British Colonists
Wars and Treaties
Jacksonian Democracy
U.S Expansion/Treaties
Political Parties & Government
100
Colonists being upset due to
What is after winning the French and Indian War in 1763, the British were in a lot of debt. They taxed the American colonists. The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act. It placed a tax on newspapers and other printed materials. They also added the sugar act and the intolerable acts.
100
Causes of the Mexican American War
What is Manifest Destiny, westward expansion, economics and slavery.
100
Impact on voting
What is expanded voting rights by allowing all white men to vote, no longer had to be property owners in order to vote?
100
The Gadsden Purchase
What is an agreement between the United States and Mexico in which the U.S agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a portion of Mexico that later on became part of Arizona and New Mexico. It provided land for the transcontinental railroad and attempted to resolve conflicts that lingered after the Mexican American War?
100
Difference between federalists to anti-federalists
Anti federalists were a group of politicians in early U.S history, they believe the constitution gave the president and congress too much power, believing each state should have the right to decide their own laws. They wanted a Bill of Rights. Federalists were for or pro constitution. They believed they would figure it out along the way but needed a sense of government.
200
The Boston Massacre
What is a street fight between the common people and the British soldiers in which they threw snowballs, stones and sticks due to the taxes put upon them causing the soldiers to fire back, ultimately causing an uproar.
200
Causes of the war of 1812
What is America stopped all trade with Great Britain, Britain increased its attacks on American ships and the British were supplying weapons to Native Americans encouraging them to attack american settlers moving west?
200
Andrews Jackson's nickname
What is Common Man?



200
Background behind Texas Independence
What is slavery was against Mexican law but Americans brought slaves to Texas. Many American settlers and Tejanos or Mexicans who lived in Texas, wanted to break away from Mexico. They didn´t like the laws made by the new Mexican President, Santa Anna so they decided to fight for independence?
200
Whigs 
What is an American political party to oppose President Andrew Jackson and the Democrats. They wanted protective tariffs, national banking, and federal aid for internal improvements?
300
Impact of Common Sense
What is Thomas Paine advocated to the people to break away from Britain. It changed the people's mindset and finally allowed them to see that they should be independent and break off?
300
French and Indian War
What is Britain and France had colonies in North America. The British wanted to settle in the Ohio River Valley and to trade with the Native Americans who lived there. The French built forts to protect their trade with the Indians. George Washington led an army against them?
300
Spoils System
What is rotation system where many government officials were to be replaced by the incoming President due to him not wanting the people who had been there a while to become corrupt?
300

Louisiana Purchase

What is the purchase doubled the size of the United States, gained control of the port of New Orleans and was one of the largest sales in the history of the United States.

300
War Hawks
What is members of congress from the south and west who desperately wanted war with Great Britain and Native Americans, in order to protect the interests of America. The leader was Henry Clay?
400
Proclamation of 1763
What is prohibit settlements by British colonists beyond the Appalachian mountains in lands captured by Britain and France in the French and Indian War.
400
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What is ended the Mexican American War adding an additional 525,000 square miles to U.S territory. Mexico gave up all claims to Texas and recognized the the Rio Grande as Americas southern border?
400
Critics of Spoils System
What is opponents believed he was replacing qualified officials with his friends and political supporters who were inexperienced. They argued that he was reducing the efficiency of the government?
400

Acquisition of Florida or Treaty of Adams-Onis

What is Spain owned it, Gave it to U.S through an agreement. The agreement was reached when Seminole Indians started harassing American settlers in Georgia?

400
Purpose of Constitutional Convention
What is was to decide the purpose of how America would be governed. Delegates from all the states invited to the convention to improve the Articles of Confederation, which were not working?
500
War causing the colonists to have taxes due to debt
What is French and Indian War?
500
Mexican American War
What is Mexican cavalry attacked a group of U.S soldiers in the disputed zone killing about a dozen?
500
President Jackson's inner circle
What is the kitchen cabinet?
500

Treaty of 1846

What is the agreement that set the boundary between the United States and Canada at the 49th parallel west of the rocky mountains?

500
Creation of the Bill of Rights
What is Anti-federalists believed that a bill of rights was necessary keep the people´s rights safe and stop the federal government from having all the power? 
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