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Section 1
(50 cards)
Sam Adams
Propaganda and Agitator
Enlightenment
New ways at looking at old things
Ben Franklin
The colonies enlightenment
Quakers
A religious group of friends that began in England
George Washington
Commander in chief of the US continental army and was the first president of the US
Boston Massacre
A clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in which 5 colonists were killed
Loyalists
American colonists that stayed loyal to the king in the revolutionary war
Puritan ethics
original sin, predestination, bible is the way of life
Bill of rights
First 10 amendments of the US
Elastic clause
implied powers
French and Indian war
7 year long war that was fought over the control of most of North America
Slavery- middle passage
triangular trade in which millions of Africans were shipped to the New World
Sugar Act
Stop colonies from smuggling
Thomas Jefferson
he represented Virginia as a writer
Checks and balances
Competition and restraint among the branches of government
William Pitt
Prime minister to the colonies
Townshend Acts
Indirect taxes on goods imported from Britain
Stamp Act
The first taxation of goods and services
Minutemen
American militiamen that could be ready for battle in 60 seconds
Proclamation Line of 1783
Britain prohibited American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
Propaganda
spreading of information in support of a cause
John Locke
Government role to the people
Red Coats
British soldiers
William Penn
English Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania
Branches
Judicial, Executive, Legislative
Patrick Henry
Speaker of Virginia and gave the give me liberty or give me death speech
Bunker Hill
First major battle of the revolution
Amendment
A change in a document
King Phillip's War
Armed conflict between American Indian's and English Colonists
Quartering Acts
Put redcoats into colonial homes
Mercantilism
All wealth goes to England
Yorktown
Last battle of revolution and surrendered his troops to General Washington
Saratoga
Major battle that had Benedict Arnold force British troops to surrender
Colonies
The french and indian war
Exploration
Columbus, and Spain with the money going to the South
Declaration of Independence
Declares the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain
Committees of Correspondence
Patriot leaders who gathered on the eve of the American revolution
Triangular Trade
Favorable Balance of Trade
Salem
Witch hunts, indian attacks
Jamestown/plymouth
Jamestown: In Virginia, and a joint stock company $ Plymouth: Pilgrims and the power of religious freedom
Thomas Paine
Writer of a pamphlet that came into play after the revolution started
Cash/Staple crop
Tobacco
Common sense
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that declared independence from Great Britain
Lexington/Concord
First bloodshed of the revolution
Bacon's rebellion
Why: Indians, taxes and no vote Who: Indentured servant
Olive Branch Petition
Final attempt to avoid a full on war between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies
Christopher Columbus
Explorer who found America
Salutary Neglect
Laws that kept American colonies obedient to England
Navigation Acts
Regulate colonial trade and had England collect taxes in the colonies
George Grenville
He refused to back down from his tax positions which led to Declaration of Independence
Section 2
(50 cards)
Fillmore
Wig president
Shay's rebellion
Farming/uprising over taxes because the articles weren't working
Articles of Confederation
The first form of government
Jackson
"Old Hickory"
Veto
president says no to a bill
Van Buren
8th president of US
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
North was free and south were slaves
Taylor
Wig president (Old rough and ready)
Alexander Hamilton
Leader of the federalists
Andrew Jackson
Spoils system, kitchen cabinet
Madison
Republican
Jefferson
Republican
Pierce
Democrat
Monroe
Republican
Republic
Supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives
American System
Policy that gives US industry which makes a higher tariff
Washington
Neutral
Buchanan
Democrat
War of 1812
A war between Britain and the United States
Electoral college
Directly elects the president
XYZ Affair
Adams kicked out of presidency
Webster
US senator in the North
Judicial review
Interpret laws and declare constitutional or unconstitutional
John Marshall
Federalist that kept parties/ideas alive
Monroe Doctrine
US policy that any invention in politics is acting against the US
Whiskey Rebellion
Showed that the new constitution worked
Sectionalism
Putting your part of the country against the whole
Midnight Judges
People elected by the president that only sign appointments until midnight
Clay/Calhoun
Warhawks
Harrison
Killed Indians and the Battle of Tippi Canoe
J.Q Adams
Ex president congressmen "Gag Rule"
Missouri compromise
Maine was free and Missouri were slaves
Warhawks
Congress who hated British Indians
Federalist
Person who advocates or supports several states being united under a central authority
3/5 compromise
Allowed slaves to count in the state for representation and taxtation
Spoils system
"You do me a favor and I do you a favor"
Louisiana Purchase
Land deal between the United States and France
Nationalism
Patriotic
Tyler
Wig president
Trail of tears
Forced Indians from Georgia to Oklahoma
Kitchen cabinet
Friends in government jobs
Embargo
US isolated official ban/trade
Marbury v.s Madison
Judicial review
Aaron Burr
Kills Hamilton
Lincoln
16th president and emancipated the slaves
Great compromise
All states were represented equally in the Senate
Adams
Federalist
Eli Whitney
invented the cotton gin
Polk
Democrat and known as Manifest Destiny
Federalism
The sharing of power between national and state governments
Section 3
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