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purpose of the legislative branch
pass laws
first college in America
Harvard
founded Maryland
Lord Baltimore
year of Jamestown
1607
discovered the Mississippi River
de Soto
introduced tobacco
Rolfe
means laws are written
innumerated
cut off all trade with foreign countries
embargo act
model for all future colonies
Plymouth
year Lexington
1775
founded Georgia
Oglethorpe
means exists for the benefit of the mother-country
mercantilism
where the treaty that ended the War of 1812
Gentz, Belgium
sailed around Africa
de Gama
which war was Molly Pitcher apart of
Battle of Monmouth
who spoke against sugar act
James Otis
the two men who wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
said we need independence
Lee
last battle of War of 1812
Battle of New Orleans
surrendered at Yorktown
Cornwallis
year Cabot
1497
end of colonization; year of Georgia
1733
case with midnight judges
Marbury v Madison
supreme law of the land
Constitution
conquered Aztecs
Cortes
1607
Jamestown
1588
Spanish Armada
1517
Protestant Reformation
1765
Stamp Act Congress
1774
First Contintental Congress
1783
Treaty of Paris– end of War for Independence
1497
Cabot explored New World
1620
Plymouth
1733
Georgia founded
colonization ends
1619
House of Burgesses
women came
1st Spaniard set foot on N. AMerica mainland
de Leon
Father of the Constitution
Madison
secretary of war
Knox
political philosopher of England
Locke
judicial review was established by
Marshall
book written by Tocqueville
Democracy in America
try to carve out his own nation
Burr
published the 1st Bible in America
Eliot
set freedom of press
Zenger
Swamp Fox
Marion
Hamilton established the ___________ party
Federalist
attorney general
Randolph
the only successful crusade which happened in the Iberian Peninsula
Reconquista
discovered that there was a way around Africa
Diaz
took a three year voyage around the world
Magellan
discovered St. Lawrence River
Cartier
printed !st English Bible
Tyndale
colonies owned by group of men
proprietary
bought Manhattan from the Indians
Minuet
made up the majority of AMerican population after English
Scots-Irish
German
constitutional convention
1787
defeat of the Spanish Armada
1588
Columbus discovers new world
1492
election in which the president was different political party than vice president
1791
first contiental congress
1774
founding of Jamestown
1607
founding Massachusetts Bay Colony
1630
Lousiana Purchase
1803
French and Indian War
1754
Treaty of Ghent
1814
Bill of Rights
1791
In the Middle Ages,
______was the economic
system of Europe.
feudalism
the first written constitution in
the present-day United States
was the
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Most of the southern colonies
followed the_______ church.
Anglican
To defend against the French,
Benjamin Franklin proposed the——— for a union of the
colonies,
Albany Plan
The American War for Independence began
April 19, 1775
divided government-owned
land into townships.
Land Ordinance of 1785
John Adams’s vice president
was
Jefferson
Meeting of northeastern
states which claimed that
states could nullify federal
laws
Hartford Convention Center
inventor of the movable-type
printing press
Gutenberg
first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
Winthrop
discovered Cumberland Gap
Boone
founder of Log College
Tennent
young Virginian lawyer who
declared, “Give me liberty, or
give me death!”
Henry
Prussian general for the Patriot army
von Steuben
Native American who helped the British in the War for Independence
Joseph Brant
prime minister who passed the Stamp Act
Grenville
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Blackstone
leader of rebellion during Critical period
Shays
AMerican diplomat who negotiated a treaty with Spain
PInckney
explored SOuthern portion of Louisiana territory
Pike
conquered Aztecs
Cortes
What major English precedent for American government emerged from the
magna carta
representative government
What was the name of John
Paul Jones’s ship which captured the British Serapis?
Bonhomme Richard
What colony was intended
to be a haven for English
Catholics
Maryland
Which colonial industry was
uniquely important to New
England?
fishing and whaling
most widely used textbook in colonial America
New England Primer
method of education common to the southern states
old field schools
What economic theory were
the Navigation Acts intended
to implement?
mercantilism
Which of the following was
not part of George Grenville’s
program?
administration of Justice Act
What town did George Washington reclaim from the Hessians on Christmas night in
1776?
Trenton
Which plan was most similar
to the Articles of Confederation?
New Jersey Plan
Which part of government is
checked by the president’s
veto power?
legislature
Which of the following was
not a part of Alexander Hamilton’s financial plan repay
America’s debt?
federal income tax
Which of the following Native
American tribes did not ally
with the French in the French
and Indian War?
Iroquois
Which region opposed the
War of 1812?
New England
Which effect of the crusades
helped end feudalism in Europe?
rise of the middle class
Which of the following was an
effect of the Great Awakening?
The colonies disestablished the official
churches.
Which of these was a British
advantage in the French and
Indian War?
a highly centralized colonial government
How did John Locke’s political theory differ from William
Blackstone’s?
believed that the law of nature came
from reason rather than God
How did the constitution resolve the problem of the unstable money system under
the articles of confederation
ongress was given the power over monetary issues.
Marbury v. Madison defined
what principle of constitutional governmen
The Supreme Court has the authority to
strike down unconstitutional Jaws.
What was the name for
the alliance of Native American tribes formed about A.D.
1400?
Tree of Peace
Leaugue of Nations
Whom did Queen Elizabeth I
send to search for the Northwest Passage?
Forbischer
What was the name for the
trend of raising fences or
hedges to farm sheep?
enclosure movement
What was the first institution
of higher learning in British
North America?
Harvard
What was the name of
the French fort that George
Washington failed to capture
during the French and Indian
War?
Dusquene
What political principle prevented the colonists from accepting any parliamentary
taxes even if they were external?
no taxation without representation
What law virtually expelled
the American colonies from
the British Empire
Prohibitory Act
Which constitutional compromise resolved the issue of
states’ slave populations?
3/5 Compromise
What interpretation of the
Constitution did not allow for
a national bank?
strict construction
Which legislation, passed under President John Adams,
allowed Napoleon to manipulate the United States into war
with Great Britain?
Macon Bill
After winning the Battle of
Lake Erie, who told General
Harrison, “We have met the
enemy, and they are ours”?
Olver Hazard Perry
Hernando Cortés conquered
the_?
Aztecs
The German printer and editor who was brought to trial
for criticizing the governor of
Newyork
Zenger
Sinners in the Hands of an
Angry God” was preached by
?
Edwards
Letters from a Farmer in
Pennsylvania was written by
Dickinson
To quell uprisings, King
George III appointed_? to be
the military governor of massachusett
Howe
The American forces at the
Battle of Saratoga were commanded by General ?
Gates
The first American dictionary
was written by
Webster
The first secretary of the treasury and the one responsible
for organizing the American
economic system was
Hamilton
The first chief justice of the
Supreme Court was ?.
Jay
