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known for his stories of his travels in Asia; one of history’s greatest travelers

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Marco Polo

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Book about Marco Polo’s adventures (one of his stories he told)

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Description of the World (Book)

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an economic system designed to enhance the wealth and power of a nation

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Merchantilism

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realized that Columbus had discovered a New World; Man who America was named after

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Amerigo Vespucci

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led the first round the world voyage

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Magellan

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basically started the Protestant Reformation

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Martin Luther

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the movement that pressed for changes in the Roman Catholic Church

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Protestant Reformation

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first great conquistador

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Hernando Cortez

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the first permanent English settlement in the New World

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Jamestown

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enforced discipline necessary for survival of Jamestown (those who didn’t work didn’t eat)

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John Smith

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group of Christians who came from England to America on the Mayflower to worship God freely

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Pilgrims

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wanted to purify the church

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Puritans

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wanted to separate from the church

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Separatists

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they had similar spiritual goals, but the separatists were Independents who thought that each local congregation should be independent of each other

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What did the Puritans and the Separatists have in common/how did they differ?

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the document of self-government made when the Pilgrims got off the Mayflower

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Mayflower Compact

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the first written constitution in America

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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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founder of Pennsylvania

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William Pen

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travel/trade route on East Coast that connected port cities

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The Great Wagon Road

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group from Germany

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Pennsylvania-Dutch

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board shaped book (like a paddle); child’s first book

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Horn book

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served as standard text throughout the colonial period

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New England Primer

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city with the first public library in America

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Charleston, South Carolina

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Elizabeth I’s church “compromise”

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Elizabethan Settlement

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agreed doctrinally with the Puritans but saw no problem with the church’s ceremonies and structure

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Low Church Anglicans

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held that the church’s traditional practices were divinely ordained

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High Church Anglicans

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more liberal in their beliefs;less opposed to Catholicism

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How did the High church Anglicans differ from the High church Anglicans?

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church members who had not owned the covenant but whose lives were outwardly moral could present their children for baptism

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Half-way covenant

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people were accused of being witches; they were tried and many died

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Salem Witch Trials

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founded Road Island; founded first Baptist Church in America

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Roger Williams

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Society of Friends; from Pennsylvania

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Quakers

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first book published in America

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Bay Psalm Book

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The first religious revival in America

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The Great Awakening

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the greatest theologian of the great Awakening

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Jonathan Edwards

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the two people who led the first important French expedition in the New World

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Marquette and Joliet

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ended Queen Anne’s War

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The Treaty of Utrecht

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The Seven Years War

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The French and Indian War

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peace treaty that ended the French and Indian War

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Treaty of Paris

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sudden surprise attacks by small, hidden groups

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Guerrilla Warfare

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Benjamin Franklin’s plan for centralized colonial rule

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Albany Plan

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forbade the colonists to settle beyond the Appalachian Mountains

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Proclamation Line

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placed a tariff (tax) on certain goods imported into the colonies, such as sugar, molasses, and coffee

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Sugar Act

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levied the first internal tax ever imposed on the colonies

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Stamp Act

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a tax on goods produced and consumed entirely within the colonies

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Internal tax

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officially subjected the colonies to a standing army in peacetime and further required that the colonists help supply provisions for it

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Quartering Act

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proposed direct taxes on glass, paint, paper, and tea

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Townshend Acts

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the first blood when a Redcoat killed a Patriot

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Boston Massacre

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the action taken by the colonists when the tea tax was established

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Boston Tea Party

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provided information on British threats to liberty to other areas of the colony under the guidance of Samuel Adams

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Committee of Correspondence

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the colonists’s nickname for the Coercive Acts

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Intolerable Acts

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supporters of the constitution

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Patriots

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supporters of the Crown

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Loyalists

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German mercenaries

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Hessians

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July 4, 1776

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The day that the Declaration of Independence was signed

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Idk what the answer is. He like gave up some fort or something. If someone knows it could u put it in. Thx🐨

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Benedict Arnold

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ends war for independence; the confederation’s greatest triumph in foreign affairs

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Treaty of Paris (1783)

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All colonies represented except Georgia; distinguished leaders; declaration of American rights (•colonies must be self-governing; • The right to make a military themselves)

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First Continental Congress

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Washington D.C.

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City the British burned/captured during War of 1812

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False

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T/F: Andrew Jackson was ordered to capture Pensacola, FL.

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New England

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The group of states that threatened to succeed from the union during the war of 1812

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False

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T/F: Monroe doctrine was a joint statement.

