Chapter 1 US History Review Flashcards
The rulebook for America’s government and how it works
Constitution
Right claimed by the Supreme Court in Marbury vs Madison, it set the precedent that the Court gets to interpret our laws before they get carried out
Judicial Review
Roger Sherman’s brilliant idea to combine the New Jersey and Virginia plans into our Constitution
Great Compromise
Document signed in 1215 that limited King John’s powers. it later inspired our separation of powers in our national government
Magna Carta
A change to our Constitution, we currently have 27
Amendment
President #5, he spoke out to the world about interfering in our neighborhood
James Monroe
Someone who supported the US Constitution and believed in a strong central government to keep the new USA together
Federalist
List of natural rights included in our Constitution to convince the Anti-Federalists to go along and ratify
Bill of Rights
Author of the Virginia Plan and Constitution and the President #4
James Madison
1776 statement, issued by the Second Continental Congress, explaining why the colonies wanted independence from Britain.
Declaration of Independence
Explorer who traveled through Suwannee Country
Hernando de Soto
Route across Atlantic used to bring slaves from Africa to the Americas
Middle Passage
First attempt at creating a national government
Articles of Confederation
writer of the Declaration, 1st Secretary of State, President #3
Thomas Jefferson
Territory in North America formerly held by France, it’s greatest real estate deal in history
Louisiana Purchase
Our government is separated into these three to keep any of them from becoming too powerful
Branches of Government
Interaction between Europe and North America that changed the world forever
Colombian Exchange
Spanish explorer trying to conquer new lands and peoples
Conquistador
A group of folks whose job is to help the President make decisions
President Cabinet
Someone who believed that state government should have more power in a country than the national government
Anti-Federalists
These keep the three branches of government in line, by allowing each branch to hold up action by the others
Checks and balances
The city where both the Continental Congresses and the Constitutional Convention were held
Philadelphia
Killed more folks than Spanish weapons, resulted in the creation of the African slave trade
Diseases
First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countryment or the U.S.A. may have started off on the wrong foot, President #1
George Washington
This act contradicted our right to free speech, and made President #2 look bad
Sedition Act
The era during which deep thinkers developed ideas about natural rights that we expanded upon in our Declaration of Independence
Enlightenment
Only one of the first 5 Presidents who served a single term, thanks in part to his feuding with Jefferson
John Adams
An early law passed to keep immigrants in line
Alien Act
Advantages with Columbian Exchange to people of America
New animals, like pigs, horses, mules, sheep, and cattle. New food
Advantages with Columbian Exchange to Europe
Learned from Indians how they can grow crops from America, in their own way (ex. Maize and potatoes)
Oldest city in America
St. Augustine
Oldest English settlement in America
Jamestown, Virginia
Relationship between Spain and the Indians
Forced them to convert them to Christianity, or use the Indians as slaves until they died
Relationship between France and the Indians
the French found fortune in furs when the American Indians exchanged beaver pelts for European-made metal axes, knives, and kettles
Relationship between England and the Indians
it was war between the two
This was added to the proposed Constitution to get the southern states to agree to ratify and get our government working
3/5 Clause (Compromise)
