Final 150 Part 1 Flashcards
Why did Europeans come to America to colonize?
Religious freedom
Virginia company
The joint stock company that established Jamestown
Jamestown
The first permanent settlement in America.
Started to run out of food.
Marshy area.
Wanted to work in mines.
John Smith
Was Cap’n of the ship that brought the settlers over.
Was governor for 2 years.
Forced colonists to work.
Built strong relationships with Powhatan tribe for corn
Pocahontas
Saved john Smith
Married john Rolfe
John Rolfe
Grew tobacco in America to sell to England became governor of Jamestown
Tobacco
Saved Jamestown
Bacon’s rebellion
Wanted to burn Jamestown but died shortly before
Plymouth colony
Second colony in America
Comprised of pilgrims
Mayflower
Ship the pilgrims came over on
Mayflower compact
First Constitution in America
William Bradford
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Squanto and Samoset
Befriended pilgrims.
Showed pilgrims how to hunt and fish and how to grow food
Puritans
Protestants who wanted reform
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Colony run by puritans based on the Bible
John Winthrop
Governor of Massachusetts bay colony
Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams
Were kicked out of Massachusetts for not agreeing with puritans and formed Rhode Island
Salem witch trials
Series of court cases in Salem Massachusetts that falsely accused people of witchcraft.
William Penn
Founded Pennsylvania
Was a Quaker
Quakers
Tolerant group of people who were pacifists and believed in equality
Pacifists
People who don’t resort to violence
James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony
Named Georgia
Buffer in between the Spanish colonies and the English colonies
A place where people in debt and the lower class could get a fresh start
First great awakening
A time where religion became more important in the colonies
Triangular trade
A trade system where crops,manufactured goods,and slaves could be traded
Poor Richard’s almanac, Albany plan of union, and join or die cartoon
Things created by Benjamin Franklin to unite the colonies
John peter zinger
Dealt with the freedom of the press
Cause of French Indian war
Fighting in the Ohio river valley over fur
Proclamation of 1763
Prevented settling west of the Appalachian mountain
The sugar act
Lowered the tax on mollasas
The stamp act
Placed a tax on almost all printed materials in the colonies
The Boston massacre
A fight that broke out in Boston where five people died
The Boston tea party
The sons of liberty dumped a shipload of tea in the Boston harbor
The intolerable acts
Acts placed on Boston to punish them for the Boston tea party
Patrick Henry
Said,” I am not a Virginian, but an American
Persuaded the house of burgessesses to take action against the stamp act
Samuel Adams and sons of liberty
Samuel Adams was the leader
The sons of liberty were a group of people who rebelled against Great Britain
John Hancock
A man who’s ship was searched and had his illegally imported goods taken
Thomas Paine’s common sense
Called for the colonies to be independent from England
Declaration of Independence - year, location,author,and significance
Written by Thomas Jefferson
Signed in 1776 in Philadelphia
Was formed so America would become its own country
Cause of the revolutionary war
Unfair laws and taxes placed on the colonies
Loyalists
Did not want to separate from England
Patriots
Wanted to fight to separate from England
Battles of Lexington and concord
First battles of the revolutionary war
Surprised the British
Battle of Saratoga
Turning point of the war
Winter at valley forge
Time of great suffering for the American army
Battle of Yorktown
Victory battle of the revolutionary war
Benedict Arnold
Hero of the battle of Saratoga
Lead commander of patriot troops
George Washington
Marquis de la Fayette
Believed the future of America would influence the future of the world
Fredrick von Steuben
Trained patriot soldiers at valley forge
Francis Marion
Swamp fox
Father of guerrilla warfare
Guerrilla
A hit and run technique
Treaty of Paris 1783
Ended the revolutionary war
Northwest ordinance of 1787
Created one territory out of the lands north of the Ohio river and east of the Mississippi River
Articles of confederation
First constitution of America
Failed
Shay’s rebellion
Fought the gov. taxing poor farmers
The great compromise
Established the model for congress used to this day
The 3/5 compromise
Said a slave counted as 3/5 of a person going towards members of the House of Representatives
US constitution - father,year, and purpose
James Madison was the father of the Constitution
Created a better gov.
Approved in 1787
Bill of rights
First 10 amendments of the constitution
1st amendments
Freedom of speech, religion,press,petition, and protest
2nd amendment
Right to bear arms
4th amendment
Protection from unreasonable search and seizure
5th amendment
Natural rights can not be taken away with due course of law
6th amendment
Right to a speedy public trial by an impartial jury
Three branches of government and their purpose
Judicial-interprets laws
Executive-carries out laws
Legislative-makes laws
Whiskey rebellion
Uprising against taxing power of the federal gov.
Alexander Hamilton
Sec. of treasury
Alien and sedition acts
Alien act, allowed president to deport aliens
Sedition act, made it a crime to write bad about the gov.
John sevier
First governor of Tennessee
Natchez trace
Trade route between Mississippi and Nashville
Marbury v. Madison
Landmark court case that established judicial review
Judicial review
The court can nullify actions of other branches
Mcculloch v Maryland
Supreme Court case over states’ rights
The state of Maryland imposed a tax over the second bank of the United States a federal bank
