ss final test Flashcards
Quartering Act
A law that let British Soldiers live in Colonists’ houses
What’s tyranny?
Abuse of power by one person or many people
Why did Jefferson send Lewis and Clark?
he wanted them to find a river path to the pacific
We bought the Louisiana territory from…
France
Segregation
The separation of people because of race, gender or religion
Why did we make the Louisiana purchase?
To get more land, own the port of New Orleans, find the pacific ocean…
causes of the revolution
taxes, no representation, no rights or power
3 branches of government
legislative, judicial, executive
why did Jefferson want the Port?
he was afraid France would not let us use it and we needed it for trade, travel and more
benefits of the Louisiana purchase
control of the port, doubled in size, access to the ocean, new resources to discover
how did the Missouri compromise fix the prob with slave and free states
free states and slave states had to be equal from then on
boston tea party
protest by Americans against British tax on tea. We YEETED that tea!
President is what branch?
Executive
Father of the Constitution
Thomas Jefferson
Boston Massacre
British Soldiers shot and killed unarmed civilians
