Colonization
The first permanent English settlement
Jamestown
The first self-government in the colonies
Primary reason Britain taxed the colonies
Debt from the French and Indian War
Year the Constitution was written
1787
First President
George Washington
The religious groups that settled Massachusetts
Pilgrims/Puritans
The first representative legislative body in the colonies
Virginia House of Burgesses
List 3 examples of taxes placed on the colonies
Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Tea Act, or Townshend Acts
the first 10 amendments are called...
Bill of Rights
Large piece of land bought from France
Louisiana Purchase
The religious group that settled Pennslyvania
Quakers
The first written colonial constitution
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
This event led to the intolerable acts
Boston Tea Party
Checks and Balances
Fought between U.S. and Britain because of impressment
War of 1812
The religious group that settled Maryland
Catholics
The primary reason the English colonies established their own governments
Salutary Neglect
The Colonies responded to the intolerable acts with the...
First Continental Congress
The group who believed the Constitution gave too much power to the federal government
Anti-Federalists
Political Party that believed in tariffs, manufacturing, and a national bank
Federalist
The reason the King viewed Georgia as valuable
A military barrier
The British documents that served as examples for colonial governments (2 of them)
Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights
Rights a person is born with
Unalienable Rights (Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness)
Division of power between the federal government and the states (10th amendment)
Federalism
Supreme Court Chief Justice who established the authority of the federal government
John Marshall