Exploration/Colonization
The three colonial regions
What is New England, Middle (Mid-Atlantic), and Southern colonial regions?
An act of civil disobedience that colonists did in response to the Tea Act.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The Right to bear Arms
What is the Second Amendment?
The court case that said Supreme Court can declare laws passed by Congres or action by the President unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The social contract among the pilgrims establishing self-government.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
The system where people vote for elected representatives.
What is republicanism?
This issue lead to the development of political parties in the United States.
What is the creation of a national bank?
Inventor of the Cotton Gin and Interchangeable parts.
Who is Eli Whitney?
A period of great revivalism that spread throughout the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s.
What is the First Great Awakening?
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
What are inalienable rights? (natural rights)
The Compromise between the northern and southern states over how slaves would be counted in determining a state's population.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
The forced march of the Native Americans to Indian (Oklahoma) Territory.
What is the Trail of Tears?
The author of the Declaration of Sentiments.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
The British government imposes strict control of colonial economy.
What is mercantilism?
A law passed by the King forbidding migration west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The right to a fast and public trial
What is the sixth amendment?
War Hawks, Impressment of Sailors, and England Prohibiting trade with other countries.
What are the causes of the War of 1812?
Reform Movement to reduce or end the use of alcoholic beverages.
What is the Temperance Movement?
The father of the US Navy.
Who is John Paul Jones?
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
Who are the authors of the Federalists Papers?
This court case affirms the federal government has authority over interstate commerce.
What is Gibbons vs. Ogden?
Samuel Morse's invention that made long distance communication faster and easier.
What is the telegraph?