Native Americans
Who was the Shawnee Native American chief and what did he try to stop?
Tecumseh and try to organize a confederation of tribes to stop white settlement.
Why were the many reasons people were colonizing to North America?
Religious freedom, land, wealth, and adventure
What Acts led to the American revolution?
Sugar, Stamp, declaratory, Townshend and the Tea acts.
The House of representatives and Senate make up what?
Congress
What were Abolitionists and was it mainly southern or northern states?
People who opposed slavery and would perform various ways to end slavery. The Northern States opposed it more.
After the battle of Tippecanoe, the Native American Confederacy went to war against the United States by joining forces with who?
Britain
The Spanish Armada controlled the what to stop other European Countries from exploring the New World?
Atlantic Ocean/Open seas
What are the 2 main parts of the sugar act?
lowered the taxes on molasses and raised the taxes on other goods.
To be the president what type of citizen do you have to be?
Natural born
What were the main causes of the war?
1.)New Territories
2.)Slavery
3.)State Rights
4.)Election of Lincoln
At treaty of Greenville what did they tell Tecumseh?
The Native Americans are not following the US law of treaty of Greenville.
What were the first 13 colonies in North America?
New York, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virgina, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
what are the 3 complaints colonists had about the sugar act?
violated the rights to be secured in their home, violated their rights to a jury trial, and couldn't prove their innocence
What does impeachment mean?
Bring formal charges against a federal official
What was the first battle and the turning point of the war?
First-Battle of Bull Run (Confederates)
Turning Point-Battle of Gettysburg (Union)
At what battle did Tecumseh suffer a fatal shot?
Battle of Thames
What are the three type of English colonies and colonial governments?
Colonies:New England, Middle and Southern
Governments:Charter, proprietary and royal
What are effigies?
rag figures representing unpopular tax collectors.
What are 2 specific powers given to Congress?
To lay and collect taxes and to declare war.
What was Manifest Destiny?
19th century belief that the US would expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexico.
What was the primary purpose of mounds built by the Native American cultures?
Burial, protection, and ceremonial purposes.
What's the English Bill of Rights?
gave basic rights to all citizens and also later inspired Americans to write their own American Bill of Rights.
What does delegate mean?
An organization that protested against England by using propaganda to inform the colonies
What are 2 main functions of Congress?
Make the Nations laws and control government spending.
What state was the first state to secede and how many after did as well?
South Carolina and ten followed after.