colonization era
fishing, lumbering, ship building
new England colonies
law forbid colonists from moving west of the Appalachian mountains
proclamation 1763
land we got from Britain in treaty
Oregon territory
First government, Congress can negotiate treaties and declare war
Articles of Confederation
Democratic party, voting increases
Jacksonian Democracy
religious tolerance is to...
roger Williams
the British response to the Boston tea party
Intolerable Acts
Caused by the annex of Texas
U.S. Mexican war
each branch of government has some power over the other two branches
Checks and Balances
Cherokee sue to keep land, court favors Natives Americans, Jackson and states ignored Supreme court and forced the natives to move to Indian Territory
Worcester vs Georgia
1st anti-slavery group
Quakers
the turning point in American revolution
Saratoga
land U.S. acquired after the U.S. Mexican war
The Mexican Cession
right not given to the federal government are rights of the states
10th Amendment
artists paints landscapes and nature
Hudson river school
a place for Catholics to live peacefully
Maryland
last major battle of the American revolution
Yorktown
Chinese immigrants came to the U.S.
California gold rush
right to trail by jury
6th Amendment
the act that moved Indians west of the Mississippi river
India removal act
distance from Britain, mayflower compact, Virginia house of Burgesses.
reason for growth of representative/self government
Rights that all people are born with
Unalienable Rights
The belief that we should own land from ocean to ocean
Manifest Destiny
freedom from cruel or unusual punishment
8th amendment
problem over if the states of south Carolina had the right to nullify a federal law
Nullification crisis