Final Exam Review

Vocabulary

10

The act of purposely not buying something 

boycott

20

land bridge that connected Asia to North America

Beringia

30

Compromise that allowed Missouri to become a slave state and Maine to become a free state

Missouri Compromise

40

First attempt at organized government in the US that failed because it was too weak

Articles of Confederation

50

This battle was a turning point in the American Revolution as France would join the colonists side in the war

Battles of Saratoga

Wars

10

This war was fought by the colonists who wanted independence from the British

The Revolutionary War/American Revolution

20

This war was fought between the British and the French prior to the American Revolutionary War

French and Indian War or Seven Years War

30

This war was fought between America and Britain in the 1800s after the British would "impress" or kidnap US sailors

The War of 1812

40

War that was fought between the people living in what is now Texas and the Mexican Government

Texas Revolution

50

War fought between the North and the South over the issue of slavery and the issue of "states rights"

The Civil War

Major Events

10

The Sons of Liberty met up and dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor in an act of protest known as the

Boston Tea Party

20

Bostonians were protesting taxes in the streets when someone fired a shot that resulted in 5 colonists being killed including Crispus Attucks

The Boston Massacre

30

This event led to exchanging of plants, ideas, animals, and diseases from Europe to the New World

The Columbian Exchange

40

The first permanent English settlement in the New World 

Jamestown

50

William Penn found this colony as a safe place for Quakers to practice their religion

Pennsylvania

American Revolution

10

The "Shot Hear Around the World" took place at __________ and ___________

Lexington and Concord

20

This group led by Samuel Adams and John Hancock would violently protest British taxes and even tar and feather tax collectors

Sons of Liberty

30

The line that the British said colonists were not allowed to cross in hopes to help build better relations with the Natives who lived there 

The Proclamation of 1763

40

This Act passed by the British required all paper goods in the colonies to have a special "sticker"

The Stamp Act

50

This man wrote the famous pamphlet called "Common Sense" that argued in favor of revolution and said the colonists no longer need Britain to be successful in America

Thomas Paine

Late 1700s - Early1800s

10

Land purchased by President Thomas Jefferson that doubled the size of the United States

Louisiana Purchase

20

The belief that the US was meant to expand its territory from coast-to-coast

Manifest Destiny

30

The three branches of government are

Legislative, Judicial, Executive

40

The system put in place by our government that does not allow one branch of government to become more powerful than another

Checks and Balances

50

This was added to the US Constitution to guarantee citizens certain rights like the freedom of religion or speech

Bill of Rights