthrop is associated with this colony
What is Massachusetts Bay
400
The Declaration of Rights in 1776 (adapted from the Suffolk Resolves by the delegates to the 1st Continental Congress) declared the ____________null and void
What is Intolerable Acts (1774)
400
The king's government rejected this appeal, which led to an intensification of hostilities
What is Declaration of Rights & Grievances
400
this state refused to ratify the Constitution unless a bill of rights would eventually be added
What is North Carolina
400
this means that the courts have the power to determine the constitutionality of laws
What is judicial review
500
These folks stunted the growth of New York because they controlled vast tracts of land
What is aristocrats
500
Conservative delegates to the 1st Continental Congress supported this plan that takes the colonies back to pre-1763 status
What is Galloway Plan
500
This rebellion of 1676 indicate to some historians the undemocratic nature of pre-Revolutionary American society
What is Bacon's Rebellion
500
This part of the government was not as fully developed as the others by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention. It is later strengthened by the Marshall Court.
What is judicial branch
500
a treaty that resulted in improving Spanish-American relations, gave the Americans the right to use the port at New Orleans, settled the Florida boundary dispute, and Spain agreed to cease inciting Indian tribes against the Americans
What is Pinckney's Treaty
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