Social Studies Study Guide Ch.1: Justice and the Fear of God

Social Studies Study Guide Ch.1: Justice and the Fear of God

branch that carries out the laws and is led by the president and vice president

executive branch

most historians think that people came to North and South America by traveling across a land bridge on this sea passage

The Bering Strait

judicial branch

branch that decides if the laws have been broken and is led by the Supreme Court Judges

person or organization that pays people to work

employer

George Whitefield

English evangelist who traveled to the American colonies preaching everywhere he went using a folding pulpit during the Great Awakening.

two reasons why the colonists did not want to pay the British taxes

the colonists did most of the fighting in the French and Indian War, the colonists did not get to vote on British laws

branch that makes the laws and is led by Congress

legislative branch

began when America declared war on Great Britain due to Great Britain treating America like a colony and preventing them from trading with the French and forcing some American sailors to fight for the British Navy

The War of 1812

as a general he helped fight against the British but instead of seizing power he decided not to run for a third term after being elected president for two terms

George Washington

The French and Indian War

conflict between Britain and France that began as the British moved west claiming the same land as the French

American general who defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans and took land away from the Cherokee and the Creek Indians

Andrew Jackson

characteristics of a just ruler

does what is right towards people, makes sure employers treat their workers as people made in God’s image, loves others as he loves himself