Colonial Era
This person was under contract to work for another person for a definite period of time, usually without pay but in exchange for free passage to a new country
What is an indentured servant?
Britain placed this very small tax on every piece of paper in the colonies
What is the Stamp Act?
Ensures a balance of power within parts of government systems to ensure power is not concentrated in one branch
What is checks and balances?
Washington created this precedent of having a group of experts on certain areas
What is the Cabinet?
This Supreme Court case ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were "separate but equal"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Trade across three ports - in the 1700’s it involved the USA, Caribbean / Africa, and Europe.
What is the Triangular trade?
March 5th 1770 - confrontation between Boston patriots and British military
What is the Boston Massacre?
a system of governing referring to the division and sharing of power between the national and state governments
This land was bought for 15 million dollars from France
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This Supreme Court case ruling said that law enforcement in the United States must warn a person of their constitutional rights before interrogating them
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
Wrote a piece called “Join or Die” calling for the thirteen colonies to unite against their common enemies
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
an act of defiance by the American colonists towards the British government by dumping tea in Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
A power established in Marbury v. Madison that suggested the supreme court could review all laws for their constitutionality
What is judicial review?
This founding father believed a strong national government is necessary to provide economic and political order; the “elite” should rule over the masses.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This Supreme Court case ruling said this President must deliver tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials related to the Watergate scandal to a federal district court
What is United States v. Nixon?
This said that the colonists CANNOT move west of the Appalachian Mountains?
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
pamphlet written advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies
What is Common Sense?
a 1787 meeting where delegates from various states created a new system of governance after the failures of the Articles of Confederation
What is the Constitutional Convention?
This founding father thought a national bank is unconstitutional & places too much power in the hands of the elite.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This Supreme Court case ruling established the standards by which a public school official can search a student in a school environment without a search warrant
What is New Jersey v. TLO?
The English first settled in Jamestown in this year
What is 1607?
This was the unofficial policy of the British Parliament to not monitor or tax the British American Colonies heavily
What is salutary neglect?
This clause found in Article I, Section 8 gave Congress lawmaking powers
What is the elastic clause?
This war was fought between the United States and Britain over issues impressment (recruitment by force) of American sailors and trade restrictions on American shipping
What is the War of 1812?
This landmark Supreme Court case ruling established the doctrine of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?