Colonization
Where did the French and Spanish colonize when they came to America
Spanish (Latin America and South America)
French (Canada)
No Taxation without Representation
What is a constitution?
A Blueprint for the government
Who are the first 3 presidents and what were their political parties
Washington (Federalist)
Adams (Federalist)
Jefferson (Democratic Republican)
What happened that led to the South leaving?
Lincoln's election
Name three religious groups that came to America and where they settled.
Catholics (Maryland)
Puritans/Pilgrims (Massachusetts and New England)
Quakers (Pennsylvannia)
Anglicans (the South)
What were two things the British did that led to the Revolution?
Quartering Soldiers
Taxes
Proclamation Line of 1763
Took guns
Military Government
What was the first Constitution of the United States?
Articles of Confederation
What happened that led to Slavery growing?
Cotton Gin was invented by Eli Whitney
What were the North and the South called during the war?
Union and Confederacy?
What were the first two British Colonies, and what documents or governments did they form that are important?
Jamestown Virginia (house of burgesses)
Plymouth Massachusetts (Mayflower Compact)
What event was the unofficial beginning of the war? What event was the official beginning of the war?
Lexington and Concord (Unofficial)
Declaration of Independence (official)
What event required the first Constitution to be replaced? What did it reveal about the first Constitution?
What were William Lloyd Garrison and Sojourner Truth called?
Abolitionists
Who were the major generals of the North and the South
Confederacy- Lee
What were the economic characteristics of each of the Colonial Regions and also the west
North (shipbuilding, lumber, fishing, manufacturing)
Middle (breadbasket, wheat, mining, trade)
South (Cash Crops: Tobacco, Cotton, Indigo, Rice, Slavery, plantations)
What was the name for how England treated the colonies, and what event ended that treatment?
Salutary Neglect and Mercantilism
The French and Indian War
Federalists- Didn't want it
Anti Federalists- Wanted it
What did the War of 1812 do to America's economy? Where did the changes take place and what did they start making? Bonus points if you remember who did most of the work!
It led to increased Manufacturing in New England where they made textiles (clothes). Women and Immigrants did most of the work and this led to Nativism and increased Sexism.
What was the North's plan called? What did they need to win, and where did they win it?
The Anaconda Plan, they needed the Mississippi and they won it at Vicksburg
What colonies were founded for Religious Tolerance, and who founded them
Rhode Island (Roger Williams) and Pennsylvania (William Penn)
What were the two turning points of the War and what was the final battle of the war?
Saratoga and Valley Forge
Yorktown
What are the first four Amendments? What are Amendments 5-8 about? Bonus points if you know 9 and 10!
1- Freedom of speech/religion/press
2- Right to bear arms
3- No Quartering
4- No unreasonable search or siezure
5-8 Trial rights
9 and 10: Rights not given explicitly belong to the people anyway (9) or to the States (10)
What is the Monroe Doctrine? Why does it happen after the War of 1812?
The USA begins protecting all of North and South America, likely because we felt like we were as strong as European countries after fighting England to a draw.
What were the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, and what laws did the South pass to try to avoid having to follow them? Bonus points if you can tell me what the Civil Rights Act tried to do!
13- No slavery
14- Citizenship to former slaves
Civil Rights Amendment- Citizens must get equal treatment
15- Voting rights to all male citizens
Black Codes tried to stop African Americans from Voting, Jim Crow tried to keep them from being equal to whites.