Colonization & Early America
This is the first permanent English settlement in North America
What is Jamestown?
This Act required colonists to pay a tax on printed materials
What is The Stamp Act?
This document was the first American plan of government and had many weaknesses, like not being able to tax or regulate trade
What is the Articles of Confederation?
He was the first president of the United States
Who is George Washington?
This was the forced removal of Cherokee from Georgia
What is the Trail of Tears?
This region of colonies relied on its agriculture and slave labor to make a living... and was founded for profit!
What are the Southern Colonies?
This even led Britain to close Boston Harbor and pass the Intolerable Acts
What is The Boston Tea Party?
This Compromise led to the creation of a two-housed Congress (The House of Representatives and the Senate)
The Great Compromise
This was the first rebellion that President Washington put down by using the force of the militia, started because of Hamilton's tax
What is The Whiskey Rebellion
President Jackson got elected likely due to the fact that these people had gained the right to vote, no matter if they owned land!
This man wrote Common Sense, pushing for America to break away from Britain and become an independent nation.
Who is Thomas Paine?
What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
To explain WHY the colonies were separating from Britain
This compromise counted some slaves toward a state's population
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This land, bought by Thomas Jefferson, doubled the size of the United States and increased the power of the government, despite Jefferson's desire to keep the government small
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This event was caused by the "Tariff of Abominations" and South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This religious group was known for their religious tolerance and non-violence, even purchasing land from Natives instead of attacking them!
Who are the Quakers?
This battle was considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War and led France to begin helping the US
What is The Battle of Saratoga?
This group supported the ratifying of the Constitution
Who are the Federalists?
This was the practice of British ships capturing American sailors and forcing them to fight in their Navy against the French and also leading to Jefferson's Embargo
What is Impressment?
This law gave President Jackson the power to relocate Native Americans
What is the Indian Removal Act
This area of colonies was made up of New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, and became known for trading
What are the Mid-Atlantic Colonies?
This was the final battle of the Revolution, known for Marquis de Lafayette helping Washington's army and the French Navy blockading the British from being able to leave
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
These papers were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to explain why we needed the Constitution
What are the Federalist Papers?
What is the War of 1812?
This was the practice that Thurgood Marshall used to say that the Indian Removal Act was unconstitutional (though Jackson ignored the ruling)
What is Judicial Review?