Unit 1
What agreement was written with principles of self government and democracy on the Mayflower?
Mayflower Compact of 1620
What is the 18th-century intellectual movement that emphasized reason, individual rights, and the idea that government should serve the people? People such as John Locke and Thomas Paine.
Enlightenment Period
What is the first form of American government?
Articles of Confederation
What purchase doubled the size of the United States?
Louisiana Purchase of 1803
What Native American came up with the Cherokee syllabary that allowed their culture to read and write to continue their culture?
Sequoyah
What policy was where colonies sent raw materials to the mother country and return received finished goods?
Mercantlism
Who wrote Common Sense? What does it argue?
Thomas Paine and independence from Great Britain
Strength: Conducting foreign policy and declaring war
Weakness: Could not coin money, could not tax, could not raise an army
What compromise allowed slavery below the 36 30 line and not allowed above it? Admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
Missouri Compromise of 1820
What President brought in the age of the Common Man?
Andrew Jackson
Where did Francisco Coronado explore?
Southwest America
What are the effects of French and Indian War? (Two)
Raised taxes on colonists such as Stamp and Tea Act
Proclamation of 1763
Name two important documents that influenced the Bill of Rights and who wrote them?
Virginia Declaration of Rights by George Mason
Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom by Thomas Jefferson
Name two effects of the War of 1812.
Boosted American nationalism (Era of Good Feelings) and grew the American economy
What event was there when Native Americans were forced to relocate to Oklahoma?
Trail of Tears
What was the first permanent settlement in America and what year?
Jamestown 1607
What is the event where in 1770, British soldiers fired on unarmed colonists in Boston, killing five and fueling anti-British sentiment?
What is the act that counted each enslaved person as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation purposes?
3/5ths Compromise
What treaty ended the War of 1812?
Treaty of Ghent
What political movement pushed back against increased immigration and increased discrimination? Include the political party they were represented in.
Nativism and Know Nothing Party
What year were the first slaves brought to America?
1619
What battle ended the American Revolution with the help of the french navy?
What is the compromise that created a bicameral legislature with proportional representation in the House and equal representation in the Senate?
Compromise of 1787 or Great Compromise
What is the belief of the divine right for American expansionism in the west?
Manifest Destiny
What political document forbade Europe from colonizing in the Western Hemisphere?
Monroe Doctrine