Early US History 1
Group of department heads who advise the president
What is the cabinet?
The climate in the New England is characterized as having
What are long winters and short growing seasons
This state is located in the far Northwest corner of the continental United States
What is Washington?
The number of original colonies
What is 13?
Term used to refer to colonist who were still loyal to the king
Loyalist
The length of term for a US President
What is 4 years?
A tariff
What is a tax on imported goods?
This was a meeting of delegates from all over the 13 Colonies to discuss what would be done in response to the Intolerable Acts
What was the First Continental Congress
This branch interprets the laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
Who was the military officer that led his troops against the French in the first skirmishes of the French and Indian War?
Who was George Washington
The exact date the Declaration of Independence was written
July 4th, 1776
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
This branch enforces the laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
This was the slogan and major argument that the colonist had against British rule over them
What was "No taxation without representation"
The major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was
They States had more power than the federal government
These 2 houses, or parts, make up the Legislative Branch
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
Original three regions of the colonies
What are the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies
How long is the term of a Supreme Court Justice
What is life?
Known as the Supreme Law of the Land
What is the Constitution?
This early purchase by the US government from France doubled the size of the country
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
This event proved that the Articles of Confederation was a weak document that needed to be changed
What is Shays' Rebellion?
This branch makes the laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
The first battle of the Revolutionary war would take place at
Lexington and Concord
Name of the river than runs down the Louisiana territory
What is the Mississippi River?
Because of its fertile lands and long growing season. Plantations in the US developed in
The South