Colonization and Regions
These people survive by hunting animals and gathering wild plants.
What were hunter-gatherers?
This 1765 Act angered colonists by taxing all paper goods, such as legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards.
What was the Stamp Act?
This "First Plan" of government failed because it made states power too strong.
What was the Articles of Confederation?
In his Farewell Address, he warned against political parties and alliances.
Who was George Washington?
The belief that Americans had a "God-given right" to expand to the Pacific Ocean.
What was Manifest Destiny?
This colonial region was known for fishing, shipbuilding, and rocky soil.
What are the New England Colonies?
This event involved British soldiers firing into a crowd that killed five colonists.
What was the Boston Massacre?
This branch of government is responsible for "carrying out" or enforcing laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the U.S. by purchasing this from France.
What was the Louisiana Territory?
Andrew Jackson was nicknamed this because he was born poor and represented "regular people".
What was the "Common Man"?
DAILY DOUBLE: This town was considered the first English settlement in 1607 in Virginia.
What is Jamestown?
This famous slogan explained that colonists should not be taxed without a voice.
What was "No Taxation Without Representation!"?
This systems makes sure that no single branch of government becomes too powerful or has more power than the other branches.
What is Checks and Balances?
This doctrine told European nations to stay out of the Western Hemisphere.
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
This forced, deadly march of the Cherokee people to "Indian Territory" pass the Mississippi River.
What was the Trail of Tears?
Name the terrifying ocean voyage that enslaved Africans travelled across the Atlantic.
The "Shot Heard Round the World" was fired in this Massachusetts town?
What was Lexington?
This compromise created a two-house Congress (the Senate and the House).
What is the Great Compromise?
DAILY DOUBLE: This conflict occurred because Britain was kidnapping American sailors under James Madison's presidency.
What was the War of 1812?
What was the Spoils System?
Name two aspects that Indigenous people needed to adapt to in their environment.
Climate (weather patterns) and Geography
This 1215 document first stated that even the King is not above the law.
What was the Magna Carta?
This amendment protects your freedom to religion, assembly, press and speech.
What is the First Amendment?
This power allows the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
Name one territory that was gained under the Manifest Destiny besides the Louisiana Territory.
Texas, Florida, Oregon Trail, and Mexican Cession (California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah)