Colonization
Geographic feature people settled on
What is the Atlantic Coast?
Was the United States ally in the AR
Who is France?
Protected the citizens basic rights from abuses of the Government
What is the Bill of Rights?
Immigrant group that came to the US in search of gold/economic wealth but ended up working mostly low paying jobs
What were Chinese Immigrants?
This group wanted to end slavery
What are abolitionist?
3 major European Nations that settled the New World
What is England, Spain and France?
First battle of the American Revolution
What is Lexington and Concord?
Showed the power of the Federal Government in regard to enforcing its taxes
What was the Whiskey Rebellion
Completed in 1825 this man made water way linked Midwest farmers to Northwest manufacturing sites
What is the Erie Canal?
These were loved in the North but hated in the South because it damaged trade deals with Europe
What are Tariffs?
Trade policy of Colonial America
What is Mercantilism?
"Turning Point" of the AR
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
What was Hamilton's Financial Plan?
Made Americans realize they could no longer depend on Europe and had to start making goods on their own
What was the War of 1812?
This person changed how the office of the President operated by exerting extreme executive power
Who was Andrew Jackson?
Religious group known for settling the Plymouth colony
What are Puritans?
Law that stated British soldiers could stay in colonists homes
What is the Quartering Act?
Declared the Western Hemisphere off limits to European Colonizers
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
Territory that was obtained as a result of the US/Mexican War
What was the Mexican Cession?
Connected the Western goods to markets in the North
What was the Transcontinental Railroad?
Name of the journey taken by slaves as they traveled to the New World
What is the Middle Passage?
These are rights that cannot be taken away by a government because they are given by God
What are Unalienable Rights?
This case established the principal known as Judicial Review and gave the Supreme Court its ultimate Authority
What is Marbury V. Madison 1803?
Created the process for which states could join the "Union;" had to have 60,000 inhabitants, no slavery and equal rights as the first states
Was the center for the slave trade in America, threatened succession multiple times and ultimately was the 1st state to leave the Union
What was South Carolina?