Amendments
The rights guaranteed by the First Amendment
What is the right to freedom of speech, freedom of petition, freedom of press, freedom of religion, and freedom of assembly?
The type of economic system during the age of imperialism when the 13 colonies were founded
What is mercantilism?
War that became a catalyst for the roots of the American Revolution based off of how Britain handled the aftermath
What was the French and Indian War?
Agreement in government that, aside from one certain state, no state above the 36*30' Line could allow slavery
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This ended the Mexican American War
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The right to a speedy and fair trial
What is the sixth amendment?
Lost colony led by Walter Raleigh
What was Roanoke?
Actions by the British government that angered the colonists and made them resent rule without representation in parliament.
What are -- Taxes, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, etc. etc.
Policy/Idea that Europe should no longer try to colonize the Western Hemisphere
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Agreement that made the previous Missouri Compromise less clear, allowed California to be a free state, clarified Texas borders, but allowed new states from the Mexican Cession to vote on the issue of slavery
What is the Compromise of 1850?
The right to NOT be forced to quarter soldiers in your home
What is the third amendment?
Early governing document agreed upon by the Pilgrims on their way to what would become the Plymouth colony
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Last battle of the American War for Independence
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Political scandal where people thought that John Quincy Adams only won the election because he promised that Henry Clay could become Secretary of State
Lincoln's freeing of enslaved people's in CONFEDERATE states during the Civil War (but not in border states like Maryland that were still part of the Union)
Prohibits cruel and unusual punishment + excessive fines
What is the eighth amendment?
Form of employment/coerced labor many early colonists engaged in in order to "pay their way" or passage to the colonies
What was indentured servitude?
Key failure of the Articles of Confederation
What is the lack of power to tax/ central government was too weak?
Event/Period of John C. Calhoun believing that the Federal Government was beginning to be too powerful over states' authority.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
Advantages the Union/North had over the South (must get ALL of them)
What is.... the stronger central government, higher population, better economy, better military technology, better access to food
Rights not mentioned in the Constitution are given to the states
First legislative governing body in the British North American colonies
What was the House of Burgesses?
Laws passed by John Adams that made citizenship more difficult to obtain and made it illegal to publish information that was negative about the U.S. government
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798?
Policy prioritizing economic growth for the United States
What is the "American System?"
Official ending of the era of Reconstruction