US Supreme Court decides that Cherokee have the right to their land, as they are a separate and distinct community.  Jackson doesn't care and forces them to move anyway...leading to Trail of Tears.  

US Supreme Court decides that if you have a federal steamboat license, that you can operate it anywhere, even in the state of NY, where the state Governor said, only NY license could operate.  Thus reinforcing federal over state power. 

US Supreme Court decides that slaves are property and thus cannot sue.  Also decides that the federal government could not limit slavery in territories... thus making the Missouri Compromise  unconstitutional.  (Roger B. Taney)

US Supreme Court decides that president that didn't give up judicial appointment doesn't have too, b/c the Federal Judiciary act of 1789 (law that gave Supreme Court its power) was unconstitutional.  Thus establishing the power of Judicial Review.

Jamestown.  Tobacco.  John Smith saved Jamestown during dying time.  John Rolfe married Pocahontas.  Learned to grow good tobacco.  

What year are we talking about? 

DOI.  Thomas Jefferson wrote it.  Declared our Independence from Great Britain.  3 parts (preamble,  grievances, declaration of independence).

What year are we talking about? 

Constitutional Convention.  Washington was chosen as president of the Convention.  Held in Philadelphia.  Changed from the Articles of Confederation.  

What year are we talking about? 

Thomas Jefferson bought this land from France from Napoleon.  Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States. $15 Million dollars.  

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Civil War.  Election of Lincoln.  Fort Sumter.  Bull Run. Antietam. Emancipation Proclamation.  Gettysburg. Gettysburg Address. Vicksburg. Appomattox Courthouse.    

What year are we talking about? 

War over Ohio River Valley.  English colonies & Britain vs. France & Indians.  George Washington serves as British Army.  Treaty of Paris 1763 ends this war.  France is kicked out of Ohio River Valley. England becomes dominant power in new world.  
What war was this?

Colonies fight against England.  Washington uses his knowledge against the British.  Broke away from KG3 b/c he was taxing us without representation. Treaty of Paris 1783 ended this war.  

What war was this?

Round 2 vs. England.  England's blockade helped us become more economically independent.  Star Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key. Treaty of Ghent ended this war.  

What war was this?

Sam Houston was leader of Texas Army in this war. 1836.  Defeated Santa Anna at the battle of the San Jacinto.  The Alamo was the most famous battle in this war.  

What war was this?

When President Polk sent troops to the Rio Grande river in Texas, the Mexicans told them to leave, b/c they said that we were on their land (they claimed the Nueces River was Texas boundary).  Fighting occurred & blood was shed. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended this war.  Mexico ceded land to the US b/c of this war.  

What war was this?

Election of Lincoln.  Fort Sumter.  Bull Run. Antietam. Emancipation Proclamation.  Gettysburg. Gettysburg Address. Vicksburg. Appomattox Courthouse where Lee surrendered to Grant.  

What war was this?

Brought over the English settlers to Roanoke

This was England's unsuccessful attempt @ settling new world.  John White had to leave to get supplies. Virginia Dare is born in New World.  John White comes back, but can't find anyone.  

Someone that couldn't pay their way to the new world.  So they borrowed the money to come here (in exchange for their services from 4-7 years).

Crop that made Jamestown a success.  Rolfe's marriage to Pocahontas made the growth of this product possible.  

Rough soil.  Cold climate.  Very Religious. Massachusetts was the anchor colony here. Puritans and Pilgrims settled here.  

Which set of colonies was this?

Puritans believed that this was the most pure form of information on religion.  

Written by Pilgrims.  First example of self government in the new world.  

Leader of Rhode Islands.  All of the dissenters that were kicked out of Puritan New England were sent to RI.  He brought people like Anne Hutchinson here.  Believed in "separation of church and state."  

Fishing along the coast and in its rivers.  Fur trading from their luscious forests.  

Due to the religious nature of the people in New England, there were easily tricked into believing in bizarre things. When several girls claimed they were be-witched and caused mayhem.  17 people were killed as witches.  

Middle colonies.  They grew most of the countries wheat and grains.  Lush land to grow crops.  mild winter.  Warm winter.  
Nickname.

His holy experiment brought people to Pennsylvania.  He brought his religious group (Quakers) to America for religious freedom. Brought great diversity to Middle Colonies.  

Tobacco was the first cash crop here.  Later King Cotton took over.  Great Soil  Warm weather. Slavery was key to their economic success.  Large Plantations ruled this land.  

The first representative assembly was in Virginia.  It started around the time of Jamestown.  

Founder of Georgia.  His colony was founded as a buffer zone between colonies and Spanish Florida.  

Why were the New England colonies created?

Why were the Middle colonies created?

Why were the Southern colonies created?

Why did the Pilgrims leave the Netherlands if they were looking for religious freedom (Netherlands was one of the most free places for religion).  

This was the first written constitution in the new world.  It was the First Original Constitution. Thomas Hooker created this constitution.  

This colony was a safe place for Catholics after the Puritans took over England.  It was in the Southern Colonies.  Lord Baltimore founded this colony.  

Economic policy practiced by King George III.  The colonies would be used to get raw materials from and then England would produce the goods and sell them back to the colonies.  It was the Kings way of controlling trade with the colonies (navigation acts).  

"Middle Passage."  When the slaves were brought to the America's by ship.  It was a terrible journey. We would ship raw materials to Europe. They would trade guns / rum to Africa.  Then bring slaves to the Americas.  

Wrote the Join or die cartoon.  Important member of the Continental Congress.  Statesman from Philadelphia.  Along with John Adams, he helped edit Jefferson's DOI.  Wrote Poor Richards Almanac.  

What is the name of this "ghetto" fort that Washington used b/c he had to have somewhere to hold up against the French early in the French and Indian War?

Fight between France and their allies and the English and their allies.  They fought over the rights to trap in the fertile Ohio River valley.

Colonists used all of the methods of protest against the British except.  

The reasons the colonists were so mad at the King. James Otis came up with this slogan.
What  rallying cry for why they were rebelling.  

This event forced the king to punish the colonists for their destruction.  The Intolerable acts were passed.  

The colonists met in Philadelphia to decide what to do about the kings taxes.  They wrote the Olive Branch Petition (last ditch effort for peace) and started a continental army (put GW in charge).  

Tax on all paper products.

Tax on Colonial Tea.

Tax on multiple goods.  This tax really hurt the colonists.  Tax on Lead, paper, silk, tea.  

Punishment placed on colonists by king for what they did at the Boston Tea Party. (The colonists thought they were being Coerced.)  
1. Closed the port of Boston.
2. Had to pay back all $$ lost.
3. Massachusetts lost its charter.  
The Colonists couldn't stand these punishments. 

Secret society created to help the colonists protest the king’s taxes.  Used boycott and tarring and feathering to make their point.  Came about b/c of the Stamp Act.

Leader of the Committees of Correspondence. They enabled the colonies to communicate with each other in regards to what was going on in general and with the British taxes. Created the Sons of liberty. 

Black man that rode through Massachusetts telling the colonists that the British were coming.  Led up to the battles @ Lexington & Concord.  His story is the same as Paul Revere & William Dawes.

Line drawn by the king over the Appalachian Mountains.  Colonists could not go west over the Appalachian mountains onto the new land that they had won from the French during the F & I war. Made colonists mad, as they saw the land as theirs.  King eventually had to put troops on the line to keep colonists from crossing into Indian Territory.  Taxes were raised to help pay for those troops.