Important Dates
he first permanent English settlement, was founded in 1607
What is Jamestown?
The opening shots of the American Revolution were fired at__________________in April 1775.
What is Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts?
an economic theory that a country’s strength is measured by the amount of gold it has, that a country should sell more than it buys and that the colonies exist for the benefit of the Mother Country.
What is Mercantilism?
the belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
What is Manifest Destiny?
the Legislative Branch, the Judicial Branch, and the Executive branch.
What are the Three Branches of Government?
was signed on July 4, 1776
What is The Declaration of Independence?
is the site where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were written.
What is Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States.
What is abolitionist ?
a campaign against the sale or drinking of alcohol.
What is The Temperance Movement?
a system set up by the Constitution in which each branch of the federal government has the power to check, or control, the actions of the other branches.
What is Checks and Balances?
The Constitution of the United States was written in
What is 1787?
was the turning point of the American Revolution
What is The Battle of Saratoga?
a tax on goods brought into a country
What is a tariff?
a system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them.
What is Representative Government?
the freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulation.
What is Free Enterprise?
President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France
What is 1803?
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at
What is Fort Sumter, in South Carolina?
a tax placed on goods from another country to protect the home industry
What is a protective tariff ?
nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them.
What is Republic?
the sharing of power between the states and the national government.
What is Federalism?
was fought from 1861-1865
What is the Civil War?
the small town in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War.
What is Appomattox Court House ?
a strong sense of loyalty to a state or section instead of to the whole country.
What is Sectionalism?
the first representative assembly in the new world.
What is the House of Burgesses?
a system in which each branch of government has its own powers.
What is Separation of Powers?