Moving West
This territorial acquisition doubled the size of the United States in 1803
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The British taking American sailors off of American ships and forcing them to serve in the British navy
What is Impressment?
This person authored the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The Supreme Courts power to determine if a government action is constitutional or not.
What is Judicial Review?
This settlement was established as a business venture
What is Jamestown?
This state gained its independence from Mexico, and waited nine years to be annexed as part of the United States
What is Texas?
The nation that was defeated in the French and Indian War
Who is France?
What anti-Federalists insisted on adding to the Constitution before it's full ratification
What is the Bill of Rights?
The court case that established Judicial Review
What is Marbury v Madison?
This settlement was established by the Puritans to escape religious persecution.
What is Plymouth?
This early 19th century invention spurred the expansion of slavery westward from the Deep South.
What is the Cotton Gin?
The American Revolution began when the Minutemen fired on the British troops at...
What is Lexington and Concord?
This group believed a strong national government would overtake the powers of the state government
Who are the Anti-Federalist?
The court case that established implied powers
What is McCulloch v Maryland?
The first representative government in the colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses?
This state was admitted as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850
What is California?
The purpose of the Stamp Act
What is to help England finance the French and Indian War?
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Patrick Henry are referred to as —
Who are Patriots?
The court case that stated that congress had the power to regulate interstate commerce
What is Gibbons v Ogden?
A person under contract to work for another person for a definite period of time, usually without pay but in exchange for free passage to a new country
What is an Indentured Servant?
After the French and Indian War, the British announced this new law, which prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The French army and navy helped American troops achieve victory over the British at this battle
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This person is known for his negotiation of a Treaty of Alliance with France
Who is Ben Franklin?
The court case that established the national governments supremacy over the state governments.
What is McCulloch v Maryland?
The religious movement of the mid-1700s that led to an increase in evangelical religions. (Baptist and Methodist)
What is the Great Awakening?