The first permanent English settlement, was founded in **1607.**
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Mayflower Compact
An agreement signed by the Pilgrims in 1620 promising to consult each other about laws for the colony
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**New England Colonies**
They were all founded for religious purposes
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**Middle Colonies**
They are known as the Breadbasket Colonies because they grew large amounts of oats and grains
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**James Oglethorpe**
He founded the colony of Georgia as a safe place for debtors and prisoners and also as a buffer region from Spanish Florida
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**William Penn**
Was the founder of Pennsylvania. Here he promised religious freedom to all people, especially the Quakers
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**Southern Colonies**
Were founded for economic reasons. Main way of living is farming & large plantations
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**Mercantilism**
The practice of creating and maintaining wealth by carefully controlling trade.
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**Boycott**
To refuse to buy certain goods, a common protest method used before the American Revolution
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**Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade**
A trading system in which goods and slaves moved between the colonies, Africa and the West Indies
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**Magna Carta**
Signed in 1215, was the first document that limited the power of the ruler.
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**English Bill of Rights**
Protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the American Bill of Rights
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**Virginia House of Burgesses**
The first representative assembly in the new world.
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**Treaty of Paris 1763**
It ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America
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**Proclamation of 1763**
Law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
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**Civil Disobedience**
The act of peacefully refusing to obey certain laws as a form of protest
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**Committees of Correspondence**
An organization created by the Sons of Liberty that helped colonists communicate information before the American Revolution
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**King George III**
Was the King of England who taxed the colonies and refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies
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**Thomas Jefferson**
He wrote the Declaration of Independence; founder of the Democratic - Republican Party
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**Thomas Paine**
He wrote the pamphlets *Common Sense* and *The Crisis* to encourage American independence
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**Crispus Attucks**
An African-American who was the first victim in the Boston Massacre
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**Wentworth Cheswell**
He was an African American “midnight rider” who rode through Massachusetts warning colonists the British were coming
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**Mercy Otis Warren**
She was a poet and playwright who wrote plays that made fun of the British. Her plays were pieces of propaganda prior to the American Revolution
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**Haym Soloman**
He was a financier for the colonies during the Revolution. He loaned money to the US to help them fight Great Britain
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**James Armistead**
He was a slave who served a spy for the Americans during the Revolution by posing as a runaway slave
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**Bernardo de Galvez**
He helped during the Revolution by buying Spanish weapons and supplies for the colonial army AND allowing Patriots to use the port of New Orleans and the Mississippi River
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**Declaration of Independence**
A document written by Thomas Jefferson, listing grievances against the King and declaring the colonies independent from England
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**Declaration of Independence**
It was signed on **July 4, 1776**
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Lexington and Concord
The first battles of the American Revolution
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**Valley Forge**
**The site of Washington’s encampment during the winter of 1777-1778. More than ⅕ of the soldiers died from disease or starvation**
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The **Battles of Saratoga**
The turning point of the American Revolution
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The American victory at **Yorktown**
Virginia signaled the end of the American Revolution
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The **Treaty of Paris 1783**
It ended the American Revolution and forced Britain to recognize the United States as an independent nation
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**Sam Adams**
A member of the Sons of Liberty who started the Committee of Correspondence to stir public support for American independence
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**Articles of Confederation**
It was the first American constitution. It was a very weak document that limited the power of the Congress by giving states the final authority over all decisions
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**Northwest Ordinance**
A policy of establishing the principles and procedures for allowing new states to be added to the Union
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Abigail Adams
She was married to John Adams and spoke out about including women’s rights in the new Constitution
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Constitution of the United States
It was written in 1787
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The Great Compromise
It created two houses of Congress. One based on population (House of Representatives), the other gave equal representation to each state (Senate)
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Representative Government
A system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them
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Alexander Hamilton
The leader of the Federalist Party, first Treasurer of the United States, and was killed in a duel by the Vice President of the United States, Aaron Burr
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James Madison
He is considered to be the “Father of the Constitution
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Checks and Balances
A system set up by the Constitution in which each branch of the federal government has the power to check, or control, the actions of the other branches
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**Federalism**
The sharing of power between the states and the national government
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Separation of Powers
A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
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Popular Sovereignty
The idea that people have the political authority in the government
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**Federalists**
They were supporters of the Constitution who favored a strong national government
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Anti-Federalists
People opposed to the Constitution, preferring more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government
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George Mason
An Anti-Federalist who strongly opposed the ratification of the Constitution
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Charles Montesquieu
He came up with the idea that governments should be divided into three separate branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
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William Blackstone
He created the idea of checks and balances
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John Locke
He said that all men are born with natural rights that should be protected by the government AND that the government is an agreement between the rulers and those being ruled
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George Washington’s Farewell Address
It advised the United States to avoid national debt, spoke against foreign alliances, and suggested avoiding political parties
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**John Marshall**
He was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, he helped strengthen the judicial branch by establishing its power to declare laws unconstitutional
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**Marbury v. Madison**
Was the court decision that gave the Supreme Court the right to determine whether a law violates the Constitution. It sets up the principle of judicial review
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