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True

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T/F: The Monroe doctrine still affects Americans today.

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Sacajawea

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The Indian who assisted Lewis and Clark

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U.S.S. Constitution

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U.S. military ship nicknamed “Old Ironsides”

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Fort McHenry

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The fort that prevented British from capturing Baltimore

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Hartford Convention

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The convention that led to the “death” of the Federalist

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Monroe

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The president during the Era of Good Feelings

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Jefferson

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3rd president

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John Marshal

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Most influential Chief Justice

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Louisiana Territory

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The area of land that Napoleon Bonaparte sold to the US

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Washington D.C

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The city that the British captured after the Battle of Bladensburg

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Battle of New Orleans

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This post-war battle was the most stunning victory

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Francis Scott Key

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Wrote the Star Spangled Banner

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Andrew Jackson

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American General who led the Battle of New Orleans

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Florida

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The area of land the US bought as a result of the Adams-Onis treaty

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Monroe Doctrine

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The American policy that banned European intervention in the Western Hemisphere

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Virginia Dare

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The first child born in America

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The Proclamation Line

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The line issued by the British that forbade the colonists to enter western lands

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the Boston Massacre

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When British soldiers fired on a group of colonists

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professional full-time soldiers

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Regulars

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George Washington

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Commander in Chief of Continental Army

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False

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T/F: The American Constitution is the oldest constitution

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Philadelphia

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The city where the Constitutional Convention met

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James Madison

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Father of the Constitution

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two house legislature

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Bicameral

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one house legislature

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Unicameral

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John Jay

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the first chief justice of the supreme court

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a close alliance of sovereign states

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Confederation

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all lands north of the Ohio River that passes into the hands of the national government

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Northwest Territory

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the Father of the Constitution

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James Madison

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favored by larger states; presented by James Madison; bicameral

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Virginia Plan

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favored by smaller states; presented by William Patterson; unicameral

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New Jersey Plan

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aka Connecticut Compromise; proposed bicameral, one house based on population, one equal for all states

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Great Compromise

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three-fifths of the total slave population of a state would be included for representation purposes in the House, but slave states would also have to pay taxes on slaves at the same rate

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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the three branches of government

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branch that makes the laws

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Legislative Branch

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branch that enforces the laws

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Executive Branch

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branch that interprets the laws

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Judicial Branch

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each state has a number of electors equal to the states representation in congress

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Electoral College

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change to the Constitution

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Amendment

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supporters of the constitution

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Federalists

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those who opposed to the constitution

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Anti-Federalists

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first president

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George Washington

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the first 10 amendments to the constitution

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Bill of Rights

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(1) claimed to be the true keepers of the constitutional flame(2) viewed themselves as the last line of defense between Federalist “tyranny” and American liberty

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(1)Federalistsvs.(2)Republicans

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the best known frontiersmen

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Daniel Boon

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second president

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John Adams

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the French kept attacking American ships; they tried to make an agreement but the French wanted a bribe

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XYZ affair

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when Jefferson stayed up ‘till past midnight to appoint judges of his political party before the next president was inaugurated

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Midnight Appointments

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third President

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Thomas Jefferson

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Forbade trade with Britain and France

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Embargo Act

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first great chief justice

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John Marshal

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those powers specifically given to the national government by the Constitution

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Delegated Powers

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“necessary and proper” powers that enabled the government to carry out the delegated powers

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Implied Powers

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more than doubled the size of the US

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Louisiana Purchase

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two explorers who led an expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory

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Lewis and Clark

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“predicted” solar eclipse

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The Prophet

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fourth president

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James Madison

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the right to stop American ships, forcibly remove British deserters, and put them back into service

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Impressment

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restored some international trade (though not with Britain or France), but offered to trade with them (Britain and France) if either would lift its trade restriction

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Non-Intercourse Act

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led by Clay and Calhoun; (ready to go to war)

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War Hawks

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nickname for US Constitution (boat)

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Old Iron Sides

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defeated the British fleet in the Battle of Lake Erie

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Oliver Hazard Perry

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Hero of War of 1812

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General Andrew Jackson

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ended War of 1812

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Treaty of Ghent

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wrote the Star-Spangled Banner

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Francis Scott Key

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fifth president

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James Monroe

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the nickname for the two terms of President Montoe

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Era of Good Feelings

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established:-European nations could not intervene in the Western Hemisphere (except where they already held colonies)-The US wouldn’t meddle in European affairs

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Monroe Doctrine

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