U.S. History CA 3 Review

December, 1773.  Colonists throw tea overboard to protest the Tea Act.

• Intolerable Acts
• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party
• Stamp Act

In 1793, the ________________ was invented, making it cheaper and easier to grow cotton.

• Steel Plow
• Mower Reaper
• Cotton Gin
• Telegraph

First government of the U.S., which created a loose confederacy of states and it also gave the states too much power.

• U.S. Constitution
• Declaration of Independence
• Mayflower Compact
• Articles of Confederation

The Constitutional Convention took place in what year?

• 1776
• 1607
• 1787
• 1803

This law forbade colonists from moving west across the Appalachian Mountains.

• Northwest Ordinance
• Proclamation of 1763
• Indian Removal Act
• Nullification Act

These were the first battles of the American Revolution and they are commonly referred to as "the shot heard around the world".

• Saratoga
• Yorktown
• New Orleans
• Lexington and Concord

Power is divided between three branches in the federal government. This principle is called:

• Popular sovereignty
• Separation of powers
• Checks and balances
• Federalism

Principle of Constitution where people elect others to make decisions and laws for them.

• Republicanism
• Separation of powers
• Limited government
• Judicial review

War in which the U.S. fought Britain over impressment of sailors and desire for land.

• American Revolution
• Civil War
• Louisiana Purchase
• War of 1812

Founded in 1607, this was the first permanent English settlement in N. America.

• Plymouth
• Boston
• Jamestown
• Massachusetts Bay Colony