3rd District Test Flashcards
(37 cards)
Boycotts in America
When the English government taxed America with the stamp act, and the Townshend act
Indentured servants
one who worked for a set time without pay in exchange for a free passage to America.
Slaves
someone who is captured for use in forced, unpaid labor
Triangulate trade
complex system and of transatlantic exchange of slaves, rum, sugar, and molasses.
Major rivers and bodies of water in America
Columbia Colorado Missouri Rio grande Mississippi Hudson
Major consequences of the French and Indian war
Both sides had crippling debt and there were a lot of dead people
Why was the Declaration of Independence written
Because the English government was treating America unfairly, so America wanted to declare independence from England and set up a government for itself
George Washington
The commander of the Patriot army. He United the army and helped create a model of unity for the nation.
Thomas Jefferson
Delegate from Virginia who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Electoral Votes
votes made by members of the electoral college, which elects the president and Vice President.
Three parts of the federal government
Legislative Branch (Congress)- Makes the laws. Executive Branch (President)- Enforces the laws. Judicial Branch (Supreme Court)- Interprets the laws.
Stamp act
Law requiring all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax had been paid
Roanoke island
off the coast of North Carolina, site of the first English colony in the Americas.
First continental congress
Meeting of delegates from most of the colonies, called in reaction to the Intolerable Acts
Second continental congress
America’s government during the revolutionary war
Primary and secondary sources
primary sources are sources written by someone who lived with or near something or someone. They could also be made by the person they are referring to. Secondary sources are things written about someone or something by someone who was not there.
The bill of rights
first ten amendments to the US constitution. Written guarantees to human rights that absolutely cannot be taken away by the government.
Checks and balances
the system of how the three branches of government check and balance each other out.
Major reasons Europeans came to America
They wanted gold, new land, slaves, and to get rich with imports and exports
Federalism
system of government in which power is shared between the national government and the states
Amendment process
to propose, ⅔ of each house of congress or ⅔ of states legislatures have to approve. to ratify, ¾ of state legislatures or ¾ of states approve.
Constitutional convention of 1787
meeting at which the US constitution was created.
Job of the court system
To decide if a person is guilty of committing a crime or innocent
The great compromise
agreement to establish a two house national legislature, with all the states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house.
