USA History 2014-2015 Flashcards
Who is King George the III?
He created the Proclamation Line (Appalachian Mountains) that limited colonial expansion in North America. He enforced many tax laws on the colonists who thought it unfair without representation in Parliament. This tension started the American Revolution.
What is Stamp Act?
The 1765 British decree taxing all legal papers issued in the colonies.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The plan, ratified by the states in 1771, that established a national congress with limited powers (it couldn’t tax and raise $$$). It was replaced by the Constitution in 1787.
What is the Legislative branch?
Concerning the branch or government (Congress) that makes laws. Congress is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
What is Parliament?
The assembly of representatives who make laws in England.
What is Boycott?
A refusal to buy.
What was the American Revolution?
1775 - 1783 and eight year war between the 13 colonies and England. George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army. 25,000 Americans & 10,000 British lost their lives in the war.
What is Acquit?
To declare innocent of a crime or wrong doing.
What is the Boston Tea Party
The 1773 protest against British trade polices in which apart riots boarded vessels of the East India Company and threw the tea cargo into Boston Harbor.
What is the Executive Branch?
Concerning the branch of government (President and Vice President) that enforces laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
Concerning the branch of government (Supreme Court/Federal Courts) that interprets laws and punishes lawbreakers.
What was the Boston Massacre?
The clash in 1770 between British troops and a group of Bostonians in which five colonists were killed.
What does the Amendment 1 state?
Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition 1791.
What does the Amendment 2 state?
Right to bear arms 1791.
What does the Amendment 3 state?
Quartering of soldier 1791.
What does the Amendment 4 state?
Search and seizure 1791.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The document adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States as a nation independent of great Britain.
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783?
The treaty ending the revolutionary War.
What is an Issue?
Not an event - is going - has long term effects - is something we can do something about - has two or more sides. If a policy can solve it - it’s a problem not an issue!
What is Uprising?
An act or instance or rising up. Rebellion.
What is Roanoke?
Site of first English colony in the Americas’ started in 1585.
What is a colony?
A settlement ruled by a distant parent country.
What is the constitution?
Our current framework of government - Executive Branch (president) - Legislative Branch (Congress) -Judicial Branch (Supreme Court) established in 1787.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution, gaur teeing the basic rights of American citizens.
What is Frontier Line?
The land between civilization and wilderness.
What is Northwest Territory?
The land north of the Ohio River & was created into 5 states.
What is power?
The ability to control someone or something.
What is authority?
Power with the right to control power.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Landed in the Bahamas nod sailed the ocean blue in 1492.
Who is John Cabot?
English sailor trying to find Northwest passage to China.
What is an amendment?
A change or a addition to a legal document. This is why the constitution is called “Living Document”. Constitution has 27 amendment
What does amendment 5 state?
Prohibits trial for a crime except on indictment of a Grand Jury and double jeopardy.
What does amendment 6 state?
Right to a public and speedy trial by an impartial jury
What does amendment 7 state?
Right to trial by a jury in civil cases.
What does amendment 8 state?
Prohibits imposing cruel, unusual punishments and fines, prohibits granting excessive bails.
What does amendment 9 state?
Assures the recognition of those rights that people may have but are not listed here.
What does amendment 10 state?
Provides that the powers that are not given to the United States nor prohibited by the constitution are reserved to the states respectively or to the people.
What is the constitutional convention?
The meeting of state delegates in Philadelphia in 1787 that resulted in the writing of the Constitution.
What is the New Jersey plan?
a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
What is the Virginia plan?
a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature.
What is a federalist?
A person who favored the plan of government created by the Constitution.
What is an anti-federalist?
A person who opposed ratification of the Constitution.
What is Surveyed?
To measure land to determine the exact boundaries of a given area. Used for townships
What is Northwest Ordinance?
The 1787 law that set forth a plan of government for the townships 36 sq miles at one dollar an acre in the Northwest Territory. Created by Thomas Jefferson. The law banned slavery, gave freedom of religion and trial by jury. 60,000 citizens in territory to apply for statehood.
What is Republicanism?
For the country to thrive its citizens need certain virtues. These include a sense of equality, simplicity, and to sacrifice for the public good.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The United States’ purchase from France (Napoleon) in 1803 of land west of the Mississippi. Jefferson purchased all 800,000 square miles for $15 million.
