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Lambert/Dupont US
Lambert/Dupont U.S. History Facts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a three-way exchange of people and goods between West Africa, Europe and the New World colonies. | Triangular Trade |
| The voyages of these peopple lead to the trade of enslaved people from West Africa to other European nations | Portuguese |
| the first explorer to land in North America | Leif Ericson |
| His explorations opened the way for European colonization of the New World | Christopher Columbus |
| He landed on the west coast of Florida in 1539 and led his men inland through Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi | Hernando de Soto |
| were sent by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the huge area of the Louisiana Purchase | Lewis and Clark |
| were sent by the governor of New France to explore the Mississippi River | Marquette and Joliet |
| a land bridge which formerly connected the two continents across what is now the Bering Strait. | Beringia |
| The impact of the imports and exports into the New World | Columbian Exchange |
| The first colony founded by the English. | Jamestown,Virginia |
| Driven by gold, glory and the gosepl. | Spanish |
| The first permanent European colony in North America was founded by the Spanish. | St. Augustine (Florida) |
| Founded the Port Royal colony of Acadia in North America. | French |
| , an economic system that stresses the goals of the national government rather than the individual, was used by the Europeans to export more and import less | mercantilism |
| This war was fought in the mid 1700's between France/Spain and England for control of the present day U.S.. The British won. | French and Indian |
| existed in all the English mainland colonies and came to dominate agricultural production | Slavery |
| the reason for the founding of many colonies | Religious freedom |
| members of a group of Protestants who believed in strict religious discipline and called for the simplification of acts of worship. | Puritans |
| Reiligion that had no set beliefs to which, no professional clergy and no sacraments or liturgy. Rather than emphasizing the outward aspect of Christianity they looked to the inward relationship with God and their religion. | Quakers |
| the first to guarantee all its citizens freedom of worship and was founded on the concept of separation of church and state. | Rhode Island Colony |
| allowed freedom of worship for all Christians in Maryland, but sentenced anyone to death who denied the divinity of Jesus. | Maryland Toleration Act |
| a political and legal doctrine that government and religious institutions are to be kept separate and independent from each other. | Separation of church and state |
| a movement to refocus people's thoughts and minds on the church and religion. Resulted in the founding of present day Princeton University and increase of missionaries to the South. | The Great Awakening |
| supervisor of each of the 13 colonies | governors appointed by the King |
| colony headed by a governor who was appointed by the king | royal colony |
| colony owned and managed by English proprietors | proprietary colony |
| colony that selected their own governors and political leaders | corporate colony |
| John Zenger's,a printer,trial and release from jail lead to this. | Freedom of Press |
| American felt that they were entitled to the full democratic rights of Englishmen, taxes imposed on the colonists,Boston Tea Party and the Boston Massacre and the Declaration of Independence. | Causes of the American Revolution |
| Lexington, Bunker Hill, Long Island, Ticonderoga, Saratoga, Yorktown. | Major Battles of Amerian Revolution |
| America gained independence,France regained two small colonies but grew bankrupt,England lost her colonies in America and her national debt increased to a great extent, The Articles of Confederations was replaced by a new constitution | Consequences of the American Revolution |
| were colonists whose allegiance remained with Great Britain. Loyalists were not confined to a particular group, but most of strongest came from those serving the crown. | Loyalist |
| colonists of the British Thirteen Colonies who rebelled against British control. Declared that they were loyal to the king, but believed they should control issues relating to the colonies. | Patriots |
| By serving as a diplomat in France and gaining France's help, he contributed greatly to winning the Revolutionary War. | Benjamin Franklin |
| main author of the Declaration of Independence, authorized the Louisiana Purchase | Thomas Jefferson |
| main author of the Declaration of Independence, authorized the Louisiana Purchase | Samuel Adams |
| Congress chose him to be Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. He was unanimously elected to serve as the presiding officer over the Constitutional Convention that wrote the Constitution of the U.S.. He became the first President of the U.S. | George Washington |
| He was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence | John Hancock |
| The most famous traitor in U.S. history. He plotted with the British for 16 months. He was regarded as one of the best generals of the American Revolution - for both sides. | Benedict Arnold |
| document used by the 13 British North colonies to proclaim their independence from Great Britain | Declaration of Independence |
| the first constitution of the United States | Articles of Confederation |
| They gave the states as much independence as possible and limited functions of the federal government | The Continental Congress |
