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| A time in American History when machines replaced manuel labor. |
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| A plan for making the United States of America economically self sufficient. |
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| How had the most power under the Articles of Confederation? |
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| A change to the Constitution |
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| English philosopher that argued that people are born with unalienable/natural rights suchs as life, liberty, and property. |
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| Who was the author of the Pamphlet "Common Sense"? |
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| Those who supported England and the King during the Revolutionary War. |
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| What hill was the Battle of Bunker Hill actually fought? |
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| Where was the Constitutional Convention held? |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| What was the first Constitution of the United States? |
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| The power to enforce laws. |
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| The President and his Cabinet |
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| Income that the government gets from taxes. |
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| Division of power between a central (federal) government and state governments. |
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| Event that the Sons of Liberty used as propoganda to stir up colonial resistance to British authority |
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| The main reason that the Pilgrims and Puritans moved to the colonies |
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| A military system made up of citizen soldiers. |
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| 2nd President of the United States |
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| The first 10 amendments to the Constitution. |
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| People against the ratification of the Constitution and believed in strong state governments |
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| First permanant English settlement in the Americas |
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| Principle route that settlers used to reach Kentucky for more than 50 years. |
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| Refusal to buy certain goods. |
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| General of the Continental Army |
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| What was the turning point battle of the Revoutionary War? |
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| A tax on goods that are brought into the country |
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| A person who is chosen or elected to represent people at a conference or meeting |
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Location of the first battle of the Revolutionary War. |
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| Religious movemment of the 1730s and 1740s |
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| Primary author of the Declaration of Independence |
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| Father of the American Constitution. |
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| Number of years in a presidential term. |
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| Created with Marbury v. Madison that allowed the Supreme Court to decide if a law was Constitutional or Unconstitutional |
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Longest Growing Season Fertile Soil Mild Winters |
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| People who got their passage to the Americas paid for in return for working for the person who paid their way over for 4-7 years. |
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| Who had the most power under the Articles of Confederation? |
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| A person who wanted to end slavery in America |
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Location of the first shots of the Civil War |
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| Shot heard 'round the world. |
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Nickname given to the first shots of the Revolutionary War. Lexington and Concord. |
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| Who did the United States fight during the war of 1812? |
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Secret society that opposed British rule prior to the Revolutionary War. Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock, John Adams |
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A way to keep the three branches of government from becoming too powerful. A way to check the powers of the other branches. |
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Large Southern Farms Uses primarily slave labor Generally grows one type of crop |
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Law whose intended goal was to prevent more wore with Native Americans. Kept colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
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| Official name of the Lewis and Clark Expedition |
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Man who defended the English soldiers after the Boston Massacre. |
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| President of the United States during the Civil War |
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Put the following wars in order. Civil War, Mexican American War, French and Indian War, War of 1812, Revolutionary War |
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| French and Indian War, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican American War, Civil War |
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Political party of Thomas Jefferson |
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| Political Party of Alexander Hamilton |
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Put the following Presidents in order. Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Madison |
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| Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Lincoln |
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Main goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition |
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| Finding an all water route across the United States. |
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A belief that the United States should control everything from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. |
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| A belief that the people that live in a certain area should be able to decide what happens within their territory/state/ |
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Check and Balance power that the Executive has over the Legislature. The power of the President to refuse to sign an act into law. |
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| The right to vote for women. |
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Tax on imported goods. Raises money and encourages American industry. |
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| Sped up production of goods which made repairs easier and allowed the use of less-skilled workers. |
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Group of people who help/advise the president. |
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Bought by U.S. from France in 1803. Doubled the size of the U.S. |
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Kidnapping of American saliors to work on British ships. |
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Established the idea of judicial review which says, the Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the Constitution. |
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Invented by Eli Whitney to make the cleaning process more efficient. |
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Famous as the commander of the Union army during the Civil War he led the North to victory. His popularity resulted in his election as the 18th president, but he was unprepared for that job.
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| Representative government
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| A government in which power is held by the people and exercised through the efforts of representatives elected by the people |
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The U.S. Constitution outlines the powers of the three branches. The legislative branch is the congress, which makes the laws. The executive branch is the president, who carries out the laws with the help of the cabinet and agencies. The judicial branch consists of the courts, which interpret and apply the laws.
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| She spent her life seeking equal rights for women and helped organize the convention at Seneca Falls, where the Declaration of Rights of Women was written in 1848. With Susan B. Anthony, she promoted women’s suffrage. |
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Articles of Confederation |
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The nation’s first written plan of government was weak because the Congress lacked the power to tax, to regulate trade, or to control coining money. The states held most of the power. Instead of revising this plan a new constitution was written in 1787.
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