Exploration/Colonization
The three primary "G" motives for European exploration.
What are Gold, God, and Glory?
This 1763 law forbid colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The system that ensures no single branch of government becomes too powerful
What are Checks and Balances?
The belief that the U.S. was destined to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The 1863 document that declared all slaves in rebelling states free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Founded in 1607, it was the first permanent English settlement.
What is Jamestown?
Rights that cannot be taken away, such as Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. (Name deals with space creatures)
What are Unalienable Rights?
This 1787 compromise settled the issue of how to count slaves for representation. (we hate fractions)
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This 1803 purchase doubled the size of the United States
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This 1863 battle was the turning point that ended Lee’s invasion of the North. (We got a speech from it and everything)
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The 1620 document that established a model for self-government. It deals with Florals...
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The young French aristocrat who became a trusted aide to George Washington and helped train the Continental Army.
Who is the Marquis de Lafayette?
The amendment that protects you from "unreasonable searches and seizures."
What is the 4th Amendment?
Eli Whitney’s invention that led to a massive increase in the demand for slave labor. (He hoped it decreased it)
What is the Cotton Gin?
The "Civil War Amendments" that abolished slavery and granted citizenship/voting.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
This region’s economy relied on fishing, shipbuilding, and timber.
What are the New England Colonies?
These were the first two battles of the Revolution, known for the "Shot Heard 'Round the World."
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
The principle that the government’s power comes from the "consent of the governed."
What is Popular Sovereignty?
The 1848 meeting where women campaigned for the right to vote (suffrage).
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This Supreme Court case ruled that slaves were property, not citizens
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
The "Middle Colonies" were known by this nickname because they grew so much grain and wheat.
What is the Breadbasket?
The Declaration of Independence listed several of these—complaints against King George III, such as "imposing taxes without our consent."
What are Grievances?
This group opposed the Constitution because it lacked a Bill of Rights.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
This reform movement sought to end slavery immediately.
What is the Abolitionist Movement?
This agency was established to help former slaves with food, medical care, and schools after the war...
What is the Freedmen’s Bureau?