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US Semester 1 Review
US History EOCA 1 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Articles of Confederation | created a weak national government because colonists didn't want any one person or government to have too much power |
| Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, English Bill of Rights | 3 traditions/documents that helped Americans create a new government |
| Red Jacket | pleaded with missionaries to let Indians practice their own religion |
| Tecumseh | Shawnee leader who urged all tribes to unite to fight the whites |
| Tecumseh | opposed sale of land because he believed no one had the right to own land |
| white sticks | Indians who sided with the whites |
| Red Stick Confederation | attempt by Tecumseh to organize the Indians who wanted to keep their Indian ways |
| Ohio River Valley | region where white settlers ignored treaties and started fighting for the Indian's land |
| treaty | agreement between two groups i.e. Indians and U.S. regarding ownership of land |
| indentured servants | worked 4-7 years then were freed |
| plantations | big farms in the South where slaves worked to help grow crops |
| Triangular trade | trade between Europe, America, and Africa (crops, rum, and slaves were included) |
| Middle Passage | terrible voyage made by slaves |
| Slaves | these were chosen over natives because they were more immune to diseases while natives easily got sick |
| French | more interested in fur trading with the Indians |
| England | wanted colonization in America |
| French And Indian War results | Britain gained control of Canada; France lost all land in North America |
| Sons of Liberty | argued that colonists only be taxed is they had representation |
| representation | a say in how one is governed |
| debt | the reason Britain taxed the colonies was to pay this off from their wars |
| Proclamation of 1763 | halted settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Causes of the Revolutionary War | Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, shots at Lexington and Concord |
| Battle of Saratoga | turning point of the war for colonies because France decided to send soldiers and ships |
| Battle of Yorktown | last battle of the Revolutionary War |
| General Cornwallis | British general at the Battle of Yorktown who surrendered |
| Declaration of Independence | approved on July 4, 1776 and written by Jefferson |
| Thomas Jefferson | 3rd President |
| George Washington | 1st president |
| John Adams | 2nd president |
| James Madison | 4th president |
| James Monroe | 5th president |
| precedents | set by George Washington because he was the first president |
| democracy | America has this type of government where power comes from the people |
| Mississippi River | used for shipping crops to market |
| Louisiana Purchase | Napoleon sold this land to Jefferson giving America control of land west of the Mississippi River |
| Monroe doctrine | told world "hands off the Western Hemisphere" |
| Invasion of Florida | Andrew Jackson invaded; later we bouth Florida from Spain for 5 million dollars |
| Cherokee people | sued for their land in the Supreme Court |
| Andrew Jackson | president who didn't care about the Supreme Court's ruling for the Cherokees |
| Indian Removal Act | forced Indians to move west of the Mississippi River |
| Trail of Tears | Indians' journey away from their land because of the Indian Removal Act |
| War of 1812 | made Andrew Jackson a hero, gave the country confidence as a world power |
| Fort McHenry | place the national anthem, the Star Spangled Banner was written during the War of 1812 |
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