Category 1
The concept that the authority of the government comes from the people
Popular Sovereignty
Declaration of Independence 1776
3/5 Compromise
Judicial Review
Marbury v. Madison
Doubled the size of the United States
Louisiana Purchase
Virginia Houdr of Burgesses and Mayflower Compact
When the colonies were "Afraid of Commitment"
Articles of Confederation
The three branches of government
Judicial , Executive, Legislative
Precedents set by George Washington
Cabinet, Farewell Address, two-term limit, stay out of foreign wars
Andrew Jackson
A favorable balance of trade between colonies and a mother country
Mercantilism
First attempt at a federal government system - more power to the states
Articles of Confederation
The ___________ would not sign the Constitution without the addition of the ____________
Anti-Federalists - Bill of Rights
Created the National Bank
Alexander Hamilton
Proposed by Henry Clay
The American System
New England Colonies
5 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
weak CENTRAL GOV, no money, no defined borders, quarreling states, no respect from Britain
Big Fed Gov. V Small, Representation in Congress, Representation of Slaves, addition of the bill of rights
Shays Rebellion
Sufferage, Equlity for Women, Abolition, Temperance
Main source of money was from agriculture and plantations
Southern Colonies
Supreme law of the US (U SHOULD CHOOSE)
Constitution
at least 3 causes of the American Revolution
Proclamation of 1763, Boston Massacre, Lexington and Concord, Acts, Tea party, French and Indian War
Farmers rebelled against paying tax on whiskey
Whiskey Rebellion
Gibbons v. Ogden
Interstate Commerce