US History Review 1
Georgia was founded as colony for what purpose?
The passing on of new and different plants, foods, animals, and diseases across the Atlantic Ocean and back again.
Triangular Trade
What are the three branches of the government?
Judicial Branch
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
What are the three different colonial regions?
New England, Middle, Southern Colonies
Which part of the legislative branch has population based on representation?
House of Representatives
a decree by Pres. Lincoln that freed all slaves living in the Confederate states and territories still in rebellion against the Union on January 1st, 1863
Emancipation Proclamation
President Washington was a General in this war
The Revolutionary War
The number of original colonies
13
name 2 of the 3 cash crops in the South
indigo, cotton, tobacco
First President of the United States
George Washington
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
the Bill or Rights
2 houses of the Legislative branch
Senate and House of Representatives
Explorers of Louisiana Territory
Lewis and Clark
Which branch of government interprets the laws?
Judicial Branch
Bill of Rights
The Virginia Plan wanted representation in Congress to be based on this
Population
Who was the wealthy friend of the king who wanted a safe place for the Quakers to live. he set up the colony of Pennsylvania.
William Penn
The Constitution was written to replace this document
The Articles of Confederation
Joint Stock Companies: were businesses where investors pooled their money to fund colonies, hoping to profit from their success.
___ ______ _____established Jamestown in 1607,
The Virginia Company
America's second president
John Adams
Where was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
Shot Heard round the world _____________ and ___________!
Lexington and Concord
Nickname for the Middle Colonies because they produced so much food
"Breadbasket" colonies
Which treaty ended the American Revolution?
Treaty of Paris 1783
taxes placed on farmers caused this rebellion which then led to the calling of the Constitutional Convention
Shay's Rebellion
First document in the America's that encouraged self-government among the colonists
Mayflower Compact
This is the Nickname Mr. Bertschinger gave Thomas Jefferson this year?
TJ Himself
The two plans our government compromised on that created our congress.
What are the New Jersey Plans and the Virginia Plan?
This amendment guarantees the right to protest
1st Amendment
a party that supported the common people and favored a small, limited government
Anti-Federalists
This is what we called it when the founding fathers got together to write the consitution.
The constitutional convention
What was the name of the meeting where the Constitution was drafted?
Constitutional Convention
2 prominent generals from the Confederacy
Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
Document that incited the American Revolution
Declaration of Independence
This president was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
the war in which the British and some Native American allies fought the French and their Native Americans allies.
French and Indian War
President Jackson forced the Native Americans to leave their land
Indian Removal Act or Trail of Tears
a party that supported industry, a growing centralized government, and rule by property owners
Federalist
what court case established the principles of Judicial Review?
Marbury Vs. Madison
man who sued his owner for his freedom because his owner had taken him to a free state
Dred Scott
black regiment that fought in the Civil War
54th Massachusetts Regiment