US History Review 1
Georgia was founded as colony for what purpose?
The passing on of new and different plants, foods, animals, and diseases across the Atlantic Ocean and back again.
The Columbian Exchange
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights.."
Declaration of Independence
This amendment guarantees the right to protest
1st Amendment
Which part of the legislative branch has population based on representation?
House of Representatives
First document in the America's that encouraged self-government among the colonists
Mayflower Compact
The Constitution was written to replace this document
The Articles of Confederation
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
the Bill or Rights
2 houses of the Legislative branch
Senate and House of Representatives
Document that incited the American Revolution
Declaration of Independence
Explain Thomas Paine's purpose in writing Common Sense and impact.
Convince American colonists to declare their independence.
More American colonists to support declaring their independence from Britain
Explain the history of the Louisiana Purchase.
Purchased by the Jefferson Administration from the French in 1803.
Originally sought to purchase a small portion of the territory for $10 million, but Napoleon offered to sell the whole territory for $15 million.
President Jefferson employed a loose interpretation of the Constitution citing the presidents ability to make treatise with foreign governments as ground to make the purchase.
the war in which the British and some Native American allies fought the French and their Native Americans allies.
French and Indian War
What impact does the First Amendment have on American Society?
Congress cannot mandate a national religion.
Religious groups cannot lobby Congress.
Members of the press cannot hold public office.
The Supreme Court cannot limit free speech during wartime.
Congress cannot mandate a national religion.
a party that supported industry, a growing centralized government, and rule by property owners
Federalist
Bill of Rights
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation. Abigail Adams
What does she want for Women?
Equality for women and the same rights as men after The Revolutionary War.
The Great Compromise created what?
Our bicameral system of government
What caused Shay's Rebellion?
Taxes placed on Farmers
a party that supported the common people and favored a small, limited government
Anti-Federalists
“Let every state import what it pleases. The morality or wisdom of slavery are considerations belonging to the states themselves.” What issue is being discussed in the documents?
The Constitution should allow the slave trade to continue.
Emancipation Proclamation is constitutional.
The Constitution should allow the slave trade to continue.
What was the main weakness of the Articles of Confederation highlighted by Shays’ Rebellion?
The Central government didn't have money to address rebellions.
Explain the Missouri Compromise
agreement made in 1820 to settle arguments between the North and the South about whether new states should allow slavery.