What was the division of power between the federal and state government called?
Federalism.
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What are the causes of the war of 1812?
Impressment, Supply of Guns, and Trade Restrictions
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What scandal questioned the power of Washington's leadership?
Whiskey Rebellion
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What saved the Jamestown colony and helped it become rich?
Tobacco
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Which battle is known as: "Shot Heard Around the World"
Lexington & Concord
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Which 2 of our former U.S. Presidents were apart of the Federalist Party?
George Washington and James Madison.
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Who were the leaders of the War Hawks?
Henry Clay & John C. Calhoun
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What did America receive from Pinckney's Treaty?
Free navigation of the Mississippi River
Trading Rights in New Orleans
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In which colonies did the Pilgrims and Puritans settle?
The New England Colonies
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What day was independence declared?
July 4th, 1776
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What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
It was to revise the Articles of Confederation. (Which lead to creation of a new form of government, and a new U.S. Constitution.)
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Who lead the army during the Battle of New Orleans?
General Andrew Jackson
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What is Impressment?
The act of seizing people against their will and forcing them to work for other armies
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Which colony served as a buffer colony between the Carolinas and Florida?
Georgia
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In which colony, were the first shots fired in the American Revolution?
Massachusetts
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What two groups argued over the 3/5 Compromise and the idea of slavery?
The North & The South
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What are three effects of the War of 1812?
Federalist Party ends
Growth of American Industries
U.S. status & population grows
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What is the term George Washington added to the Oath of Office?
"So Help Me God"
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Which colony began the first representative form of government?
Virginia (House of Burgesses)
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In 1775, who captured Fort Ticonderoga, held by the British?
Benedict Arnold (traitor)
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What is gained from the Great Compromise?
Upper House - Senate (Equal Representation)
Lower House - House of Representatives (State Population)
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What was the name of the Native American warrior who led a confederation against the United States?
Tecumseh
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In Jay's treaty, the British agreed to withdraw their army from the Northwest Territory of the United States, but what was the one thing John Jay failed to negotiate in the treaty?