| system of fundamental laws of the United States of America | Constitution of the United States |
| ensures that none of the branches of government can dominate the others. | checks and balances |
| is the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the U.S. It establishes basic American civil liberties that the government cannot violate. | Bill of Rights |
| the ideal form of government as envisioned by Thomas Jefferson | Jeffersonian Democracy |
| was a time when American leaders paid less attention to European trade and war, and more to the internal development of the United States | Era of Good Feeling |
| offered to sell the entire Louisiana territory to the U.S. to finance France's war with Britain | Napolean Bonaparte |
| Conflict between the U.S. and Britain. President Madison requested a declaration of war to protect American ships on the high seas and to stop the British from seizing U.S. sailors. | War of 1812 |
| was developed by the U.S to oppose and ensure that European nations wouldn't attempt to further colonize in the western hemisphere. | Monroe Doctrine |
| summarized the belief that Americans had a natural right to occupy the entire continent.summarized the belief that Americans had a natural right to occupy the entire continent. | Manifest Destiny |
| a rebellion by residents of Texas, then a part of northern Mexico, against the Mexican government and military. The rebellion led to the establishment of the independent Republic of Texas | Texas Revolution |
| Conflict between the United States and Mexico. Resulted in a U.S. victory and forced Mexico to relinquish all claims to approximately half its national territory. | Mexican War |
| movement of people from the settled regions of the United States to lands farther west. This expansion also resulted in great suffering, destruction, and cultural loss for the Native Americans of North America. | American Westward Movement |
| forced the Five Civilized Tribes from the east onto western reservations, primarily to take their land for settlement. Its route is known as the Trail of Tears. | Indian Removal Act of 1830 |
| the massive movement of people to California following the discovery of gold there in 1848. | Gold Rush of 1849 |
| canals, railroads, Pony Express, cotton gin, telegraph, barbed wire | major technological developments |
| invention of the cotton gin, opening of new lands in the South and West, the plantation system | Factors of urbanization and growth of slavery |
| expansion of the railroad system, potato famine in Ireland, California Gold Rush | Factors of Immigration |
| it sought to end the enslavement of Africans and people of African descent in Europe, the Americas, and Africa itself and aimed to end the Atlantic slave trade carried out in the Atlantic Ocean between Africa, Europe, and the Americas. | Abolitionist Movement |
| was a period of great religious revival in the 19th century United States, with widespread Christian evangelism and conversions | Second Great Awakening |
| right of women to share on equal terms with men the political privileges afforded by representative government and, more particularly, to vote in elections and to hold public office. The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. | Suffrage Movement |
| declared that African Americans were not U.S. citizens. | Dred Scott Case |
| Economic and social differences between the North and the South, States versus federal rights, The fight between Slave and Non-Slave State Proponents,Growth of the Abolition Movement, The election of Abraham Lincoln | Causes of the Civl War |
| State powers decreased and federal powers increased as a result of war, The concept of a sovereign State ended and with it the power of a State to secede, The Republican Party came to power (4) Institution of slavery ended. | Consequences of the Civil War |
| issued by Abraham Lincoln freeing slaves in Confederate-held territory. This lead to the 13th amendment, outlawing slavery, being adopted | The Emancipation Proclamation |
| allowed Lincoln to invoke the principles of human equality supported in the Declaration of Independence and redefined the Civil War as "a new birth of freedom" that would bring true equality to all of its citizens. | The Gettysburg Address |
| outlaws slavery, right of past slaves to vote | 13th Amendment |
| made Male African-Americans citizens, made Southern landowners pay their slaves | 14th Amendment |
| governments in the U.S. may not prevent a citizen from voting based on the citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude (slavery) | 15th Amendment |
| Northerners wanted to punish the South, Lincoln felt Southerners should be treated fairly, Radicals did not want to allow the southern states back into the Union because they believed the Confederates had left the Union. | Feelings on Reconstruction |
| President when Lincoln was assassinated, hated slave owners and the Confederacy, but did not believe it was necessary to punish all Southerners | Andrew Johnson |
| a statute that required the president to seek congressional approval before dismissing officials confirmed by the Senate. | Tenure of Office Act |
| Concerned the president’s alleged violation of the Tenure of Office Act and charged with undermingin Congress. | Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson |
| Democrats agreed to let Hayes win the election and become president. In return, the Republicans promised to withdraw the U.S. Army from the Southern states still under Reconstruction. | Compromise of 1877 |
| came to an end because of the disputed election of 1876 | Reconstruction |
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