Chapter 1 & 2: Settling the Americas
This explorer coined the term 'Indian' for Native Americans
Christopher Columbus
The document ending the relationship between Britain and the colonies
Declaration of Independence
The name of the document used for the government before the Constitution
The Articles of Confederation
Name of the president who purchased the Louisiana Territory
Thomas Jefferson
Name of those who moved to California in search of gold
forty-niners
The home country for the conquistadors
Spain
The phrase colonists used to express their outrage over higher prices for stamps, tea, etc.
No taxation without representation
Name of the event where farmers stormed a courthouse to avoid having losing their land for the US to pay their debts to Britain
Shays' Rebellion
Policy that gave the Supreme Court the power to declare laws Constitutional
Judicial Review
Rallying cry for Texans in the fight for independence from Mexico
Remember the Alamo!
This is the name of the journey slave ships made from Africa to the colonies
Middle Passage
The Patriots and the Loyalists
The name of the group promoting the ratification of the Constitution
The Federalists
President who passed the Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson
Name of the family stranded in the mountains on their way to California
The Donner Party
The name of the religious movement in the colonies in the early 1700s
Great Awakening
Britain imposed taxes on the colonists to help pay for what war that was partly fought in the colonies
The French and Indian War
Number of states need to ratify the Constitution
9 (out of 13)
The names of the first two political parties
Federalists and Democratic Republicans
Idea that God wanted the United States to expand across all of North America
Manifest Destiny
Name of the first US colony that mysteriously disappeared
Roanoke
The name of the group fighting for independence before the Revolution, especially in the Boston area
The Sons of Liberty
The Bill of Rights
The event that ended the War of 1812, and the event that people thought ended the War of 1812
The Treaty of Ghent, and the Battle of New Orleans
President in power during the Mexican-American War
James K. Polk