Era 1: Exploration & Colonization
What did France do in the New World?
Fur Trade
What are the Unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
What document serves as the rule book for our government?
The Constitution
Court case that established Judicial Review
Marbury VS Madison
Who was the President during this Unit?
Andrew Jackson
Which colony was a place for the Catholics
Maryland
What acts did the British pass in Response to the Boston Tea Party?
The Intolerable Acts
What are some differences between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
Federalists: Support the Constitution, strong central government, Alexander Hamilton
Anti-Feds: Do not support the constitution without a Bill of Rights, Weak Central Government, Strong state government, Thomas Jefferson
Whiskey Rebellion
What was the name for the government that Andrew Jackson led? It had the Democratic Party and voting increases across the country
Jacksonian Democracy
Name 3 reasons for why Europeans wanted to explore the new world. 100 points a piece. 300 max
Wealth, Religion, Expand the Empire
What was the Turning Point of the American Revolution?
Bonus 100 points if you name the Final Battle
Saratoga, Yorktown
Compromise that decided how states should have representation in the Government
Bonus 100 points if you remember the compromise that counted slaves
Great Compromise
Slaves: 3/5ths Compromise
This political party came from the Anti-Federalists and was led by Thomas Jefferson and believed in States Rights, Agricultural Economy, and no national bank.
Democratic-Republicans
Problem over the State of South Carolina following Federal Laws or not
Nullification Crisis
What were some differences between the New England Colonies and the Southern Colonies? 100 points for each thing named, up to 400 max
New England: Fishing, lumbering, ship building, harbors
Southern Colonies: Slaves, plantations, cash crops
Which law forbid colonists from moving West past the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
Each branch of government has some power over the other two branches, helps prevent one branch from becoming too powerful.
Checks and Balances
Which speech did Washington give that gave Americans advice for the future?
Bonus 100 points each for the 2 things he warned agaisnt
Washington's Farewell Address
Bonus: Political Parties, Involvement with other countries
Court Case that removed the Cherokee Native Americans from their homes in Georgia
What was the main reason for the growth of Self-Government in the colonies? Bonus 100 points if you name one of the documents that was used for Self-Government
The distance away from Great Britain
Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Virginia House of Burgesses
Consent of the Governed
What is one Civic Responsibility that you have as an American that you have to do at least once in your lifetime?
Serve on a Jury
Issued by James Monroe against European Expansion of the Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
The name of the organization that painted natural landscapes and nature
Hudson River School