AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Why did England tax the colonies?
To help pay for the French and Indian War and to help maintain the troops that were in the colonies.
What is currency?
Paper money
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
Jefferson bought land from France (the Louisiana Purchase), which doubled the size of the United States.
What was Manifest Destiny?
A belief that expansion was for the good of the country and was our right
Who invented the cotton in?
Eli Whitney
What was the North like before the Civil War?
The North was mainly an urban society in which people held jobs.
What did John Locke think all people have a right to?
Life, liberty and property
What does regulate mean?
To control according to a rule
What did Lewis and Clark do?
In the Lewis and Clark expedition, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
Name two overland trails used during westward expansion.
Oregon Trail and Santa Fe Trail
How did the cotton gin affect American lives?
It increased the production of cotton and thus increased the need for slave labor to cultivate and pick the cotton.
What was the South like before the Civil War?
The South was primarily an agricultural society in which people lived in small villages and on farms and plantations.
What did John Locke think about the government?
The government’s purpose is to protect the rights of the people and it only has the powers that the people give it.
What is commerce?
The buying and selling of goods
How did the U.S. get Florida?
Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty
(Treaty of Adams-Onis (1819) and Transcontinental Treaty (1821))
How did the U.S. get the Oregon territory?
The Oregon Territory was divided by the United States and Great Britain.
What did Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson do?
They invented the reaper.
What is a tariff?
A fee placed on goods.
Why did England want to control its colonies?
England wanted to remain a world power and to get the money from the taxes to pay for the French and Indian War
What are checks and balances?
Each branch of government can check the power of the other
How did the U.S. get Texas?
Texas was added after it became an independent republic.
What did Lewis and Clark do?
In the Lewis and Clark expedition, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
How did the reaper affect American lives?
The reaper increased the productivity of the American farmer
What was the big constitutional conflict between the North and the South?
A major conflict was states’ rights, which the South favored versus strong central government, which the North favored.
What unalienable rights did the Declaration of Independence say people have?
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Provided for a weak national government
Gave congress no power to tax or regulate commerce among states
Provided for no common currency
Gave each state one vote regardless of size
Provided for no executive or judicial branch of government
How did the U.S. get California?
War with Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States
What are some of the factors that influenced westward migration?
Population growth in the eastern states
Availability of cheap, fertile land
Economic opportunity, e.g., gold (California Gold Rush), logging, farming, freedom (for runaway slaves)
Cheaper and faster transportation, e.g., rivers and canals (Erie Canal), steamboats
Knowledge of overland trails (Oregon and Santa Fe)
Belief in the right of “Manifest Destiny”—The idea that expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country
How did the steamboat affect American lives?
It provided faster river transportation that connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries.
How did the South feel about the Federal government?
Southerners believed that they had the power to declare any national law illegal