Colonial America & Revolution
First permanent English settlement in the New World.
What is Jamestown?
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This Compromise brought Missouri in as a slave state and Maine into the union as a Free State.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Established Judicial Review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Puritans were seeking.
What is Religious Freedom?
This man was known as the Father of the Constitution
What is the middle colonies?
This compromise allowed the citizens in their territories to use popular sovereignty and led to bloody fighting.
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?
Established separate but equal
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
African American Abolitionist that urged Lincoln to recruit African Americans.
Who is Frederick Douglas?
This was the turning point of the American Revolution.
What is Saratoga?
This compromise created the House of Reps. and the Senate.
What is the Great Compromise?
This compromise allowed for the slaves to be counted into the population for purposes of representation in congress.
What is the 3/5ths compromise?
Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
What is Brown vs. Board of Ed.?
Founded New England because they were fleeing Religious Persecution.
Who were the Puritains?
Opening Shots of the Revolutionary War
What is Lexington and Concord?
The Separation of power system gives each branch of government specific powers to keep one branch from gaining to much power.
What is Checks and Balances
California enters as a Free State, People in SW territories vote on issue of Slavery, and the Enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Dealt with implied powers and "the power to tax is the power to destroy"
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
English Noblemen who received large land Grants
Who were Cavaliers?
Benjamin Franklin convinced this country to sign the Treaty of Alliance to help the Americans.
Who is France?
These patriots refused to ratify the Constitution because it lacked a Bill of Rights
Who were Anti-Federalists, George Mason & Patrick Henry?
This compromise ends Reconstruction
What is the Compromise of 1877?
This overturned efforts to limit the spread of Slavery because in the ruling slaves were considered property.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
Leader of the Federalist Party and 1st Secretary of the Treasury.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?