Colonialism
Economic policy of exporting more than you import to profit
What is mercantilism?
This act said that colonists had to house British soldiers.
What was the Quartering Act?
legislative, judicial, executive
What are the three branches of government?
This first president set precedents for future presidents.
Who was George Washington?
This was the main cause of the Civil War
What was slavery?
The portion of the transatlantic trade system that brought slaves from Africa to the Americas
What was the Middle Passage?
This region profited from plantation agriculture and unpaid slave labor.
What are the Southern Colonies?
This act stated that colonists were not allowed to move across the Appalachian Mountains
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
This stated that enslaved people would only be counted as a fraction of a person.
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This group of advisors provides support to the president.
What is the Cabinet?
The first state to secede after Lincoln's election
What was South Carolina?
As the US expanded, the goal was to maintain a ___________ __ ________ between the different states.
What is a balance of power?
The most diverse colonial region due to its religious tolerance.
What are the Mid-Atlantic Colonies?
Group of colonists that planned protests and boycotts against the British
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
This document created the US government before the US Constitution
What are the Articles of Confederation?
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Supreme Court case that ruled slaves were property, not citizens, and therefore could not sue
What was Dred Scott v. Sanford?
This war, which lasted from 1754-1763, led to increased taxes and laws placed on the colonists.
What was the French and Indian War?
This religious group moved to Massachusetts to purify the church
Who were the Puritans?
This Frenchman supported the colonists in their fight against Great Britain.
Supported by larger states, this plan proposed a Congress with representatives based on population
What was the Virginia Plan?
This foreign policy agreement challenged Jefferson's belief in a strict interpretation of the Constitution.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
The battle that gave the Union control over the Mississippi River
What was the Battle of Vicksburg?
Jonathan Edwards "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" highlighted the revivalist ideology of this movement.
What was the Great Awakening?
The reason colonists settled in New England
What is religious freedom?
This battle was the turning point of the American Revolution, after which France joined the war in support of the colonists.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
This uprising of angry farmers showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What was Shays' Rebellion?
The belief that it was the fate of the US to expand westward across North America
What was Manifest Destiny?
This turning point of the Civil War marked the last time the Confederates tried to invade in the North.
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
This led to the Trail of Tears and the removal of indigenous people from their land.
What was the Indian Removal Act?
The transfer of plants, animals, people, diseases, technology, ideas, etc. between the New World and the Old World
What was the Columbian Exchange?
This pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine to convince colonists to support independence.
What was Common Sense?
This compromise created a Congress with a House of Representatives (based on population) and a Senate (2 senators per state).
What was the Great Compromise?
This stated that Europe needed to stay out of the western hemisphere
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland
What were the border states?
Movement to reduce alcohol consumption in the US
What was the Temperance Movement?
This early group of elected representatives provided self-government to colonists in Virginia.
What was the House of Burgesses?
Colonial catchphrase that expressed their biggest complaint
What was "No Taxation without Representation"?
This was added to the Constitution so Anti-Federalists would ratify the document.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This was the nickname for the time period after the War of 1812, during which time people felt more patriotic.
What was the Era of Good Feelings?
States would vote to determine if they would have slavery or not
What was popular sovereignty?
Supreme Court case that established judicial review
What was Marbury v. Madison?