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Motive of Jamestown settlement
House of Burgess
Tobacco
King Philip
Economic gain
First democratic law making body in the colonies (Virginia)
Primary cash crop of Virginia - Brown Gold
Metacom- Native American who let raids on Colonists in New Eng…
Motive of Jamestown settlement
Economic gain
House of Burgess
First democratic law making body in the colonies (Virginia)
Federalist Party
Anti-Federalist Party
Whig Party
Marbury v Madison 1803
First American political party formed by George Washington and…
A group of members that opposed the creation of a stronger US…
Were conservatives who supported government programs, reforms,…
Est. the idea that the Supreme Court had the authority of Judi…
Federalist Party
First American political party formed by George Washington and…
Anti-Federalist Party
A group of members that opposed the creation of a stronger US…
Jamestown Colony
Captain John Smith
Blockhouse
Lord Delaware
Colony established in Virginia in May 1607; it was 1st English…
First leader of the Jamestown Colony
A fort built to protect the colonists
First governor of Jamestown; a strong and fair leader.
Jamestown Colony
Colony established in Virginia in May 1607; it was 1st English…
Captain John Smith
First leader of the Jamestown Colony
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
Adapt to the West
Farmers Struggle
Westward Expansion... 160 acres of free land in the west, promo…
Westward Expansion... divide tribal lands and give Indians 160…
Westward Expansion... Sod houses made of mud and grass due to l…
Westward Expansion... High shipping costs on railroads, cost of…
Homestead Act
Westward Expansion... 160 acres of free land in the west, promo…
Dawes Act
Westward Expansion... divide tribal lands and give Indians 160…
Separation of Powers
Unalienable Rights
Federalism
Free Enterprise
government broken up into 3 branches to ensure not one segment…
rights that can't be taken away: Life, Liberty, Pursuit of hap…
relationship between state and federal (national) governments
economic system where business operates in competition with li…
Separation of Powers
government broken up into 3 branches to ensure not one segment…
Unalienable Rights
rights that can't be taken away: Life, Liberty, Pursuit of hap…
Motive of Jamestown settlement
House of Burgess
Tobacco
King Philip
Economic gain
First democratic law making body in the colonies (Virginia)
Primary cash crop of Virginia - Brown Gold
Metacom- Native American who let raids on Colonists in New Eng…
Motive of Jamestown settlement
Economic gain
House of Burgess
First democratic law making body in the colonies (Virginia)
1. Pilgrims
2. The Puritans
3. Mayflower Compact - 1620
4. Town Hall Meetings
People who were Separatists; they were early settlers of the P…
They were a group of religious reformists who wanted to "purif…
A contract made by the voyagers on the Mayflower agreeing that…
most common form of government in the New England colonies.
1. Pilgrims
People who were Separatists; they were early settlers of the P…
2. The Puritans
They were a group of religious reformists who wanted to "purif…
Monroe Doctrine
Sherman Antitrust Act
Bimetallism
Social Darwinism
President Monroe created the Monroe Doctrine to keep the Europ…
First law passed by Congress to begin to restrict the formatio…
A system allowing the unrestricted currency of gold and silver…
Social Darwinism was a social philosophy that justified the id…
Monroe Doctrine
President Monroe created the Monroe Doctrine to keep the Europ…
Sherman Antitrust Act
First law passed by Congress to begin to restrict the formatio…
Teddy Roosevelt
Salem Witch Trials
Mercantilism
French & Indian War
. . . "the American continents, by the free and independent co…
Accused women were often of low social standing, or those who…
Economic theory that emphasized the importance of stockpiling…
The British and French fought to expand their empires in the A…
Teddy Roosevelt
. . . "the American continents, by the free and independent co…
Salem Witch Trials
Accused women were often of low social standing, or those who…
17th Amendment
14th Amendment
Unalienable rights
First Amendment
Allowed citizens to have direct election of their state senato…
Former slaves were granted citizenship and civil rights.
Rights held by all people: life, liberty, and the pursuit of h…
Freedoms of Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, Speech
17th Amendment
Allowed citizens to have direct election of their state senato…
14th Amendment
Former slaves were granted citizenship and civil rights.
Economic Opportunities of the West
Open Range
Boomtowns
Impact of Transcontinental Railroad
Mining, Ranching & Farming
A vast area of grassland owned by the federal government where…
A western community that grew quickly because of the mining bo…
People were able to travel across the US; Native Americans wer…
Economic Opportunities of the West
Mining, Ranching & Farming
Open Range
A vast area of grassland owned by the federal government where…
John Smith
Pilgrims
Quakers
Constitution
The founder of Jamestown
religious group that left England to colonize the America's.
religious group of people that opposed slavery and believed al…
the rule book for the government and provides individuals ther…
John Smith
The founder of Jamestown
Pilgrims
religious group that left England to colonize the America's.
