Age of Colonization
This individual is credited with discovering America.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Firs battle of teh American Revolution?
What is Lexington & Concord?
First Ten Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
Tax that targeted "Frontier Farmers."
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
Journey by the Cherokee after the removal from their land.
What is the Trail of Tears?
These are the three main nations that explored the new world?
What is Spain, Great Britain & France?
No settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Agreement to allow slaves to count towards population.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
The first two political parties.
What are the Federalists & Democratic-Republican Parties?
The Democratic-Republican Party split to become this party.
What is the Whig Party?
System by which a nation increases its wealth and power through its colonies.
What is Mercantilism?
A series of measures pased by King George III to punish the colonists of Boston.
What are the Intolerable Acts? (Coercive)
Document proven not strong enough to govern the new United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Controlled the nation’s money supply.
What is the National Bank?
Tariffs that caused South Carolina to threaten to break away form the United States.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
An agreement that established the idea of "self-government."
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Tested General Washington's ability to keep his army together.
What is the Winter at Valley Forge?
Idea that refers to the idea that the power of the government is restricted by law.
What is limited Government?
Set the precedent of judicial review and gave the Supreme Court the power to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Taxes on imports, that protect domestic manufacturers from foreign competition.
What are Protective Tariffs?
First written constitution in the colonies.
What is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
This not only gave the colonies its independence, but it extended their boundaries to the Mississippi River.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
The concept that political power rests with the consent of the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
Forbade European countries from establishing or intefering with colonies inLatin America.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
SCOTUS decision that stated that the Cherokee had the right to self-government, and declared state law over them to be unconstitutional.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?