A New Nation and The American Revolution
This vocabulary word means freedom from rule by others.
Independence.
What vocabulary word means a union of states that agree to cooperate?
Confederation
What vocabulary word means a plan of government?
Constitution
What vocabulary word means an area that is governed by a county but is not a state?
Territory
The Louisiana Purchase gave the United States control over what river?
The Mississippi River
This vocabulary word means to form a group.
organize (organizing)
What vocabulary word is a group of people who are responsible for making a country's laws?
Congress
What vocabulary word means someone who represents a group of people?
Delegate
The new nation (United States) stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to what river?
The Mississippi River
What was the name of the American Indian who guided Lewis and Clark?
Sacagawea
What fear did the colonists have that caused them to ask Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence?
They feared that they were losing their right to self-government.
Before the Constitution was made, what did the states sign to govern the country in 1781?
The Articles of Confederation
What are the first ten amendments to the new Constitution called?
The Bill of Rights
Who sold the United States that would double its size in 1803?
Napoleon
How long (in miles) was the expedition that Lewis and Clark went on?
8,000 miles long.
Which important battle of the American Revolution led to the French joining the war on the American side?
The Battle of Saratoga
What important decisions did the Articles of Confederation do for the United States?
It set up a new way for new states to join the United States.
What was the second argument that delegates making the Constitution had with eachother?
The second argument was over how much power the government should have.
What territory became the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio?
The Northwest Territory
What was the result of Lewis and Clark's expedition?
They found no river route to the Pacific, but they brought back important information about the people and the land of the west.
What three things did the British do to anger the colonists?
They passed the tax laws called the (1) Stamp Act the (2) Townshend Act, and (3) The Proclamation of 1763 which limited where the colonists could live.
What caused Daniel Shay and about 1,200 Massachusetts farmers to attack government buildings in 1786?
Taxes went up, and the economy slowed down.
There would be a Senate, and there would be a House of Representatives.
How many new states would join the United States as a result of the Louisiana Purchase?
15
What were the two reasons Thomas Jefferson had for sending Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the west.
(1) He wanted to find a river route to the Pacific Ocean, and (2) he wanted to make contact with the Native Americans in that region.