Exploration & Colonization
Rocky Soil, cold climate, ship building, lumber trade
New England Colonies
Rights all people have from birth, life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Unalienable rights
1.) Supported a strong central/federal Gov.
2.) Supported a strong state Gov.
1.) Federalists
2.) Anti-Federalist
New version of Anti-Federalists, during the early republic era. Favored stronger state government
Democratic-Republican Party
State that almost caused the American Civil war 30 years prior. Nullification crisis
South Carolina
Wealth, Religion, expand empires (3G's)
Reasons for European Exploration
Written by Thomas Jefferson, 1776, a list of grievances in response to British actions in the colonies
Declaration of Independence
First from of Government in the Independent Colonies/Country
Articles of Confederation
Plan to get USA out of War debt, taxes, national bank, tariffs.
Hamilton's Plan
6th POTUS
John Quincy Adams
Large scale farming, planation, slave labor, cash crops
Southern Colonies
Protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. Dumping of Tea into the Harbor, results in British Intolerable Acts
Boston Tea Party
List of guaranteed rights for citizens within the Constitution. Added to get ratification support of the Anti-Federalists
Bill of Rights
British impressment of US sailors in the East, Native resistance in the west
Causes of the War of 1812
when a state declared they did not have to follow a federal law
Nullification crisis
Virginia House of Burgesses, Fundamental Orders of Conn, Mayflower Compact
Representative Government
Last major battle, British are defeated with French support.
Battle of Yorktown, VA
Rights not given to the Federal Gov, are reserved to the individual states. Creates Federalism. (Bill of Rights)
10th Amendment
A court case that established Judicial Review, Supreme Courts power to determine if a law is allowed within the Constitution
Marbury v. Madison
Forced removal of Natives from the Southeast into modern day Oklahoma
Trail of Tears
British control of colonial trade, only trade with colonizing nation
Mercantilism
Turning point of the war, after this battle the support of the French is secured
Battle of Saratoga, NY
1.) Decided how many representatives states will have in the bicameral congress system.
2.) What are the 2 houses of Congress
1.) Great Compromise
2.) House of Representatives & Senate
Prevents European nations from settling in the Western Hemisphere
Monroe doctrine
Court case that favored Native protection from state government. Overruled by Jackson
Worcester v. Georgia