10509326822 | John Smith | one of the men in the Virginia Council that helped Virginia (Jamestown) settlement. Famous for "he who shall not work, shall not eat" | 0 | |
10509333291 | Scotch-Irish | people who were Scots Lowlanders that over many decades had first been transported to Northern Ireland | 1 | |
10509337689 | Pocahontas | daughter of chief Powhatan, famous for saving John Smith's life, when Powhatan was going to kill him | 2 | |
10509343912 | Indentured servant | a person who sold himself or herself into slavery to pay off debt, higher on status scales than slaves | 3 | |
10509354411 | Sons of Liberty | a group that took part in colonial protest, the took law into their own hands. Liberty, Property, and No Stamps | 4 | |
10509358070 | Hessians | German soldiers hired by the British and George III, but the Americans gave them land so they took the American side | 5 | |
10509362505 | Loyalists | people in America who didn't want to rebel and wanted to stay under England, they were loyal to George III | 6 | |
10509366608 | Thomas Paine | writer of common sense best seller, that featured articles and viewpoints such as the only way you can get the French to help you is to declare your independence | 7 | |
10509374027 | Shay's Rebellion | an alarming uprising that flared in Western Massachusetts in 1786, back country farmer, Revolutionary War veterans were losing their farms, they demanded paper money, light taxes, and suspension of mortgage foreclosures | 8 | |
10509387542 | Three-Fifths Compromise | arguments sprang of the fact if slaves should be considered in population for the House of Reps, the North said no, and the South said yes; it was decided that a slave would count as 3/5 of a person | 9 | |
10509395906 | Era of Good Feelings | when the Federalist Party kind of died, and James Monroe brought a great sense of nationalism. It was a tranquil and prosperous era, but in a way it was trouble | 10 | |
10509404394 | Missouri Compromise 1820 | compromise in which slavery was prohibited forever from Louisiana Purchase territories north of 36, 30 (only exception Missouri); south of this point could have slaves | 11 | |
10509408572 | Spoils system | thirteen of the rewarding political supporters with public office, this was first introduced on a large scale under Jackson | 12 | |
10509443386 | Daniel Webster | spokesman for New England. He had a nine-day debate with Robert Hayne in January of 1830 | 13 | |
10509448783 | Indian Removal Act | was passed by Congress in 1830. It stated that all Indians east of Mississippi go to a newly established Indian Territory | 14 | |
10509456586 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton | Another mother of the women rights movement, insisted on leaving obey out of the marriage ceremony | 15 | |
10509460066 | Susan B. Anthony | Lecturer of women rights, fearless to slander, became such a conspicuous advocate of women rights that progressive women everywhere were called Suzy B's | 16 | |
10509464166 | Monroe Doctrine | an annual message to Congress on December 2, 1823, incorporated a stern warning to European powers, two main features were non colonialization and nonintervention | 17 | |
10509481978 | Popular Sovereignty | was the idea that states should have the right to decide the rules in their own individual states | 18 | |
10509488144 | Little Giant | nickname for Stephen A. Douglas, an advocate for popular sovereignty and supported Kansas-Nebraska Act | 19 |
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