Exploration & Colonization
What are 3 Reasons for exploration:
Gold
God
Glory
First battle of the American Revolution
Lexington & Concord
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, President of the Constitutional Convention, and First US President, Helped create a strong central government.
George Washington
First 10 amendments
Bill of Rights
1st representative assembly in North America
Virginia House of Burgesses
What countries colonized North America
France
Spain
England
Turning point battle of the war
Important victory because it influenced foreign nations to support America in its war against England
France used its Navy in the Americans effort for victory
Saratoga
Author of many of the Federalist Papers; First secretary of treasury, Leader of Federalist Party
Alexander Hamilton
Freed Slaves in all states
13th amendment
Self-government
Mayflower Compact
Explorers traveled to North America looking for?
An all water route to Asia
Last battle of the War
Yorktown
Educated African-American Patriot, made the same midnight ride as Paul Revere warning that the British were coming.
Wentworth Cheswell
Tax on all printed materials
Stamp Act
1st Constitution of the Colonies
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
1607
Jamestown is founded
Document written by Thomas Jefferson, claiming independence from Great Britain based on the philosophies of Locke, Montesquieu, and Blackstone
Declaration of Independence
Founder of the U.S. Navy. Led raids on British ships and famous for yelling “I have not yet begun to fight”
John Paul Jones
Tax on Tea & Colonists response to the Tea Act
Tea Act
Boston Tea Party
Limited power of the King
Magna Carta
1619
First slaves are sent to North America from the Triangular Trade
Ended the American revolution
The 13 colonies became independent from England
The boundaries of the new nation were the Mississippi river to the west, Canada to the North, and Spanish Florida to the south.
Treaty of Paris 1783
King of England during the American Revolution
King George III
Amendments 4, 5, 6, & 8
Due Process Amendments
Created just before the Battle of Yorktown, this was the first attempt at a national government by the American Colonies; its weaknesses was the lack of a strong central government
Articles of Confederation
1620
Signing of the Mayflower Compact
Colonial Reaction to the Intolerable Acts
Formed First Continental Congress
Anti-Federalist
Marbury v. Madison (Judicial Review)
Louisiana Purchase (1803) — purchased from France for $15 million, doubled the size of the U.S.
Embargo Act of 1807 — restricted trade with any country
Thomas Jefferson
Made all former slaves American Citizens
14th amendment
Issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863– Lincoln did not, however, have the power to free the slaves in the Southern States so in reality it freed very few slaves
Emancipation Proclamation
Warm climate, breadbasket colonies, Quakers, Religious Tolerance
Middle Colonies
What was the colonists rallying cry
No taxation without representation
President of The United States during the Civil War. (Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address)
Abraham Lincoln
Tax on paper, paint, led, and tea
Townshend Acts
said that the Supreme Court had right to review all laws made by Congress; established the idea of Judicial Review.
Maubury v. Madison
Long cold winters, rocky soil, forests & trees, shipbuilding, whaling, subsistence farming
New England Colonies
Continental Army winter encampment where12,000 soldiers endured harsh conditions, disease, and supply shortages, yet emerged as a disciplined, professional fighting force thanks to training from Baron von Steuben.
Valley Forge
President of the Confederate States of America. Inaugural address proclaimed States’ Rights.
Jefferson Davis
Allowed all former slaves the right to vote
15th amendment
said that federal government had the power to regulate trade between states.
Gibbons v. Ogden
Rich fertile soil, tobacco, rice, indigo, plantations
Southern Colonies
Wrote Common Sense and American Crisis, He urged Americans to support the Patriot cause during the American Revolution.
Thomas Paine
Commanding Union General– won major victories for the Union (Shiloh and Vicksburg)- defeated Lee’s troops in Virginia and accepted Lee’s surrender at the Appomattox court hose in 1865
Ulysses S. Grant
List the 5 freedoms of the 1st amendment
Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion, Petition, and Assembly
Cherokee Nation sued Georgia to keep their lands and won, but were removed by Jackson anyway
Worchester v. Georgia
Economic system in which England controlled trade of the colonies
Mercantilism
Delegates met in Philadelphia Pennsylvania to revise the Articles of Confederation; instead they wrote an entirely new constitution and formed a new government.
Constitutional Convention
Confederate General– commanded the Northern Army of Virginia-respected by Northerners and loved by white southerners– won early victories and invaded the north twice and lost both times (at Antietam and Gettysburg)- surrendered at Appomattox
Robert E. Lee
American clergyman and educator who became the first black citizen to be elected to the U.S. Senate(1870-1871) during Reconstruction. He performed competently in office, advocating desegregation in the schools and on the railroads.
Hiram Rhodes Revels
The doctrine stated that the U.S. would not allow any European country to create new colonies anywhere in North or South America
The doctrine that the U.S. would stay out of European affairs and Europe should stay out of U.S. affairs
America now saw itself as a world power
Monroe Doctrine