Colonial America
This colony, founded in 1607, was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
Jamestown
This 1770 incident in Boston resulted in the death of five colonists and increased anti-British sentiment.
The Boston Massacre
These first ten amendments to the Constitution protect individual liberties.
The Bill of Rights
This political party, led by Thomas Jefferson, favored states’ rights and an agrarian society.
Democratic-Republicans
This idea, that Americans were destined to expand westward, fueled conflict and settlement.
Manifest Destiny
This man was a leader in education reform in the 1800s.
Horace Mann
This series of trade routes connected the colonies, Africa, and the Caribbean, including the transport of enslaved Africans.
Triangular Trade
This treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War in 1783 and officially recognized the establishment of the U.S. as its own nation.
The Treaty of Paris, 1783
This compromise created a bicameral (two house) legislature with proportional representation (based on population) in one house and equal representation in the other.
The Great Compromise
This event caused the decline of the Federalists after they opposed the War of 1812.
The Hartford Convention/ when the Federalists seemed unpatriotic for not supporting the War of 1812
This U.S. policy warned European powers to stay out of the Western Hemisphere.
The Monroe Doctrine
This 1848 gathering in New York launched the women’s rights movement when they first publicly claimed they should have the right to vote.
Seneca Falls Convention
This economic theory drove European powers to establish colonies for wealth and trade.
Mercantilism
This final effort by the colonies to make peace and avoid war with Britain was rejected by King George III.
The Olive Branch Petition
This principle of the Constitution divides power between the national and state governments.
Federalism
This president gave a speech warning against political parties and foreign alliances in his farewell address.
George Washington
This term refers to loyalty to one’s own region rather than the nation as a whole.
Sectionalism
This movement was based on the idea that slavery was a sin and should be ended immediately.
Abolitionism
This labor system brought workers to the colonies in exchange for passage from Europe (they paid off their debt via labor over time)
Indentured Servitude
This Enlightenment philosopher’s ideas on natural rights influenced the Declaration of Independence.
John Locke
Identify the 3 Branches of Government and their roles
Executive Branch: enforces the laws
Judicial Branch: interprets the laws
This party favored an alliance with Great Britain, the creation of the National Bank, and increased power overall in the national government.
Federalists
This system, promoted by Henry Clay, aimed to strengthen the U.S. economy through tariffs, a national bank, and internal improvements.
The American System
This former slave became a powerful voice for abolitionism and wrote a famous speech called "What to the Slave is the 4th of July?"
Frederick Douglass
This conflict was fought by the American colonists alongside their mother country, England, in hopes of protecting their land from French interference.
The French & Indian War
What was the most famous slogan used by the Sons of Liberty to protest the taxes placed upon the colonies by Great Britain?
"NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION"
What were the series of essays called that were written and published to encourage states to ratify the Constitution?
The Federalist Papers
This political party was initially against ratifying the Constitution until the Bill of Rights was added.
Antifederalists
This political compromise kept the balance of free and slave states in the country and drew a line across the Louisiana Purchase Territory to separate free and slave regions.
The Missouri Compromise, 1820
This early 1800s movement promoted religious revival and sparked reform efforts.
The Second Great Awakening