Our break up letter across the pond
Declaration of Independence
Discovered the "new" world
Christopher Columbus
what was the 3 motives for Spanish exploration
God, Gold, and Glory
raise revenue through direct taxation of all colonial commercial and legal papers
Stamp Act
Made a weak form of government; first
Articles of Confederation
Ottawa chief who fought for the Ohio River Valley
Chief Pontiac
tribe that was nomadic: hunted buffalo, farmers, raised maize, beans, and squash
Great Plains Indians
Soldiers in my home?
Quartering Act
Scientific exploration of new land from Napoleon
Lewis and Clark Expedition
It's just Common Sense
Thomas Paine
War Hawks, free seas trade and frontier pressure
Causes of the War of 1812
colonies forbidden to trade with any countries besides Britain
navigation acts
Policy: like a good neighbor stay over there
Monroe Doctrine
John Jay
Enlightenment...yes I wrote about that
John Locke
Limited speech against the government
Alien and Sedition Acts
1814: "yall stop fighting...nobody wins; stalemate"
Treaty of Ghent
Established judicial review
John Marshall
3 sisters agriculture
corn, beans, squash
Punished for having a party?
Intolerable Acts