AP Flashcards

11037141085	Virginia Company	A group of private investors that established the first permanent English settlement in America.	0
11037141086	joint-stock company	A business in which investors share the company's profits and losses	1
11037141087	Jamestown	1607 - first permanent English settlement	2
11037141088	John Rolfe	Married Pocahontas, eased tensions with Powhatan.	3
11037141089	Mercantilism	Economic policy practiced by Great Britain where more goods are exported than imported	4
11037141090	Virginia House of Burgesses	First representative government in the colonies	5
11037141091	Indentured Servant	Person who worked for a specific number of years in exchange for passage to America	6
11037141092	Mayflower Compact	An agreement that set a precedent for government based on the will of the people	7
11037141093	Middle Passage	The journey of slaves from Africa to the America	8
11037141094	Bacon's Rebellion	a series of attacks against the Indians in Virginia during the 17th century; result of land and high taxes	9
11037141095	King Philip's War	A conflict between settlers and the Wampanoag tribe	10
11037141096	Half-Way Covenant	This gave partial membership into the Puritan Church	11
11037141097	Salem Witch Trials	In Massachusetts; resulted in wide spread hysteria, trials and deaths	12
11037141098	Fundamental Orders of Connecticut	1st written constitution in America	13
11037141099	John Locke	Political philosopher who said government is based on a social contract with the people	14
11037141100	Common sense	Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine encouraging colonists to join the fight for independence	15
11037141101	Intolerable Acts	Harsh measures, including closing Boston Harbor, revoking the mass after the Boston Tea Party	16
11037141102	Stamp Act	Placed a tax on printed documents	17
11037141103	Treaty of Paris 1763	Ended the French and Indian War	18
11037141104	Proclamation of 1763	Prohibited westward expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains	19
11037141105	Battle of Saratoga	Turning point of the American revolution because it persuaded the french to come to the aid of the patriots	20
11037141106	Yorktown	Battle that ended the American revolution with the surrender of British General Cornwallis	21
11037141107	Treaty of Paris 1783	Ended the American Revolution and gave Americans British Territory West to the Mississippi and from The Great Lakes to Florida	22
11037141108	Articles of Confederation	1st government of the U.S. states operated under this ; gave states most of the power.	23
11037275394	Federalists	Supported a strong central gov't and ratification of the constitution	24
11037275395	Great Compromise	bicameral legislature with equal representation based on population in another house	25
11037275396	Three-Fifths Compromise	an agreement that determined how slaves would be counted for representation in Congress	26
11037275397	Montesquieu	Philosopher who said that the powers of gov't should be split between the executive and legislative branches	27
11037275398	Separation of Powers	Divided the gov't into three branches so that no one branch could become too powerful	28
11037275399	Bill of Rights	The first ten amendments to the Constitution	29
11399621354	Federalism	Powers divided by federal and state gov't	30
11399724739	Cabinet	President's closest advisors	31
11399724740	NW Ordinance	Established a set of principles for statehood	32
11399724741	Whiskey Rebellion	Resulted from a tax being placed on a product made from surplus corn and rye in an attempt to pay national debt, angering farmers	33
11399724742	Louisiana Purchase	Obtained from the French, largest land deal in history, doubled US size	34
11399724743	Lewis and Clark	Explorers who mapped out the Louisiana Purchase	35
11854778032	Manifest Destiny	Stated that America was destined to expand its borders from Atlantic to Pacific	36
11854778033	War of 1812	Conflict between U.S. and Great Britain over Britain's impressment of U.S. sailors, violating American neutrality, and aiding Indian uprises	37
11854778034	Spoils system	Practice of giving government jobs to political supporters regardless of qualification	38
11854778035	Monroe Doctrine	Stated that America was off limits to further European Exploration	39
11854778036	Temperance	Movement encouraged the idea that people should limit or eliminate the use of alcohol	40
11854778037	Erie Canal	This connection of two bodies of water for purpose of trade; resulted in the growth of cities such as New York	41
11854778038	Jacksonian Democracy	Expanded the power of presidency and extended voting rights for "Common Man".	42
11854778039	Horace Mann	19th century reformer whose focus was public education	43
11854778040	Missouri Compromise	Legislation that allowed Missouri to enter as slave state and Maine as free	44
11854778041	Fugitive Slave Act	Made aiding a runaway slave a crime, required citizens to assist in capturing these runaway slaves	45
11854778042	Seneca Falls Conference	Marked the beginning of women's rights suffrage (right to vote)	46
11854778043	Nullification Crisis	Result of tariff of 1828, southern states argued that they had a right to nullify or council this piece of legislation because it was damaging to the southern economy	47
12006629500	State's rights	The right of the state to pass and enforce laws without the federal gov't interfering	48
12006629501	Marbury vs Madison	Supreme Court ruling that established judicial review	49