Exploration & Colonization
True or False: the majority rules in self-government (representative government)
True
What foreign force helped the colonists in the Battle of Yorktown?
France
The English Bill of Rights and the Bill of Rights gives the individual rights so that WHAT does not become too powerful?
the government
Adding new states to the U.S. is known as what....
Northwest Ordinance
What political party emerged during the Election of 1828? and who ran for president under that party?
Democrat/Andrew Jackson
What religious movement caused the people to question authority?
The First Great Awakening
John LOCKE's ideas of politics and natural rights were life, liberty, and.....
property
Did the Federalists or Anti-Federalists support individual rights in the Constitution?
Anti-Federalists
If Alexander Hamilton was FOR having a national bank, who was AGAINST having a national bank?
Thomas Jefferson
What court case did Jackson go against in removing the Native Americans?
Worcester v. Georgia
Why did many people settle in the English colonies of Pennsylvania and Maryland?
To escape religious persecution
Name two things about the Battle of Yorktown in the American Revolution
last battle
Americans captured British General Cornwallis
France helped ambush the British
Which compromise demonstrated that enslaved people were not equal to free people?
Three Fifths Compromise
Why was Thomas Jefferson hesitant to purchase the Louisiana Territory?
he didn't know if that was inside his realm of presidential powers according to the Constitution
Jackson got his supporters to work for him. What was this system called?
Spoils system
What colonial form of government was known for representative government and establishing a checks and balances
Virginia House of Burgesses
Who is the founder of the U.S. Navy?
John Paul Jones
Before the Great Compromise, which plan did people oppose because they thought those states could easily take control of the government?
Virginia Plan
What did Alexander Hamilton do to get rid of national debt and replace state banks?
create a national bank
Why did the South call the 1828 tariff the "Tariff of Abominations"?
A. it lowered taxes on foreign goods
B. it made imported good more expensive and hurt the Southern economy
C. it helped Southern farmers sell more cotton
D. it increased trade with Europe
hurt the Southern economy
Which region of colonies had a more diverse economy? (several different ways of making money)
Middle colonies
Who wrote Common Sense during the American Revolution Era?
Thomas Paine
Colonists being treated unfairly in British courts led to the creation of what amendment in Bill of Rights?
6th amendment
In the Monroe Doctrine, what hemisphere was the U.S. trying to protect from Europe?
Western
How did Jackson feel about the national bank?
He wanted to destroy it