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- Boycott
- to stop buying
- Electoral College
- the group which elects the Vice President and President of the US. A candidate has to get 270 electoral votes to win.
- Inalienable rights
- Found the Declaration of Independence
- Boston Tea Party
- In response to the tea act, the sons of liberty dressed up as mohawk indians and dumped a lot of tea in the boston harbor
- North Carolina
- most living there were frontier people who grew tobacco.
- Judiciary Act of 1789
- Congress established a court system
- George Washington and his role for the revolution.
- he was a war hero and was the commander of the colonial forces.
- what were the major powers in 1700's?
- france and england
- Alexander Hamilton
- Secretary of the treasury/ Helped to establish the financial independence for the US/ leader of the federalists
- Spain and France
- Countries which helped the colonists in the revolution
- Georgia
- The last colony to be settled in 1732. Had strong ties to england.
- Mayflower
- The ship in which the pilgrims came over.
- loyalists
- opposite from Patriots
- stamp act.
- law in which the colomists had to pay for stamps to put on the paper that they had bought.
- Lexington and concord
- The first battle of the revolution in which British General, Thomas Gage, went after the stockpiled weapons in Concord
- Great awakening
- a powerful religious revival that swept over the colonies beginning in the 1720's. Jonathan Edwards was the most famous preacher at the time.
- Proprietary colony.
- a colony in which land was given by the king to a small group of people.
- What is King Henry the Vlll well known for?
- He is known for his six wives and creating the Church of England.
- Mayflower Compact
- The document that was the basis for government in Plymouth. It was written on the ship coming over to the new world. it was a step towards democracy in America.
- Articles of Confederation
- The first constitution of the US. No president/ could only be changed unless there was a unanimous vote.
- Plymouth
- colony settled by the puritans. Eventually merged w/ massachusetts bay colony.
- Checks and balances
- A system where each branch of government limits the power of the other branches, so that no one branch is too powerful.
- Constitutional Convention
- Philadelphia penn: summer of 1787
- Conquistadors
- spanish explorers in the new world
- Fort Christina
- The main Swedish settlement in the new world
- Bi-cameral legislature
- A two house legislature
- proclomation of 1763
- act in which the colonists were forced to NOT settle west from the appalachian mts.
- northwest passage
- an all water route to asia from america which the europeans hoped to find.
- Boston Massacre
- British soldiers fired into a crowd that was teasing and taunting them. 5 colonists died. The colonists blamed the british and the Sons of Liberty and used this excuse as a way to start the revolution.
- Senators from TN
- Lamar Alexander & Bob Corker
- Puritans
- a religious group that wanted to purify the church of england. They came to America for religious reasons and to settle Massachusettes Bay.
- Washington's farewell address
- 1. stay neutral 2. keep religion in your life 3. no political parties
- log cabin
- it came from the Swedish
- Royal Colony
- A colony that was controlled by the king and his advisors.
- Bill of RIGHTS
- the first ten amendments to the constitution
- Jay Treaty
- With england. Didn't help US at all
- Treaty of Paris- 1763- (ended french and indian war)
- 1. england got west of mississippi river and canada. 2. Spain got louisiana and new orleans. 3. British got Florida from Spain.
- Minutemen
- colonists who were trained to fight in a minutes notice.
- Three Branches of Government
- Executive- a. President b. Vice-President c. Cabinet Legislative a. Congress Judicial a. Supreme and all other courts
- Religious Tolerance
- Religious freedom. One of many reasons people settled in the new world.
- Tariff
- tax on goods coming into a new country.
- Qualifications
- 1. President- natural born citizen/ 35 years old/ 14 year resident 2. Senate 9 year resident/ 30 years old/
- How many voyages did columbus take?
- four
- Pilgrims
- Also called separatists. They made their own religion. They came over on the Mayflower in 1620 and settled the colony of plymouth.
- Indentured servant
- someone who worked for 2-7 years for free passage to the new world
- South Carolina
- they had large plantations: grew indigo, cotton, and rice. They wanted to keep strong ties w/ england and followed England's customs.
- Toleration Act
- A law which protected religious freedom from Christians in the Maryland
- writs of assistance
- gave brit troops the right to search colonial houses for smuggled goods.
- Aaron Burr
- Killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. He tried to overthrow the government.
- Declaratory Act
- After the british repealed the stamp act, Great Britain said that it could still do anything to the colonies that it deemed necessary to keep them in line.
- Tariff
- Tax on goods coming into the US
- Excise Tax
- tax on goods within the US
- Judicial Review
- the supreme court can make a law made by congress UNCONSTITUTIONAL
- who founded New york, and what was the original name?
- Name: New Amsterdam/ Founder: Dutch
- Patriots
- people who were from independence from england
- Townshend Acts
- this was a tax on paper, paint, lead, tea, and glass that was put on the Colonists.
- New Netherland
- Became New York. Founded by the dutch.
- Why was the French and Indian War Imnportant.
- 1. George Washington became a war hero. 2. The colonists learned how to fight. 3. British began to tax the colonists to pay for the French and Indian war.
- sons of liberty
- group of men that were determined to get independence
- Who could vote in the american colonies?
- White, land-owning people
- Pinckney treaty
- W/ Spain/ good/ we got to use the Mississippi river as a transporter device
- Jamestown
- colony settled in VA to make money. It was the first permanent english settlement in 1620.
- navigation Act s tha Laws t england put on the colonists to ensure that they would only trade w/ england.
- Laws that england put on the colonists to ensure that they would only trade w/ england.
- City of brotherly love
- Philadelphia. Settled by the Quakers
- Charter colony
- A larger colony than the proprietary colony in which was given by the king to a large group of people
- Reasons for spanish exploration
- 1. To get gold and silver/ 2. to convert the native americans to catholicism/ 3. to expand the empire with new lands
- Massachusetts Bay
- Colony settled by the puritans Very strict/ later became boston
- Hessians
- germans fighting for British
- Ben Franklin
- a statesman that from pennsylvania who was one of the most famous colonists during the revolutionary times. he invented the Franklin Stove, bifocals, the lightning rod, and many other things. discovered that lightning was electricity. Signed the Declaration of independence, Articles of Confederation, and the constitution.