Final 150 Part 1 Flashcards
What was the joint-stock company that established Jamestown
Virginia company
What is a multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another
Triangular trade
What document became the first piece of legislation to stop the westward expansion of slavery in America
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
What court case was about state actions not being allowed to impede constitutional exercises of power of the Federal government
McCulloch v Maryland
What was another name for soldiers that fought for the colonists during the American Revolution
Patriots
Who was the daughter of the the chief Powhatan tribe
Pocahontas
Who was the first governor of Jamestown and made the settlers work hard
John smith
What court case dealt with the issue of having a free press in the colonies
John Peter Zenger Trial
What was the year, location, and author of the Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia by Thomas Jefferson
Who was the leader of the puritans
John Winthrop
What document was created in 1787 to create the system of government that we use to this day, the three branches
The US Constitution
What document stopped all western expansion west of the Application Mountains after the French and Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
What branch of government is the lawmaking branch
Legislative branch
What farmer uprising convinced the nation that the Articles of Confederation was too weak to govern our country
Shays Rebellion
What strict religious group was not tolerant of other beliefs
Puritans
