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Why would Britain need money from the Colonies?
Because Britain was in debt from the French and Indian War
Turning point of the Revolutionary War
Battle of Saratoga
Event in which Jefferson doubles the size of the US:
Louisiana Purchase
The Homestead Act was passed to encourage new farmers to move west and farm because of what geographic factor?
Availability of cheap, fertile land.
To what modern day states were Native Americans forced to march?
Oklahoma
The Proclamation of 1763 said what?
That the Colonists were restricted from western movement
First battle and start of the Revolutionary War
Battle of Bunker Hill
Name of the explorers who led an expedition through the Louisiana territory:
Louis 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?
They had to just leave their lands and many people starved on the Trail of Tears
What was the reason the colonies were upset with Britain?
The colonies had no representation in parliament, and because Britain taxed the colonies.
The three branches of government:
Judicial, Executive, Legislative
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 main goal of the women's suffrage was?
To get voting rights for women
What was the specific act that imposed new taxes on the colonies?
The Stamp Act
Name of the first ten amendments:
Bill of rights
Economic factors that “pulled” people to the west
Gold, logging, farming, and freedom (for runaway slaves)
Summarize why Andrew Jackson wanted to remove Native Americans from Eastern states?
The Americans found gold on Native's 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”?
The brutal path that the Natives had to take to get to Oklahoma
Abolitionists wanted to abolish what and why?
Slavery cause they thought it was inhumane