Colonies
What was the first English colony?
Jamestown
What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1776
Why is the Great Compromise important?
created congress how it is today. (senate and House of Representatives)
The philosophy of "Manifest Destiny" stated taht Americans should expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the _________
Pacific Ocean
where were the first shots fired in civil war?
Fort Sumter
What type of economy did souther colonies have?
Farming
The colonists wanted to settle land in the Ohio Valley and lands farther West
Why was Shay's Rebellion important?
It led to revision of the Articles of Confederation
This innovation made travel westward quicker and more efficient in the 1800s.
Transcontinental Railroad
Explain the Anaconda Plan.
Blockade southern ports, control mississippi river, capture Richmond Va
What is the economy of the Northern colonies?
Shipbuilding
How did salutary neglect affect the colonists?
It left them without the necessary resources needed to survive.
What battle was the turning point?
Saratoga
John O'Sullvian
What was Lincoln's primary goal of the Civil War?
to preserve the Union
What is considered the first legislature in America?
House of Burgresses
What conflict created debt that American colonists were expected to pay?
French and Indian War
Why were the "Sons of Liberty" created?
patriot group that enforced boycotts
Explain the Missouri Compromise
Maine as a free state, Missouri slave state, 36'30 line created
Explain the Emancipation Proclamation.
Freed all slaves in the Confederate States if those states did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Exchange of plants, animals, diseases and technology
Weak Federal government
what is the Committees of Correspondence
system of communication between colonies
Explain the Compromise of 1850
It consisted of laws admitting California as a free state, creating Utah and New Mexico territories with the question of slavery in each to be determined by popular sovereignty
Why is the Gettysburg Address important?
The great significance of the Gettysburg Address, then, is that it restates and reaffirms another great expression of the American mind, the Declaration of Independence—the opening “Four score and seven years,” in fact, points directly to the year 1776.