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- What amendment protects the rights of the accused?
- 6th
- What religious movement was focused on getting an emotional response from its audience?
- Great Awakening
- Why was Jefferson's election in 1800 significant?
- Peaceful transition of power from Federalists to Democratic Republicans, tie vote decided in House of Reps
- Which enlightenment thinker pushed government by the general will?
- Rousseau
- What were the two main purposes of the Declaration of Independence?
- Establish ideology behind revolution and list grievances vs. King George
- Which enlightenment thinker was an advocate for the protection of "natural rights"?
- Locke
- Name 2 characteristics of the New England colonies
- education, small farms, harbor cities, Puritanically based morals and religion
- What amendment protects you from self-incrimination?
- 5th
- Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence? Who were his two primary Enlightenment influences?
- Thomas Jefferson, Locke and Voltaire
- Who appoints Justices & Ambassadors? Who approves them?
- President, Senate
- What document set up our nation's first government?
- Articles of Confederation
- How did this the Great Awakening help feed revolutionary fervor?
- equality in the eyes of God, pushed people to think democratically
- Why did the British begin taxing the colonists in 1763?
- pay for the French & Indian (7 yrs.) War
- How many amendments are included in the Bill of Rights? What group pushed for it?
- 10, Anti-Federalists
- How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party?
- Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
- What was the freezing cold low point for the Continental Army?
- Valley Forge
- What is the group of the President's advisors called? Who were the two most influential advisors to President Washington?
- Cabinet, Hamilton (Treasury) & Jefferson (State)
- Who has the power to tax and declare war?
- Congress
- Where did the British surrender to Washington? What Treaty officially gave us our independence?
- Yorktown, Treaty of Paris (1783)
- Why did the Puritans want to leave England? What boat did they travel on?
- religious persecution, the Mayflower
- What group called made the decision to split with Britain and called for the Declaration of Independence?
- Second Continental Congress
- Who has the power to enforce laws?
- President (Executive Branch)
- Who has the power to declares laws/acts unconstitutional?
- Judicial Branch/Supreme Court
- Name two weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
- no power to tax, no power to coin money, no executive branch, weak central government
- How did we get "sucked in" to the war of 1812?
- GB & France were at war & we're caught in the middle (impressment, blockades, etc.)
- Name 2 characteristics of the southern colonies.
- loyalty, plantations & cash crops, low population density
- What was the significance of Shay's Rebellion (1786)?
- Demonstrated the weaknesses of the government under the Articles of Confederation
- Who led the mob to the Customs House to set off the Boston Massacre?
- Samuel Adams
- Which enlightenment thinker pushed for a three branch government?
- Montesquieu
- What were the key outcomes of the War of 1812?
- Brits give up so we win, survive first big foreign policy crisis
- What Colonial victory brought increased support from the French?
- Saratoga
- Which amendment protects your right to bear arms?
- 2nd
- What was the first English settlement in North America?
- Jamestown
- What laws were passed by the Federalists in 1798 to limit opposition to the government and slow membership in the Dem-Reps?
- Alien & Sedition Acts
- Where was the first actual fighting of the Revolutionary war?
- Lexington and Concord
- What group of colonists wanted to remain loyal to Great Britain? Why?
- Tories/Loyalists, strength of empire, rights as British citizens, etc.
- What was the first major tax placed on the colonists after the Seven Years' War? Why did many colonists feel taxation was unfair?
- Stamp Act, they had no representation in Parliament
- Name 2 characteristics of the middle colonies.
- religious tolerance, commerce, craftsmanship, heavy Dutch influence
- What determines the number of representatives that a state gets in the House of Reps.? In the Senate?
- its population, each state gets two Senators
- What right do some people feel is violated by the Death Penalty?
- No cruel or unusual punishment (8th)
- What amendment protects you from unlawful search & seizure?
- 4th
- Who was the first President to supposedly represent the common man? What party did he help build?
- Andrew Jackson, the Democrats