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-Why did Britain place new taxes on the American colonists?
To help pay back the debt from the French and Indian War.
-What is the 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?
Availability of cheap and fertile land
-To what modern day states were Native Americans forced to march?
Oklahoma
-Why did the colonists dislike the Proclamation of 1763?
It restricted the western movement of settlers.
-First battle and start of the Revolutionary War:
Battles at Lexington and Concord
-Names of the explorers who led an expedition through the new Louisiana territory
- Meriwether Lewis
- William Clark
- Sacagawea (Native American who joined later)
-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?
Forced to give up their homelands.
-What were the reasons the colonists were unhappy with Britain?
- No representation in the Parliament
- Resented the power of the colonial governors
- Britain wanted strict control over colonial legislatures
-Opposed taxes
_Didn't like the Proclamation of 1763
-The three branches of government:
- Legislative
- Executive
- 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
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?
The 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?
So they can get gold in the eastern states
-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”?
When the Cherokee Nation and other tribes were forced to give up their land and got relocated.
-Abolitionists wanted to abolish:
Slavery