U.S. History semester review

Mrs. Hinch

William Penn

recieved land form king charles the 8th because he helped with the civil war in england.

Middle passage

Crammed in the bottom of boats, harsh conditions

Triangular trade

America gave goods and natural recourses, africa gave gold and slaves, europe gave goods and items used for slave trade.

Navigation acts

restricted the trade on the colonists and prevented smuggling

Headright system

granted land to people moving to the new world

pennsylvania

place for quakers to go

enlightenment

emphasized reason

social contract theory

right to over throw the gov if they do not protect natural rights

french and idian war

effected england because they went into debt and then charged the colonists more taxes.

shot heard around the world

fired in lexington and concord

Why did parlement repeal the stamp act?

too much boycotting of the goods and refusal to use stamps

unaliable rights

life, liberty, persuit of happiness

what happened at the second continental congress

continental army, continental currency, olive branch petition, necessity for taking up arms.

women in the revolutionary war

spies, took up jobs of men that were fighting, disguised themselves as men and fought in the war.

Englands advantages in the revolutionary war

had more solders and more recources

Why where there so many weaknesses in the articles of confederation?

because they didnt want a strong national government so people wouldnt be angry

What where the three branched of government created in the constitution

exectutive, legistlative, judicial

What does the first amendment say

freedom of speech

What was the 3/5 compromise

each slave counted as 3/5 of a person in population for representation in the house of representatives.

why did the anti-federalists oppose a national government?

they where scared of being overpowered by the government

What was the supreme law of the land?

The federal courts

Who serves as the president of senate

vice president

What is the bill of rights?

first 10 amendments

judicial review

the judicial branch’s right to declare a law unconstitutional

cabinet

group of department heads who advise the president

What was an exise tax

tax on the production or sale of a certain product

How did the industrial revolution affect the north socially?

Created the class system, caused more people to move to the cities making them grow.

What was the temperance movment

Lowering the use of alcohol

Who was president during the mexican american war?

polk

What did texas become after its revolution

the lone star republic

What does the kansas nebraska act say about slavery?

popular soverignty