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This economic theory said colonies existed to benefit the “mother country.
This economic theory said colonies existed to benefit the “mother country.
This compromise counted enslaved people as partial population for representation.
the Three-Fifths Compromise?
The system in which colonists received 50 acres of land for paying for workers’ passage to America.
the Headright System
This colonial organization used boycotts and intimidation to protest British tax laws.
Sons of Liberty
This 1850 law required all citizens to help capture and return runaway enslaved people.
the Fugitive Slave Act
The Pilgrims signed this 1620 document to establish self-government
Mayflower Compact?
He was the first President of the United States.
George Washington
This rebellion in Virginia revealed tensions between poor frontier farmers and wealthy plantation owners.
Bacon’s Rebellion
These papers written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay argued for the ratification of the Constitution.
the Federalist Papers?
This violent event in Kansas was a direct result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Bleeding Kansas
The British taxed the colonists to help pay for this global conflict.
the French and Indian War
This belief said the U.S. was meant to expand across the continent.
Manifest Destiny?
He wrote Common Sense, arguing that the colonies should break away from Britain.
Thomas Paine
This first major foreign policy challenge under Washington involved farmers protesting a tax.
the Whiskey Rebellion
This Union general’s “March to the Sea” destroyed Southern resources and morale.
William T. Sherman
This 1770 event, used as propaganda, involved British soldiers killing colonists
Boston Massacre
This was the first major battle of the Civil War.
Battle of Fort Sumter
These laws punished Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.
Intolerable Act
This law made it harder to become a citizen and illegal to criticize the government, and was supported by Federalists.
the Alien and Sedition Acts?
This battle was the bloodiest single day in U.S. history, leading to the Emancipation Proclamation.
the Battle of Antietam
the U.S. first attempted government was called this (it was very weak
Articles of Confederation?
This speech by Abraham Lincoln said the war was about preserving the Union.
Gettysburg Address
This final attempt by colonists to avoid war asked King George III for peace — he ignored it.
Olive Branch Petition
He was the main author of the Constitution and a leader of the Federalist Party.
James Madison?
The system of trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas that included the Middle Passage.
Triangular Trade