SS Review 2

The name for Spanish explorers who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain.

• Conquistadores

• Peninsulares

• Partiots

• Nativists

A crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money rather than for personal use.

• place

• Cash Crop

• Tariff

• canal

1852 book which described suffering of slaves. Convinced Northerners that slavery was wrong and further divided North from South; written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

• Gone with the Wind

• Uncle Toms Cabin

• Spirit Bear

• The Outsiders

A tax on imported goods that raises the price of imports so people will buy domestic goods.

• Tariff

• Protective Tarrif

• Trade Union

• Treaty

A government tax on imports or exports.

• Tariff

• Protective Tarrif

• Trade Union

• Treaty

1773 act which eliminated import tariffs on tea entering England and allowed the British East India Company to sell directly to consumers rather than through merchants. Led to the Boston Tea Party.

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

• Tea Act

A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power.

• Checks and Balances

• Judicial System

• Excutive System

• Legislative System

A formal statement of the fundamental rights of the people of the United States, incorporated in the Constitution as Amendments 1-10, and in all state constitutions.

• Constution

• Mayflower Compact

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

A document establishing the structure, functions, and limitations of a government.

• Constution

• Mayflower Compact

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony.

• Constution

• Mayflower Compact

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation