Unit 1
Organization formed to fight British taxation and protect the rights of the colonists
Sons of Liberty
the belief that government is subject to the will of the people
popular sovereignty
member of the Democratic-Republican party who believed in an agrarian society and was the first Secretary of State
Thomas Jefferson
a belief that it was America's "obvious fate" to spread democracy and expand westward
Manifest Destiny
anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that increased abolitionist
Uncle Tom's Cabin
British monarch leading up to and during the American Revolution
King George III
The powers of government are divided between the federal and states governments.
Federalism
member of the Federalist Party; president during the XYZ Affair and the nullification crisis resulting from the Alien and Sedition Acts
John Adams
conflict between Mexico and American settlers that resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas
Texas Revolution
the government formed by the 11 southern states that withdrew from the Union
Confederate States of America
Law passed by British Parliament requiring colonists to acquire a government stamp to show payment of taxes on paper products
Stamp Act
Legislative Branch
Congress (House of Representatives/Senate)
member of the Federalist party who developed a plan to improve the US economy as its first Secretary of the Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
event in which thousands of miners flocked to the West, resulting in a population boom and aiding manifest destiny
California Gold Rush
Confederate States of America
sectionalism
Gained popularity and respect for fighting in the French an Indian War; Later he was the leader of the Continental Army against the British in the War for Independence
George Washington
Suffrage
The right to vote
a theory that upholds states' ultimate authority over the federal government based upon the idea that states had created it and could therefore nullify federal orders
States' Rights
period of rapid growth in manufacturing that resulted in the mass production of goods and increased urbanization
Industrial Revolution
Union order issued by President Abraham Lincoln that freed slaves in Confederate states still rebelling against the Union and offered them the opportunity to join the Union military
Emancipation Proclamation
the first shots fired in the Revolutionary War that occurred in Massachusetts in 1775
Battles of Lexinton and Concord
Marbury v. Madison
Established judicial review
an event or action that serves as an example to follow
Precedent
a former slave and one of the most prominent African-American abolitionists who published The North Star, an abolitionist newspaper
Fredrick Douglas
speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln that renewed the Union's commitment to winning the Civil War
Gettysburg Address