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Why did Britain place new taxes on the American colonists?
To pay debt for the French-Indian War
Turning point of the Revolutionary War:
Battle of Saratoga
Event in which 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?
Cheap and fertile farm land
To what modern day states were Native Americans forced to march?
Oklahoma
Why did the colonists dislike the Proclamation of 1763?
First battle and start of the Revolutionary War:
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Names of the explorers who led an expedition through the new Louisiana territory
Lewis and 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?
What were the reasons the colonists were unhappy with Britain?
They had no representation in government
The three branches of government:
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
New state that became a part of the US after the Mexican-American War
California
This event led to massive population growth in 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, freedom, and Farming
Summarize why Andrew Jackson wanted to remove Native Americans from Eastern states?
Access to resources like gold on Native American land
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”?
Forced removal of Native Americans from their homeland
Abolitionists wanted to abolish:
Slavery