Quiz 1 Flashcards
What is the Magna Carta?
- issued by King John at Runnymede - ensured feudal rights, and king could not encroach on baronial privileges. Freedom of church and customs of towns; protection of rights of subjects and communities; and words later to be interpreted as the rights to trial by jury and habeas corpus (no imprisonment without cause or hearing)
When did Columbus land in America?
1492
When was Jamestown settled?
1607
When were slaves first brought to Jamestown?
1619
When was Plymouth Colony founded?
1620
What was the Plymouth Colony Redux?
mass slaughter of passenger pigeons
What does Plymouth Colony forbid without permission
timber sale or export
What tree does Massachusetts Colony reserve
white pine trees
What is William Penn’s policy
1 acre in trees for 5 acres cleared
What is the Broad Arrow Policy?
Massachusetts Bay Charter reserved white pine trees 24” in diameter or more and not on private lands for the English Crown (marked with Broad Arrow of sovereignty)
What colonies did the Broad Arrow Policy expand to?
New England, New York, and New Jersey
What doctrine came from a Connecticut law about floating logs?
doctrine that any stream that will float a log or boat is navigable and consequently a public highway
What law did Massachusetts pas in 1783
a law similar to the British Broad Arrow Policy
What did the public land ordinance of 1785 allow?
The ordinance authorized rectangular survey of public lands, and sale of a section (640 acres) to highest bidder, at not less than $1 per acre
What did Marbury vs. Madison establish
judicial review of constitutionality of congressional laws
How many acres was the Louisiana Purchase and what was the price per acre
560 million and about 3 cents per acre
who explored the Louisiana Purchase?
Lewis and Clark
When is the general land office established?
1812 by the Department of Treasury
How many acres was the Florida purchase
46 million
What does an Attorney General rule about in 1827?
trespassers on public lands could be removed by military force and/or fined and imprisoned
What does the Secretary of Navy authorize in 1817?
the reserve suitable live oak and red cedar lands from public land sales. Several established in Florida and Louisiana
What does the president authorize in 1827?
to reserve valuable naval timber lands and to preserve live oak growing on lands of the U.S.
when is the American Association for the Advancement of Science organized?
1848
When is the Department of the Interior established?
1849 from the Department of Treasury, Land Office and War Department Native American Affairs
how much land is purchased from Texas in 1850?
79 million
When is the Department of Agriculture established?
1862