Colonial America
A countries economic strength in relation to their wealth/gold -selling or exporting more than they purchase or import
What is Mercantilism?
This was basically a break up letter from America to Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution is known as this
What is the Bill of Rights?
This man was the first president of the United States
Who is George Washington?
This is the year Andrew Jackson was elected president
What is 1828?
This was the first permanent English settlement in America
What is Jamestown?
This document prohibited Colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
What i?s the Proclamation of 1763?
This is when a bunch of New England farmers led an attack on a federal arsenal in January 1787
What is Shays Rebellion?
These were the first 2 political parties in America
Who were the Democratic Republicans & The Federalists?
Andrew Jackson's election signaled a shift of political power to these people
Who are the commoners or common man?
A series of religious revivals in North American British colonies during the 17th & 18th century
What is the First Great Awakening?
This is the treaty between the U.S and Great Britain that ended the Revolutionary War
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
This convention was held between May and September of 1787, delegates at this meeting framed the Constitution of the U.S
What is the Philadelphia Convention of 1787?
Before leaving the presidential office, George Washington declared that the US should remain this way with regard to foreign matters
What is neutral or neutrality?
This document established Foreign Policy of the United States regarding the Western Hemisphere
What is the Monroe Document?
Religious freedom brought many English settlers here to America the first settlement by the Pilgrims was
What is Plymouth?
This was Americas first attempt to write a Constitution, it was written by Ben Franklin but did not stand up or last
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This consisted of the idea of representation in the lower house (House of Representatives) and the upper house (Senate)
What is the Great Compromise?
This event during the War of 1812 made Andrew Jackson a hero.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
This term describes the 1836 mandate give to the Cherokee 2 years to voluntarily migrate. In 1839 they were forced at gunpoint to move by the U.S government.
What is the "Trail of Tears"?
These are two examples of the self government set up by the colonists in the new world.
What are the Mayflower Compact and the Virginia House of Burgesses?
These delegates served as the government during the Revolutionary War
What is the 2nd Continental Congress?
This amendment gives citizens the freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the 1st Amendment?
This is a large parcel of land that Napoleon sold to Thomas Jefferson for $15 million (which was a cheap price for the amount of land America got) because France was at war with Britain and needed supplies.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
The Jacksonian Era favored geographical expansion to the pacific Ocean during this American phenomenon.
What is Manifest Destiny?