Colonies
British North America and American Revolution
Government
Territorial Acquisitions
Antebellum America
100
The first successful English settlement. John Smith is credited with saving the colony through harsh methods of discipline and punishment.
What is Jamestown?
100
This is the type of government where elected officials make laws for its people.
What is Representative Democracy?
100

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 

Who is Thomas Jefferson? 

100

The belief that the United States was meant to settle all the land between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans (“From sea to shining sea”).

What is manifest destiny?

100

The giving up of one’s own culture to take on that of another

What is assimilation? 

200

This group of religious settlers that wanted to “purify” the Anglican Church. Wanted to start “Holy City on the Hill” in the New World. (Plymouth or Massachusetts Bay)

Who are the Puritans?

200
Pilgrims signed this document while they sailed to the New World. It was an early form of representative government.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
200

Name two of the four self-evident truths.

What is all men are created equal; everyone is born with rights (life, liberty and pursuit of happiness); gov’t is made up from the people; people have the right to revolution

200

What was the Trail of Tears?

Andrew Jackson and fed gov’t forcing thousands of Cherokees to march west to Oklahoma

200

Why was the election of 1828 so different than 1824?(John Q. Adams vs. Andrew Jackson)

A lot more men were given the right to vote

300
Colony established by Quakers with the idea that all people were created equal.
What is Pennsylvania?
300
The first form of representative government in the colonies. Elected officials of Jamestown formed this legislative body.
What is the House of Burgesses?
300
What was America's first government and list some problems within the governing body. 

What is the Articles of Confederation; weak central government, states were not unified, Shay's Rebellion, etc. 

300

What former Mexican territory asked the U.S. to annex it in 1845, making it the 28th state?

What is Texas?

300

Established the principle of judicial review giving the supreme court power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional

What is Marbury vs. Madison? 

400
This colonial region had the most diverse economy. Included Bread Basket farms, busy trade harbors, fur trade, merchants, fisherman, lumber, and small farms.
What are the Middle Colonies?
400

Overall, the American Revolution was fought because "No taxation without representation." List some of the taxes imposed on the colonist. 

- Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, Sugar Act, Quartering Act, etc. 


400

Describe the New Jersey Plan, the Virginia Plan, and the Great Compromise.

New Jersey: all states have equal rep; Virginia: rep based on state population; Great Compromise: created two legislative bodies in Congress (Senate and House of Reps)

400

Allowing the people to decide through voting

What is popular sovereignty?

400

Define the following reform movements including key leaders and information 

1. Second Great Awakening 

2. Abolitionism 

3. Temperance

4. Women's Rights

1. Second Great Awakening: Religious Revival (Baptists / Methodists)

 2. Abolitionism: Anti-Slavery

3. Temperance: Anti-Alcohol

4. Women's Rights: Women should vote, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Seneca Falls Convention 

500
He started the Colony of Rhode Island after disagreeing with Puritan laws and practices. He based his new colony on the principles of Separation of Church and State
Who is Roger Williams?
500

The relaxed British policy known as ____ _____ ended because of the ______________. 

Salutary Neglect 

French and Indian War

500

Name the first two political parties of the U.S. and list some characteristics of both. 

- Federalists: Loose interpretation of Constitution, strong central government, Northern businessmen, Alexander Hamilton, Federalist papers, wanted to ratify the Constitution, national bank, etc. 

- Democratic-Republicans: Strict interpretation of Constitution, states rights, agrarian, Thomas Jefferson, Anti-federalist, Bill of Rights, etc. 

500

What was the advantage of using the Erie Canal?

People could travel and trade cheaper and faster.

500

Describe the sectionalist differences of the North, South, and West (economy, political issues, etc). Which to regions had the most in common? 

North: Industry, anti slavery, pro tariffs 

South: Agriculture, pro slavery, anti tariffs

West: Developing Agriculture, Henry Clay, Economic Development 

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