Magna Carta 1215granted rights to noblemen and freemen. Limited power of the king

House of Burgesses 1619 The First Representative Body in the colonies; Virginia

Mayflower Compact 1620 first system of self-government in America.

English Bill of Rights 1689 supported a limitedmonarchy, gov’t based of laws made by parliament provided a system of shared power

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1639 the first constitution in the American colonies; extended voting rights to non-church members and limited the powers of the governor, expanded ideas of representative government

Articles of Confederation 1781 the nation’s first constitution; lacked

the power to tax, regulate trade, or

control coinage lack of power to

create a national army

egislative – makes laws

xecutive– enforces the law

udicial– interprets

the law

eligion

ssembly

ress etition

peech

U.S. Constitution1787

ec. of Ind.

rticles of Confed.

onstitution

13th

Civil War Amendments

14th

15th

Founding

DocumentsRevolution Events

exington

aratoga

orktown

Valley ForgeMarbury v. Madison=Judicial Review

Jamestown -1st perm. English settlement

Mayflower Compact – 1st system of self-gov’t

Declaration of Independence

Constitution

Louisiana Purchase

Civil War

New England

Southern Colonies

Middle Colonies

US in 1783

Florida Cession

Appalachian Mtns

Louisiana Purchase

Republic of Texas

Rocky Mtns.

Gadsden Purchase

Mexican Cession

Oregon Territory

1819

18031848

1845

Long winters, rocky soil, timber, fishing, shipbuilding, whaling

subsistence farming, good soil, warm climate

1846

Hot climate, fertile soil, cash crops, plantation system

MA.

NH

CT RINY

PENNNJ

DELMDVA

NC

SCGA

Colonization

Mercantilism

Columbian Exchange

Middle Passage

Great Migration

Triangular trade Navigation Acts

Salutary neglect

Revolution

Patriots vs. Loyalists

Quartering Act

Stamp Act

Intolerable Acts

Boston Massacre

1st/2nd Continental Congress

Boston Tea Party

Treaty of Paris 1783

Proclamation of 1763

Common Sense

Grievances

Unalienable rights

Constitution

Federalists vs. Antifederalists

Popular Sovereignty

Republicanism

Checks and Balances

Separation of Powers

Federalism

Limited Powers

Individual Rights

7 Principles of the Constitution

Great Compromise

3/5 Compromise

Bill of Rights

Elastic Clause

Early Republic

Neutrality

Whiskey Rebellion

Washington’s Farewell Address

XYZ Affair

Alien and Sedition Acts

Political Party System

Federalists vs. Democratic Republicans

Judicial Review

War of 1812

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Marbury v. Madison

McCullough v. Maryland

Gibbons v. Ogden

Jacksonian Democracy

Democratic Party

States’ rights

Indian Removal

Nullification Crisis

Whig Party

Tariff of Abominations

War on the Bank

Westward Expansion

Louisiana Purchase

Mexican Cession

Manifest Destiny

California Gold Rush

Oregon Trail

Battle of the Alamo

Industry and Reform

2nd Great Awakening

Seneca Falls Convention

Declaration of Sentiments

Underground Railroad

civil disobedience

temperance

abolition

transcendentalism

Hudson River School

Factory system

Interchangeable parts

Cotton Gin

Industrial Revolution

Sectionalism

States’ rights

Popular sovereignty

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Compromise of 1850

Fugitive Slave Act

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Republican Party

Civil War

Confederate States of America

Border state

Anaconda Plan

Emancipation Proclamation

Gettysburg

Vicksburg

Fort Sumter

Appomattox Courthouse

Copperhead

Radical Republican

Minie ball

rifle

ironclad

Thirteenth Amendment

Fourteenth Amendment

Fifteenth Amendment

Antietam

Secession