Kennedy
-Why did Britain place new taxes on the American colonists?
To help finance the french and Indian war and help finance the maintenance to British troops in the colonies
-Turning point of the Revolutionary War:
The battle of Saratoga
-Event in which Jefferson doubles the size of the US after a deal with France
Louisianan 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.
-To what modern day states were Native Americans forced to march?
Oklahoma
-Why did the colonists dislike the Proclamation of 1763?
Restricted the people from moving westward.
-First battle and start of the Revolutionary War:
The battle of Lexington and Concord
-Names of the explorers who led an expedition through the new Louisiana territory
Meriweather Lewis, 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?
The tribes like the Cherokee were forced to relocate to present day Oklahoma
-What were the reasons the colonists were unhappy with Britain?
the colonists had no representation in parliament also Great Britain wanted strict control over the colonial legislatures and the colonists didn't like the unfair taxes.
-The three branches of government:
Legislative, Judicial, Executive
-New state that became a part of the US after the Mexican-American War
Texas
-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, logging and farming and runaway slaves
-Summarize why Andrew Jackson wanted to remove Native Americans from Eastern states?
They found gold on there land and started kicking them out.
-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?
manifest destiny
-What was the “Trail of Tears”?
Native Americans were forced to give up there land and had to move out and go on a very long journey. Known as the "trail of tears"
-Abolitionists wanted to abolish:
Slavery