Complete all questions. What was the main purpose of the Mayflower Compact?
What was the main motivation for the settlement of the Plymouth Colony, Maryland, and Pennsylvania?
Why were Africans changed from initially being indentured servants to slaves?
The purpose of the “Join or Die” flag (created by Ben Franklin in 1750).
The Albany Plan of Union called for doing what with the 13 colonies?
The proclamation line of 1763 did what to the relationship between the crown and those living in the colonies?
Even though they declared independence, the debate over what lasted into the 1800s?
Why were colonial boycotts so effective?
In the war for independence the first major fighting was at and . The last major battle was at Virginia.
What was the major achievement of the government under the articles of confederation?
How does the judicial branch check the legislative branch?
Checks and balances were put in the constitution for what reason?
Why did delegates of the constitutional convention (1787) write a new constitution?
What was the 3/5s compromise?
What came from the whiskey rebellion? What did it show?
In Washington’s farewell address, he advocated for what (regarding foreign policy)?
What was controversial about the Alien and Sedition acts?
The Louisiana purchase was important to America because?
Why was the Embargo act bad for America?
Lewis and Clark were tasked with exploring the new lands and creating what?
What happened between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton?
After the War of 1812 America started protecting whom?
During the War of 1812, what did the British do to the White House?
What General became famous for standing up at the Battle of New Orleans and leading the USA to a decisive victory over Great Britain?
Why did some feel the Missouri compromise would deepen sectional tensions?
Andrew Jackson went to “war” over all of the following issues except-
Nullification crisis, bleeding kansas, war with the Bank of the US (BUS), Indian Removal Act
What was the trail of tears?
The Seneca Falls Convention, which took place in 1848, focused largely on what?
What was the name of the old mission that Davy Crockett and other Texans used as a fort against the Mexican military?
The Mexican-American War added land which increased sectional issues, how?
The primary cause of the Mexican-American War was land/border disputes and the annexation of what territory?
The primary goal of manifest destiny was?
What did the Fugitive Slave Act do?
How did Dred Scott V. Sanford (1857) increase sectional tension?
What was John Brown’s role in bleeding kansas?
How was the 1860 presidential election a turning point in American history?
Lincoln wanted to first and foremost preserve the ?
How did the signing of the emancipation proclamation help prevent Britain and France from helping the confederacy?
What was the turning point of the Civil War?
Who was John Wilkes Booth and what did he do?