Unit 1
The process of establishing control over another territory and sending people to settle there.
Colonization
First ten amendments protecting individual rights.
Bill Of Rights
Movement to end slavery.
Abolition
Required Northern states to return escaped enslaved people to the South.
Fugitive Slave Law
A system where power is concentrated in the hands of a few leaders who control without citizen input.
Authoritarian Government
Essays promoting ratification of Constitution.
Federalist Papers
Policy forcing Native Americans west of Mississippi River.
Indian Removal
1857 Supreme Court case declaring African Americans weren't citizens.
Dred Scott V. Sanford
Taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
Townshend Acts (1767)
No national court system
No national army
Weak executive branch
No unified currency
Unable to collect taxes
Articles Of Confederation
Period of rapid industrial growth and mechanization.
Industrial Revolution
John Brown
Abolitionist who led raid on Harper's Ferry arsenal.
Leading revolutionary who organized colonial resistance.
Samuel Adams
Great Compromise: Created bicameral Congress
House (population-based)
Senate (equal representation)
Three-Fifths Compromise: Counting enslaved persons as
3/5 for representation
Fugitive Slave Law included
Constitutional Convention
Belief that U.S. should expand across North America
Manifest Destiny
Series of bills addressing slavery in territories gained from Mexican-American War
Compromise of 1850
First military engagements of Revolutionary War.
Lexington and Concord (1775)
Form perfect Union
Establish justice
Ensure domestic peace
Provide defense
Promote welfare
Secure liberty
The constitution
Forced relocation of Cherokee Nation to Oklahoma.
Trail Of Tears
Allowing voters in territories to decide on slavery