Federalist Party
Anti-Federalist Party
Whig Party
Marbury v Madison 1803
First American political party formed by George Washington and…
A group of members that opposed the creation of a stronger US…
Were conservatives who supported government programs, reforms,…
Est. the idea that the Supreme Court had the authority of Judi…
Federalist Party
First American political party formed by George Washington and…
Anti-Federalist Party
A group of members that opposed the creation of a stronger US…
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
1st president commander in chief of the continental army durin…
played role in drafting the declaration of independence, third…
created the Compromise of 1850; California as free; Fugitive S…
president of the Union; wanted to focus on saving the Union ra…
George Washington
1st president commander in chief of the continental army durin…
Thomas Jefferson
played role in drafting the declaration of independence, third…
mercantilism
Salem Witch Trials
Cause of French & Indian War
Results of French & Indian War
policy where nations try to increase their wealth by obtaining…
targeting women in colonial America who were new in town & did…
Conflict fought between Britain & colonies vs French & Native…
Britain & colonies won; Britain became more involved in coloni…
mercantilism
policy where nations try to increase their wealth by obtaining…
Salem Witch Trials
targeting women in colonial America who were new in town & did…
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Roanoke Virginia Colony
Spanish Colonization
French Settlements /Quebec
Founded 1634 Religious Freedom and economic motivated separati…
also known as the Lost Colony, was established on Roanoke Isla…
St. Augustine in Florida was established as a Spanish fort in…
Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec (1608) and explored the Gre…
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Founded 1634 Religious Freedom and economic motivated separati…
Roanoke Virginia Colony
also known as the Lost Colony, was established on Roanoke Isla…
Initiative, referendum, recall
Pure Food and Drug Act
Seneca Falls Convention
Temperance Movement
State-level reforms intended to increase citizens' direct part…
Law passed in 1906 after publication of muckraker Upton Sincla…
Event that took place in New York in 1848; first time women or…
Progressive Era movement to make alcohol illegal; felt it was…
Initiative, referendum, recall
State-level reforms intended to increase citizens' direct part…
Pure Food and Drug Act
Law passed in 1906 after publication of muckraker Upton Sincla…
Gilded Age
Chinese Exclusion Act
Irish Catholics
Political bosses
Time period in US history defined by corruption, monopolies, a…
Law passed in 1882 because workers on the West Coast were worr…
These European immigrants came to the US after suffering throu…
Although they were corrupt, these people helped immigrants ass…
Gilded Age
Time period in US history defined by corruption, monopolies, a…
Chinese Exclusion Act
Law passed in 1882 because workers on the West Coast were worr…
Tanks
Woodrow Wilson
Treaty of Versailles
Spanish American War
These military vehicles were used to break the stalemate of tr…
This president's "14 Points" speech was given to promote the i…
This document ended World War I, and punished Germany very har…
Fought in 1898 that resulted in expansion of new overseas colo…
Tanks
These military vehicles were used to break the stalemate of tr…
Woodrow Wilson
This president's "14 Points" speech was given to promote the i…
Gilded Age
Homestead Act
Dawes Act
Political Machine
Era from 1865-1898 when government was corrupt underneath weal…
1862 Land grant law that gave people 160 acres to move to Grea…
1880 Law to promote cultural assimilation (Americanization) of…
Corrupt political organizations run by bosses in Gilded Age ci…
Gilded Age
Era from 1865-1898 when government was corrupt underneath weal…
Homestead Act
1862 Land grant law that gave people 160 acres to move to Grea…
Return to Normalcy
Stock Market Crash of 1929
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Bread lines
Campaign slogan for Warren G. Harding in the election of 1920.…
Caused mainly by overspeculation and lack of regulation by the…
Highest tax in American history - designed to protect American…
For many people who lost their jobs/businesses during the Depr…
Return to Normalcy
Campaign slogan for Warren G. Harding in the election of 1920.…
Stock Market Crash of 1929
Caused mainly by overspeculation and lack of regulation by the…
Panama Canal - Military, economic and g…
Panamanian Revolution
Jane Addams
Impact of Plessy v. Ferguson
Military & Economic - save time and money for military and com…
US helped to overthrow resulted in separation of Panama from C…
She helped lead settlement house movement, co-founded NAACP, c…
U.S. Supreme Court case that determined that "separate but equ…
Panama Canal - Military, economic and g…
Military & Economic - save time and money for military and com…
Panamanian Revolution
US helped to overthrow resulted in separation of Panama from C…
Pilgrims
Puritans
Squanto
Indentured Servants
Group of English Protestant dissenters who established Plymout…
A religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England.…
Native American who helped the English colonists in Massachuse…
People who could not afford passage to the colonies could beco…
Pilgrims
Group of English Protestant dissenters who established Plymout…
Puritans
A religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England.…
Public schools
Sussex Pledge
Laissez-faire
Containment
What was often crucial to the Americanization of immigrant chi…
Since Germany did not want to strengthen the Allies by drawing…
The economic system that relies on supply and demand to regula…
Keeping communism within its present territory through the use…
Public schools
What was often crucial to the Americanization of immigrant chi…
Sussex Pledge
Since Germany did not want to strengthen the Allies by drawing…