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37 Cards in this Set
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imports |
brings goods in |
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telegraph |
wire to wire communication |
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spoils system |
politicians give jobs to supporters |
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Samuel Adams |
led Sons of Liberty |
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William Bradford |
FOund/Governed plymouth colony |
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Hernando Coretz |
led fall of the Aztecs |
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Thomas Jefferson |
Main author of Declaration of Independence |
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James Madison |
Father of Consititution |
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Fernidad magellen |
Circumnavigated the globe |
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Samuel Morse |
Inventor of Telegraph |
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Thomas Paine |
Author of Common Sense |
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Harriet Tubman |
Helps w underground railroad |
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Eli Whitney |
Invents cotton gin |
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Manifest Destiny |
Usa should expand pacific ocean |
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Brigham Young |
Leader of mormons |
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Monroe Doctrine |
Europe was not to interfere w America |
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California Gold Rush |
californias growing population in search for gold |
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Erie Canal |
Allowed western farmers to move products east to NYC |
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Mayflower Compact |
fair laws for the general good of its people |
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What scientific theory is used to determine how people first settled North America? |
Bering land Bridge theory |
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What is the northwest Passage |
Europeans tried to find a trade route from the atlantic to the pacific |
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Jamestown Colony |
first successful colony in America |
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New england colonial life |
centered around town meetings. These meetings discussed community issues |
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Pennsylvania |
Founded by william penn in 1681 |
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Declaration of Independence |
Authored by Thomas Jefferson natural rights- Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness |
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events leading up to Boston Tea Party |
dislikes of taxes, led to a revolt of colonists dressed as native americans |
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separation of powers vs checks and balances |
Seperation of powers- keeps any branch of government from getting to powerful Checks and Balances- one branch checks the other |
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events leading up to the great compromise |
Merge of the VA and NJ plan... Fix # of reps in legislative branch |
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What was the war of 1812? Which groups of people did it involve? |
Great Britain vs United states... Brits burn white house... Fransic scott key writes SSB... andrew Jackson is a military leader |
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where was the French and Indian war fought? |
The ohio river valley |
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Boston massacre |
Brit soldiers vs Bostonians.... Brits fire on unarmed colonists |
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Patriot vs loyalist |
Patriots- wanted independence from brits loyalists- favored king and England |
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Federalist vs Anti federalists |
Federalists- led by Alexander Hamilton, wanted a stronger central government Anti- led by Thomas Jefferson, power to states |
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strengths and weaknesses of both sides in the American Revolution |
VF, LEXINGTON AND CONCORD...CONTINENTAL ARMY KNEW THE LAND; LED BY GW...BRITS STRONG ARMY AND NAVY...CONTINENTAL WEAKNESS UNTRAINED TROOPS, NO NAVY...WEAKNESS OF BRITS FIGHTING AWAY FROM HOME; UNFAMILIAR WITH LAND |
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What was the first article of confederation |
our first constitution.... only a legislative branch |
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what was the constitutional Convention? |
Held in Philly 1787 James Madison AKA father of the constitution will lead the convention |
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Bill of rights |
Ten Amendments to the Constitution |
