What was were the three things that motivated people to come explore the "New World"?
What is "God, gold and glory"
100
What ended the French and Indian War?
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1763
100
This important machine was invented by Eli Whitney. It's birth rejuvenated the southern economy
What is the cotton gin
100
This case started the process of Judicial Review. It gave the courts the right to declare things unconstitutional.
What is Marbury vs. Madison
100
He was the first president of the United States. He was also a major general in the American Revolution and the French and Indian War
Who is George Washington
200
What company first set up the colony Jamestown in the early 1600's?
What is The Virginia Company
200
Tax placed on paper goods in the colonies, intended to help pay for the war debt from the French and Indian War
What is Stamp Act
200
This land was purchased from France for $15 million. It expanded United States territory and opened up the Mississippi River for trading.
What is the Louisiana Purchase
200
This 1896 case started the "separate but equal" philosophy
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson
200
He was the third president of the United States and the founder of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
300
What was the economic philosophy that colonies existed to serve their mother country?
What is Mercantilism
300
Colonies were represented in British Parliament by
What is Virtual Representation
300
This American foreign trade with any other country
What is The Embargo of 1807
300
This case supported the nation's right to create a Bank of the United States
What is McCulloch vs. Maryland
300
He was the 7th president of the United States. He was also head of the "Spoils System" and signed the Indian Removal Act that forced Native Americans out of their homelands.
Who is Andrew Jackson
400
This system promised pieces of land to people who immigrated to America, and gave 50 acres of land for each servant brought.
What is the Headright System
400
The incident where "the Sons of Liberty" dressed up as Indians and dumped loads of tea from the East India Company into the Boston Harbor. This was in response to the Tea Act
What is The Boston Tea Party
400
These were a series of laws that restricted the rights of slaves in the United States, especially in the South.
What are Slave Codes
400
This case gave Congress the right to regulate commerce
What is Gibbons vs. Ogden
400
He was the 11th president of the United States, was a big believer in the "Manifest Destiny" and also led the Mexican War
Who is James K. Polk
500
The system that bought slaves on the African Gold Coast in with rum from New England, and then traded in the West Indies for sugar and molasses.
What is The Triangle Trade System
500
These were the response to the Alien and Sedation Acts. They gave states the power to nullify a law
What is the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
500
This was a controversial case that increased the national debate over slavery.
What is Dred Scott vs. Sanford
500
He was president of the United States during the Great Depression. He started the "New Deal" programs to attempt to bring the country out of it's state.