Unit 1
First successful English Settlement in the New World
Jamestown
Who is the author of the Common Sense Pamphlet
Thomas Paine
Who is the father of the Constitution
James Madison
Hired by Thomas Jefferson to explore the new Louisiana Purchase Territory
Lewis and Clark
What is the job of the legislative branch
make the laws
created a system of interdependence between the mother country and its colonies
Mercantilism
Who is regarded as the first person killed in the American Revolution
Cripus Attucks
First governmental structure of the United States
Articles of Confederation
Belief that expansion was for the good and the right of the Country
Manifest Destiny
Battle of Yorktown
First elected assembly in the New World
House of Burgesses
What was the turning point of the American Revolution
Battle of Saratoga
What was the agreement that created a Bicameral Legislature
The Great Compromise
The cotton gin was invented by...
Eli Whitney
Name all of the Middle Colonies
Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland
This group primarily settled in the New England Region
Puritans
Which event did they choose George Washington to be the commander in chief of the Continental Army
Second Continental Congress
What was the first two political parties in United States History
Federalist and Democratic Republicans
What was the first women's rights convention in the United States
Seneca Falls Convention
Which president campaigned on a full Manifest Destiny Platform
James k. Polk
English nobility who received large land grants in eastern Virginia from the King of England
Cavaliers
Who is responsible for the treaty of alliance with France during the American Revolution
Ben Franklin
What is the job of the Judicial Branch
This document told European Nations that they were no longer allowed to colonize in the Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
What were the first 10 amendment to the Constitution
Bill of Rights