Pamphlet published in January 1776 that urged separation from Great Britain. The author, Thomas Paine, argued that citizens, not kings and queens, should make laws and that the 13 colonies should be independent
"Common Sense"
Maine free
Missouri slave
36-30 line in LP Territory
Missouri Compromise
This attack in Hawaii brought America into WW2
In 1619, this first representative assembly in America met for the first time in Virginia.
Jamestown House of Burgesses
This systematic mass murder of 6 million Jews and other ethnic minorities by the Nazis became known as the ______________.
Holocaust
Before disembarking from the Mayflower, 41 male passengers signed the __________________, an agreement that forms the basis of the colony's government to frame just and equal laws for the general good of the colony.
Mayflower Compact
In 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the first U.S. constitution. What was it called?
Articles of Confederation
Massachusetts uprising against high taxes. Convinced many that a new, stronger national government was needed.
Shays's Rebellion
Francis Scott Key wrote:
The Star Spangled Banner
This landmark Supreme Court decision greatly expanded the power of the Court by establishing its right to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional (judicial review)
Marbury v. Madison
Clay's American System:
1. BUS
2. Internal improvements (roads & canals)
3. ___________________________
protective tariff
Eli Whitney's invention of the _____________ greatly increases the demand for slave labor.
cotton gin
This law, signed by POTUS Thomas Jefferson, severely damaged the US economy in the early 1800s.
The Embargo Act of 1807
Impressment, freedom of the seas, British arming the Indians, War Hawks, and the desire for Canada (?) all brought on this war.
War of 1812
Greatest American victory of the War of 1812?
Battle of New Orleans
1794 uprising in Pennsylvania over an alcoholic excise tax.
Whiskey Rebellion