Avoid conflicts between American colonists and Native American Indians

Promote trade between the colonies and Britain

Establish a monarchy in the colonies

Encourage immigration from Europe

Sought to avoid involvement in European political struggles

Engaged actively in European alliances

Promoted military intervention in Europe

Established a strong presence in European politics

To claim new territories

To establish trade routes

To spread democracy

To promote cultural exchange

Gave the United States control of the Mississippi River

Led to the acquisition of Alaska

Resulted in the Louisiana Purchase

Established the Monroe Doctrine

Separation of powers

Checks and balances

Judicial review

Federalism

It opened territories to slavery which the Missouri Compromise said would be free

It ended slavery in all states immediately

It was fought primarily over taxation issues

It was a conflict between the North and South over economic differences

Forty-Niners

Pilgrims

Loyalists

Revolutionaries

By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries

By encouraging trade with all foreign countries

By allowing colonists to govern themselves

By promoting independence from foreign powers

African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election.

The Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863.

The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964.

The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in 1865.

Colonists were forced to quarter troops in their homes

Colonists were granted independence from Britain

Colonists were taxed without representation

Colonists formed the Continental Congress

Father of the Constitution

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

Abraham Lincoln

It enabled instantaneous long-distance transmission of information

It led to the decline of urban areas

It increased the reliance on manual labor

It resulted in the reduction of global trade

He researched texts examining every form of government that was known

He focused solely on democratic systems

He ignored historical texts

He only studied modern governments

The American victory convinced France to ally with the United States

The American victory led to the signing of the Treaty of Paris

The American victory resulted in the independence of Canada

The American victory caused Spain to join the war against Britain

Doing so would limit contact between settlers and Indians and decrease the chances of war.

It would encourage settlers to expand further into Indian territories.

It would lead to increased trade between settlers and Indians.

It would have no significant impact on relations with the Indians.

The Confederate territory was divided in half

The Union won the war without any major battles

The war lasted for only one year

Slavery was abolished immediately after the war

The annexation of Texas

The Louisiana Purchase

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

The Gadsden Purchase

Battle of Lexington/Concord

Battle of Saratoga

Battle of Lexington/Concord

Battle of Yorktown

The exploration of new territory acquired from France

The belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across North America

The policy of isolationism in foreign affairs

The economic theory of mercantilism