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The five Iroquois tribes joined together into this group
Iroquois Confederacy
The Inca cut platforms into he side of mountains in order to farm
This piece of land was fought over during the French and Indian War
Ohio River Valley
This was the name of soldiers from Spain who defeated the Mesoamericans
Conquistadors
This was a British Tax on all paper goods
Stamp Act
This was when British soldiers kidnapped American sailors and forced them to fight for them
America's God given right to expand West
This was the movement to end slavery
Abolition Movement
These were the turning points of the American Civil War
Gettysburg and Vicksburg
The first 10 amendments to the constitution are called
Bill of Rights
What was the significance of Shay's Rebellion?
Showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Provide one example of early self government
Mayflower Compact, Virginia House of Burgesses, New England Town Meetings
This crop allowed for Jamestown and later Virginia to become a successful colony
Tobacco
What was the turning point of the American revolution
Battle of Saratoga
What were the first two political parties
Federalist and Anti-Federalist
What were the two theories as to how the earliest people came to the America's
Land Bridge theory and the Costal Migration Theory
Name two achievements of the Maya
Concept of 0, Calendar, Astronomy, Building Temples, Large cities, writing system,
Explain the relationship between New France and the Native Americans
Positive relationship because of trade
The exchange of foods and diseases from Europe to the Americas
Columbian Exchange
This law prevented the colonists from moving West of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
List three problems with the Articles of Confederation
No central leader
No ability to tax
Relied to much on state governments
No national army
No national currency
9 or 13 votes needed to pass a law
States only looked out for themselves
No national court system
No power to enforce laws
Explain the Great Compromise
Mix of the New Jersey and Virginia plans, it created a bicameral legislature where one house is based on population and the other was equal
What was the significance of Marvury V Madison
Established Judicial Review
List and explain three events that made Jackson a tyrant or a man of the people
Trail of Tears, Force Act, Bank Veto, Reelection in 1838, Corrupt Bargain, Hero of New Orleans
List three things that contributed to our Manifest Destiny
Louisiana Purchase, Mexican American War, Acquisition of Texas, Oregon Treaty, Gadsden Purchase, Acquisition of Florida, Trail of Tears and Indian Wars