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-Why did Britain place new taxes on the American colonists?
To help finance the French and Indian War
To help finance the maintenance of British troops in the colonies
-Turning point of the Revolutionary War:
Battle of Saratoga
-Event in which Thomas Jefferson doubles the size of the US after a deal with France
Louisiana Purchase
-The Homestead Act was passed to encourage new farmers to move west and farm because of what geographic factor?
Population growth in the eastern states
availability of cheap, fertile land
cheaper and faster modes of transportation, such as rivers and canals (Eric Canal), steamboats
knowledge of overland trails ( Oregon and Santa Fe)
-To what modern day states were Native Americans forced to march?
Present day Oklahoma
Why did the colonists dislike the Proclamation of 1763?
The Proclamation of 1763 which followed the French and Indian War, restricted the western movement of settlers
-First battle and start of the Revolutionary War:
Boston Massacre
-Names of the explorers who led an expedition through the new Louisiana territory
Meriweather Lewis and William Clark
-Dangerous overland trail that made it possible to travel to the Pacific Northwest
Oregon Trail
-What effect did the American Indian Removal Act have on tribes like the Cherokee?
They had to leave their homelands
-What were the reasons the colonists were unhappy with Britain?
Colonies had no representation in Parliment
Colonists resented the power of the colonial governors
Great Britian wanted strict control over colonial legislatures
The colonies opposed the British taxes
Proclamation of 1763
-The three branches of government:
Legislative, Executive, Judical
-New state that became a part of the US after the Mexican-American War
California
-This event led to massive population growth in California
California Gold Rush
-The women’s suffrage movement was meant for women to gain equal rights, especially the right to:
Vote
-What was a specific Act that imposed new taxes on the colonists?
Stamp Act
-Name for the first Ten Amendments of the Constitution
Bill of Rights
-Economic factors that “pulled” people to the west
Gold (California Gold Rush)
logging
farming
freedom (for runaway slaves)
-Summarize why Andrew Jackson wanted to remove Native Americans from Eastern states?
The American Indian Removal Act authorized the federal government to negotiate treaties with eastern tribes exchanging their lands for land in the West
-Name of most famous Underground Railroad conductor
Harriet Tubman
-Date the colonies declared independence
July 4, 1776
-Which future state became an independent republic after breaking away from Mexico?
Texas
-Name of the idea that expanding westward was the good and right thing to do?
Westward expansion
-What was the “Trail of Tears”?
The Cherokee nation and other tribes were forced to give up their lands east of the Mississippi River and to relocate to an area in present day Oklahoma. This journey became known as the Trail of Tears
-Abolitionists wanted to abolish:
Slavery