Colonization
1st constitution written in the 13 colonies
What is Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
Final battle of the American Revolution
What is Battle of Yorktown?
Essays written to convince the Anti-Federalists to approve the Constitution
What is Federalist Papers?
Train route across the United States helping business advertisements
What is Transcontinental Railroad?
Battle that changed the tide of the Civil War
What is Siege of Vicksburg?
The first example of representative government in Virginia
What is House of Burgesses?
Battle turning point in the American Revolution
What is Battle of Saratoga?
Combines the NJ and VA plan and created a bicameral legislative branch
What is Great Compromise?
Period of growth in making and using machines
What is Industrial Revolution?
First battle of Civil War
What is Fort Sumter?
Form of government where people elect others to speak for them in congress
What is Representative Government?
The First shots of the American Revolution
What is Lexington and Concord?
A convention originally held to fix the Articles of Confederation
What is Constitutional Convention?
A system where businesses can compete with little government interference
What is Free Enterprise?
A series of compromises that eased tensions
What is Compromise of 1850?
The first example of self government in the colonies
What is Mayflower Compact?
Rights that cannot be taken away from human beings
What is Unalienable Rights?
A law passed creating requirements for statehood
What is Northwest Ordinance?
Person who believes slavery should end
What is Abolitionist?
Compromise that drew the 36th parallel
What is Missouri Compromise?
The two most successful English settlements found in America
What is Jamestown, VA and Plymouth, MA?
A list of grievances to the British government
What is Declaration of Independence?
The original constitution and had a very weak central government
What is Articles of Confederation?
Movement to ban or reduce alcohol
What is Temperance Movement?
When a country is divided into its own loyalties
What is Sectionalism?