Constitution
Group of department heads who advise the president.
What is a cabinet?
The first permanent British colony in North America.
What is Jamestown?
George Washington was general during this war
What is the Revolutionary War?
The group of religious settlers who founded Plymouth colony.
Who were Puritans?
George Washington warned against these political factions in his farewell address
What are political parties?
What is the Civil War?
The branch of government that interprets the laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The two main countries fighting in the French and Indian War.
Who were the French and the British?
The first battle of the American Revolution.
What is Lexington and Concord?
The Federalists strongly supported this type of government.
What is a strong centralized government?
This land transaction by Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the United States
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The White House was burned by the British during this war
What is the War of 1812?
The Constitution replaced this document.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This document cut ties between the 13 colonies and Great Britain
What was the Declaration of Independence
People loyal to King George III and Britain but living in the colonies
Who were the loyalists?
This amendment guarantees the right to protest
What is the 1st Amendment?
This unpopular set of laws by John Adams limited immigration and free speech
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
President involved with the nullification crisis, war with the National Bank, and Indian Removal.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
This branch is responsible for making laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
The leader of Britain during the American Revolution.
Who was King George III?
Sam Adam's group of politically motivated patriots who sometimes resorted to violence.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
The meetings where the Constitution was drafted?
What was the Constitutional Convention?
This early Supreme Court decision created Judicial Review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Well known abolitionist and author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
The Constitution balances power through this system
What are Checks and Balances?
(Will also take Separation of Powers)
A tax on imported goods.
What is a tariff?
This battle ended the Revolutionary War
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
The idea that power comes from the votes of the people
What is Popular Sovereignty?
The belief that Americans were meant to colonize the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific?
What is Manifest Destiny?
The British forcing American soldiers into military service.
What is impressment?