Exploration & Colonization
Reasons Europeans explored the New World.
Wealth, religion, expanding empires, new trade routes
Law that banned westward settlement past the Appalachians.
Proclamation of 1763
First U.S. government that was weak.
Articles of Confederation
Plan that created a national bank and paid war debt.
Hamilton’s Financial Plan
Invention that increased cotton production and slavery.
Cotton gin
Country that claimed Florida, Texas, and California.
Spain
Belief that government needs permission to tax the people.
Consent of the governed
Compromise that created a bicameral Congress.
Great Compromise
Washington’s warning against alliances and parties.
Farewell Addres
Manufacturing method that lowered prices.
Interchangeable parts
Colonies with rocky soil, cold climate, fishing, and shipbuilding.
New England colonies
British punishment after the Boston Tea Party.
Intolerable Acts
System preventing one branch from becoming too powerful.
Checks and balances
Court case establishing judicial review.
Marbury v. Madison
Man-made waterways that lowered shipping costs
Canals
Colony founded by Roger Williams for religious toleration.
Rhode Island
Document listing grievances against King George III.
Declaration of Independence
First ten amendments protecting liberties.
Bill of Right
Purchase that doubled U.S. size.
Louisiana Purchase
Movement where people moved to cities for factory jobs.
Urbanization
Colonies founded mainly for economic reasons using slave labor.
Southern colonies
Turning point battle that gained French support.
Saratoga
Amendment giving powers to the states.
10th Amendment
Policy stopping European colonization in the Americas.
Monroe Doctrine
Movement to end slavery.
Abolitionism