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This European power, the first to explore new water routes to Asia, was disinterested in colonization.
Portugal
What was John Rolfe’s contribution to colonial America?
He developed tobacco as a cash crop, ensuring the survival of Jamestown, VA.
What was the last of the Colonial Wars, which resulted in the
dominance of Anglo-Americans in North America?
The French and Indian War (1763)
In the 1700s, Massachusetts and Virginia were both Royal Colonies
with domestic representative bodies. What was the name of the
representative body of Virginia?
House of Burgesses
This was issued, often without probable cause, to authorize a
search for smuggled goods.
A Writ of Assistance
This religious denomination believed that people destined for heaven were chosen before they
were born.
Calvinists
This dissident from Massachusetts Bay formed a new
colony based on separation of Church and State.
Roger Williams
Separatist Puritans agreed to abide by the rule of the majority in
this landmark civil pact.
The Mayflower Compact
This 1740’s religious movement shook the foundations of the
congregational churches of America.
The Great Awakening
Freedom of the press was first established in a colonial legal
case involving this man.
Peter Zenger
Colonies exist for the benefit of the Mother Country. This is the
premise of what economic policy.
Mercantilism
Why did American colonists resent the Sugar Act of 1764 so strongly?
It was a revenue raising measure, rather than a tax to control trade.
The primary reason for this 1765 act of Parliament was to raise
money to pay for the defense of the colonies.
The Stamp Act of 1765
More than anything else, this result of the fighting between the British and French in America led to stricter commercial laws in the
colonies.
A huge national debt in England
This was the most effective weapon that colonists used
against British taxation.
Non-consumption (boycotts)
He was Britain’s finance minister in 1763. He stepped up enforcement
of trade laws, angering colonial merchants used to being left alone.
Lord George Grenville
Britain closed the port of Boston to trade after this event, provoked by
the Sons of Liberty. The Boston Tea Party
The Navigation Acts were rarely enforced prior to 1763. What was
this approach known as?
Salutary Neglect
Place the following Revolutionary War battles in order.
Yorktown Trenton Saratoga Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill, Trenton, Saratoga, Yorktown
How many terms could a president serve under the Articles of
Confederation?
One of the many weaknesses of the Articles was that it did not provide for an executive branch of government.
This rebellion by western farmers underscored the weakness of the
central govt. under the A of C. Shays’ Rebellion
The Philadelphia Convention was held in this year in order to revise
the Articles of Confederation. 1787
James Madison, John Jay, and this man wrote the Federalist
Papers in an effort to win ratification of the new Constitution
in New York state.
Alexander Hamilton
This state refused to send delegates to the Constitutional
Convention and was last to ratify the document.
Rhode Island
The Virginia and New Jersey Plans were wed to create this
compromise.
The Connecticut (Great) Compromise
When the new Constitution went into effect, what was significant about the census as it related to
African slaves in the South.
Slaves would count as 3/5 of a person for representation purposes
It was in this year that the government under the U.S.
Constitution went into effect.It was another two years
before the Bill of Rights was added.
1789
Having the support of creditors because of an on-going national debt was the policy of this man.
Hamilton
During whose administration were the Alien and Sedition Acts
passed to silence criticism of the govt.?
John Adams
The first mention of nullification was put forth in these
pronouncements by Jefferson and Madison.
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
What was the clearest example of Hamilton’s belief in the implied
powers within the Constitution?
His creation of the Bank of the U.S.
The defeat of this uprising demonstrated the new strength of the
new Federal government.
The Whiskey Rebellion
What two political parties existed as of 1789?
No real political parties existed, only factions within the government.
What type of society did Jefferson envision as persisting in America,
especially after purchasing Louisiana.
An Agricultural Society
How long did it take for South Carolina to threaten to secede after passage of the Tariff of
1816? 16 years - the 1816 tariff was viewed as
a reasonable protective tariff by most - later tariffs will arouse Southern anger.
Even though this action was considered a huge failure for
Jefferson, it did foster manufacturing in the U.S.
Embargo Act of 1807
The impressment of American sailors into the British Navy and freedom of the seas were key reasons for the
declaration of this war.
War of 1812
This meeting was politically damaging for the Federalists,
partly because it came just as the U.S. “won” the War of 1812.
The Hartford Convention
Chief Justice Marshall was popular with businessmen, due in part to the Court’s decision in this case, which upheld the sanctity of
contracts.
Dartmouth v. Woodward
What concession did South Carolina win in the nullification
crisis of 1832-33?
The Compromise Tariff of 1833
This president was the staunchest opponent (other than Jefferson) of
the Bank of the U.S.
Andrew Jackson
First of the Whig presidents, his “log cabin and hard cider”
campaign was appealing to the masses. So much so that the “Hero of Tippecanoe” did not
have to run on any real issues.
William Henry Harrison
This 1848 treaty deprived Mexico of about 1/2 of its territory and
increased the U.S. by 1/3.
The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Washington Irving (Sleepy Hollow) and this author of the
Leatherstocking Tales established American literature abroad
antebellum. James Fenimore Cooper
The Seneca Falls Convention was called, largely because
women were not being allowed to participate in this more pressing
movement.
Abolition
Perceived British reliance on U.S. cotton led Southerners to refer to
cotton by this nickname.
King Cotton
This 1831 uprising caused widespread hysteria in the South
about slave revolts.
Nat Turner’s Rebellion (Insurrection)
Webster’s 7th of March (1850) speech was instrumental in
securing passage of this omnibus (presented in many parts) bill by
Henry Clay. Compromise of 1850
What was the only real “victory” for the South in the Compromise
of 1850?
Passage of tougher Fugitive Slave Laws
This completely sectional party was a conglomeration of free-
soilers, conscience Whigs, and others.
The Republicans
Stephen Douglas was interested in the development of a western
railroad. What legislative act did he support in hopes of furthering
this goal?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
This Supreme Court decision nullified the Missouri Compromise
and weakened popular sovereignty.
Dred Scott
This was the pro-slavery constitution written for Kansas.
Free-soilers wrote their own.
Lecompton Constitution
He was nearly beaten to death on the floor of the Senate after he
berated pro-slavery Congressmen.
Charles Sumner
John Brown’s raid on this place served to polarize the
North and South and ultimately led to his death.
Harper’s Ferry
Lincoln and the Republicans opposed this last ditch effort to
avoid war because it proposed a Constitutional amendment
protecting slavery.
The Crittenden Compromise
In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Douglas was forced to reconcile
his position on popular sovereignty with the Dred Scott decision. What
did his response come to be known as?
The Freeport Doctrine
How did the border states respond to having to free their
slaves because of the Emancipation Proclamation?
The slaves in the border states were not subject to the proclamation
He said he would “make the South howl,” and did, offering Savannah, GA to Lincoln as a
Christmas present.
Gen. William T. Sherman
This two-time commander of the Army of the Potomac tended to be
overly cautious in battle.
George McClellan
How many states seceded following the election of Lincoln? How many additional states joined
the Confederacy following the attack on Ft. Sumter?
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Which European power violated the Monroe Doctrine while the U.S. was embroiled in it’s Civil
War?
France (in Mexico)
White volunteers of this organization faced danger from
the KKK because they were assisting freed slaves.
The Freedmen’s Bureau
Without the black vote in the South, this man may not have defeated Horatio Seymore in
1868.
U.S. Grant