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US Hist Vocab-Levis
US History Vocab-Levis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Christopher Columbus | given credit for discovering the Americas, when he only made it to the Caribbean. |
| Amerigo Vespucci | Explored the eastern coast of South America and believed he had found a new continent, while others thought it was only another part of Asia. |
| Virginia Company | Established the Jamestown settlement in 1607 by Chesapeake Bay |
| Mayflower Compact | Document drafted by the Pilgrims while they were still on the Mayflower. |
| Puritans | Group of radical Protestants which developed in England after reformation, Founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
| Pilgrims | group of English religious separatists. |
| John Locke | Started the concept of natural rights. |
| Triangular trade | a trade system between the Carribean, West Africa, and Europe which involved the trade of slaves, molasses, rum, horses, and other things. |
| Enlightenment | The Age of Reason, advocated rationality and system of ethics. |
| Great Awakening | It was a time where religious enthusiasm was encouraged. Many religions came about. |
| Mercantilism | advocates that a nation should export more than it imports and accumulate bullion to make up the difference. |
| Navigation Acts | it caused a stifling of manufacturing and increased resentment against the mother country |
| Social Contract | This was a stage derived from the natural rights theory, guarantee the rights of the members of society. |
| Bacon’s Rebellion | Nathaniel Bacon and his army rebelled against Jamestown and the government. |
| French and Indian War | French and their Indian allies fought against the Americans and the British. |
| Seven Years War | British won and they emerged as the world’s leading colonial empire. Tension began to arise involving America and Britain |
| Articles of Confederation | the constitution replaced this document |
| James Madison | Father of the Constitution |
| President Pro-tempore | person presides over the Senate if the Vice President is absent |
| How did the Constitution support slavery? | counted each slave as 3/5 of a person |
| Purpose of the Judicial Branch | interpret the law |
| Purpose of the Executive Branch | enforce the law |
| Purpose of the Legislative Branch | make the law |
| First ten amendments to the constitution | Bill of Rights |
| system of checks and balances | to keep any one branch from becoming too powerful. Fear of a King. |
| Federalist | Wanted a strong national government and were for the Constitution |
| Anti-Federalist | Wanted a strong state government and were against the constitution unless it included a Bill of Rights |
| Federalism | Sharing of powers between the national government and state government |
| Marbury vs. Madison | It established judicial review |
| Nullification Crisis | Event when S. Carolina threatened to secede if they were not able to nullify the Tariff of 1832 |
| Jamestown | First sustainable North-American European Colony. |
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