Colonies
The first permanent ENGLISH settlement in the Americas
Jamestown
The violent group that forced boycotts of British goods
Sons of Liberty
The first governing document in the United States
Articles of Confederation
This supreme court decision said that blacks were not entitled to any rights under the Constitution.
Dred Scott case
This Amendment ended slavery under Constitutional law.
13th Amendment
Wrote the essay Common Sense to inpire the movement of the war.
Thomas Paine
The US federal government has this many branches.
3
Whose primary goal was to preserve the Union and keep it together at the beginning of the war?
The North (Lincoln)
These laws were enacted to limit the rights of African Americans.
Black Codes
King George III thought this group should pay for the French and Indian War
Colonist
The turning point of the Revolution.
Battle of Saratoga
This Group supported a strong central government and the Constitution.
Federalist
This lose of the siege, split the Confederacy into two, gave the Union control over the Mississippi and was the beginning to the end of the Confederacy.
Vicksburg
This amendment establishes rights and guarantees equal protection of the laws regardless of color,
14th Amendment
This event occurred in Boston and ended up killing five colonist and was used as propaganda to spread anger against the British.
Boston Massacre
This is known as the "shot heard round the world" that started the American Revolution.
Lexington and Concord
The US Congress is split into these two houses (Bicameral)
House of Representatives (435) and the Senate (100)
Was the singe bloodiest day in American history and prompted Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
Battle of Antietam
This amendment gave adult black MALES the right to vote in the U.S.
15th Amendment
Intolerable Acts
He drafted the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
This Branch of government determines the constitutionality of laws.
Judicial Branch
One of the greatest weaknesses of the the Union at the start of the Civil War
Experienced (better) generals
The promise to set up formally enslaved blacks for economic success that was not carried through by President Andrew Johnson.
40 Acres and a Mule