Social Studies 7

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A meeting of state representatives in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation. It created the U.S. Constitution

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Constitutional Convention

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A way of settling an argument where each side gives up some of what it wants.

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Compromise

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British and French conflict for control of the Ohio River Valley.

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French and Indian War

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Agreement made at the Constitutional Convention that settled how states (large and small) would be represented

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Great Compromise

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Our 7th President, he was a General in the War of 1812, and responsible for the Indian Removal Act

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Andrew Jackson

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System where each branch of government controls or "checks" the other branch

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Checks and balances

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The branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly

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Judicial

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The branch of government that passes laws

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Legislative

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The branch of government that carries out laws

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Executive

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The law that divided up the northwest territory, and created a way to admit new states

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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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Canceling of a law

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Nullification

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The idea that a country's power comes from expanding trade, with colonies as a source of wealth.

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Mercantilism

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An agreement for ruling Plymouth colony, signed by Pilgrims before they landed at Plymouth

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Mayflower Compact

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People who agree to work for a period of time WITHOUT WAGES in exchange for passage to the colonies

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Indentured servants

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In 1754 delegates from the colonies and representatives of the League of the Iroquois met and formed this plan for government

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Albany Plan of Union

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A form of government where the national government and the states divide the power

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federalism

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The first ten amendments to the Constitution

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Bill of Rights

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approval of an amendment so that it is added to the Constitution

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ratification

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A group of officials appointed by the President to advise him (or her)

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Cabinet

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The 1794 uprising of farmers against the tax on liquor.

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Whiskey Rebellion

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Laws passed in 1789 stating that foreigners who were considered dangerous could be expelled from the country, and citizens who stirred up rebellion could be jailed or fined.

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Alien & Sedition Acts

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Area west of the Mississippi purchased by Jefferson in 1803 from France for $15 million

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Louisiana Purchase

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Leaders of an expedition appointed by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase

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Lewis & Clark

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A Shoshone woman who served as a translator and guide for Lewis & Clark

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Sacajewea

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Act of forcing someone to serve in the Navy. Practiced by the British, it helped spark the War of 1812.

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impressment

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Conflcit between the United States and Britain over freedom of the seas and impressment of sailors

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War of 1812

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The 6th President of the United States, accused of a "corrupt bargain"

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John Quincy Adams

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Law that forced Native Americans west of the Mississippi

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Indian Removal Act

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Cherokee's sorrowful journey driven out of their lands by the U.S. Army.

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Trail of Tears

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1765 law that taxed paper documents, it helped spark the reaction, "no taxation without representation"

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Stamp Act

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1770 shooting of five colonists by British soldiers

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Boston Massacre

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Women supporters of the American Revolution, they paraded, petitioned and boycotted British cloth.

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Daughters of liberty

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Site of the first major battle of the American Revolution, proving Americans could fight bravely.

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Bunker Hill

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Author of "Common Sense"

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Thomas Paine

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Battle that was a major American victory, and a turning point in the American Revolution

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Battle of Saratoga

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Final battle of the American Revolution where General Cornwallis surrenders

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Battle of Yorktown

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The author of the Bill of Rights, he was an important delegate at the Constitutional Convention, and later became our 4th President

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James Madison

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Agreement that 3/5ths of the slave population would count towards a state's representation.

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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Adopted by the colonies in 1776, this document proclaimed the colonies' independence from Britain

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Declaration of Independence

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The principal author of the Declaration of Independence and our third president

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Thomas Jefferson