| Term | Definition |
|---|
| columbian exchange | exchange of goods, people, slavery and deseises (smallpox) between europe and the americas (1490) |
| new france | area along the great lakes and st. lawrence river, explored by champlain and lasalle |
| free enterprise | systems in which business are owned by private citizens, NOT GOV"T |
| tarrifs | tax on imports, usually to protect domestic(us) business (by artifically raising the price of foregin goods) |
| transcontinaental railroad | railroad streaching coast to coats uniting east and west coasts |
| industrial revolution | machines replaced hand tools: steam and eletric machines replaced humans and animal power, mid 1800s in this time period people moved from farms to cities |
| triangular trade | colonial trade rout bt. new england, west indies, africa for slave trade |
| northwest passage | non-exsistant route through north america, france and england searched for quicker route to aisa |
| marbury vs. madison | supreme court case resulting in judicial reveiw- power of sc to declare laws unconstitutional |
| dred scott | 1857, supreme court desision stating slaves were property, pro-slavery types rejoice |
| voting rights | originally white male landowners when the 15th amendment happened african american males were alowed to vote also women were not allowed to vote untill the 19th amendment |
| new york state constitution | 3 branches of gov't, model for the u.s constitution executive: governor judicial: court of appels legislative: senate, assembly |
| popular sovereignty | controlled by the people, pre-civil war, allows territories to decide if they want slavery or not ( bleeding kansas) |
| boycotts | pre-revolution, refusal to buy goods-very effective |
| iroquois confederation | members govern own affairs but joins for defense: mohawk, seneca, onondaga, oneida, cayuga |
| house of burgesses | 1st attempt at representative gov't in america, virginia 1619 |
| types of colonial governments | corperate, proprietary, royal |
| types of colonial govern: corporate | formed by investors to make money, self governing (elect own reps) |
| types of colonial governments: propietary | formed by individuals usually friends/family of the king |
| types of colonial governments: royal | governers appointed by the king |
| representative governement | system in which voters elect reps to make laws |
| federalism | power divided bt. fed and states |
| what the feds have | coin $$$$, military, interstate trade |
| what the states have | schools, instate trade |
| what feds and state have in common | taxes |
| federalists | supported conststution, storong gov't, leaders: hamilton, madison |
| antifederalists | opposed constitution, want sronger states |
| executive | carry out laws |
| legislative | make laws, senate (100), house of reps (435 per state based on population |
| judicial | supreme court interprete laws |
| seperation of powers | powers divided amoung 3 branches |
| checks and balences | each branch has the ability to check(control) the actions of the other branches(veto, override) |
| amendment | formal written change to the constitution |
| electoral collage | technilly elect prez; 270 wins |
| albanys plan of union | franklins plan for grand council to make lwas, raise taxes, defend colonies(1754) |
| cabinet | executive branch, prez's advisors |
| spoils system | rewarding supporters w? gov't jobs (andrew jackson) |
| bill of rights | 1st 10 amendments to conststution/ freedeom of speech, religion, press, right to bare arms, fair trial ect. |
| slavery | practice of owning a person |
| declaration of independence | 1776, document stating colonies are free and reasons why, made by jefferson |
| thomas paine | aouthor of common sense, he explaned why colonists were rebelling |
| abolitionists | people apposed to slavery, pre-civil war end |
| emancipation proclamation | lincolin, 1863, declaration freeing slaves in states in rebellion |
| reconstruction | plan to re-build the south after the civil war |
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