Early Settlement
Christopher Columbus received permission and funding from this country.
What was Portugal?
Philosophy developed in the 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized the freedom of individuals to follow their own desires in their social, religious, and economic life.
What is liberalism?
The first government of the United States.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
The constitutional amendment that protects the people's right to bear arms.
What is the second amendment?
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
Italian explorer often referred to as "England's Columbus."
Who was Giovanni Caboto or John Cabot?
The location of the failed meeting of the colonies in 1754 to discuss a plan for colonial unity.
What was Albany NY?
What is the commerce clause?
The amendment that protects the people's right against unreasonable searches and siezures.
What is the fourth amendment?
Wrote the Virginia resolutions.
Who was James Maddison?
The written agreement made between the settlers aboard the Mayflower on the journey towards North America.
What was the Mayflower Compact?
An act of parliament in 1765 that placed a special tax on all legal documents as well as newspapers.
What was the Stamp Act?
The body that votes to elect the president and vice president of the United States.
What is the electoral college?
The amendment that extended the protections of the bill of rights at the state level as well as the federal level.
What is the 14th amendment?
What was the Battle of New Orleans?
Preacher from Salem Massachusetts who founded the settlement of Providence Rhode Island.
Who was Roger Williams?
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776 which argued that the colonies were being abused by King George III.
What was Common Sense?
The clause in the Constitution that grants the legislature powers not explicit in the Constitution.
The body of citizens who decide whether a criminal case has enough evidence against the accused to proceed to a trial.
What is a grand jury?
What was the XYZ Affair?
The original name of the settlement of Manhattan.
What was New Amsterdam?
Known as the Intolerable Acts in the colonies, this act of Parliament closed the port of Boston until the city paid back the tea spilt during the Boston Tea Party.
What was the Coercive Acts?
The power the Supreme Court gave itself in Marbury v Maddison that allows the Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of federal laws.
What is judicial review?
The type of censorship when the government fines, imprisons, or otherwise punishes someone for something said or published.
What is subsequent expression?
Massachusetts senator who condemned nullification and secession saying it would destroy the union which he believed was the world's last hope.
Who was Daniel Webster?