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- Many of the French & English explorers who claimed land in North America were looking for this westerly trade route to Asia.
- The Louisiana Purchase MORE THAN DOUBLED THE SIZE OF THE UNITED STATES, and also gave the United States
- The Supreme Court's decision in Marbury v. Madison increased the power of the court by asserting the power of
- What was a belief of Alexander Hamilton and his supporters in the federalist party?
- In 1789 the new federal government did what to raise money so that it could operate.
- The presidential election of 1800 was closely contested and had an outcome that
- Prominent Quaker activist who founded Pennsylvania as a haven for fellow Quakers in 1681. He established friendly relations with neighboring Indian tribes and attracted a wide array of settlers.
- Much-loathed administrator of the Dominion of New England, which was created in 1686 to strengthen imperial control over the New England colonies.
- what war was the balfour decoration issued in
- In 1686, King James II consolidated all of the New England Colonies into one entity called THIS and put them under a tyrannical governor, Edmund Andros, ending colonial legislative rule and angering many colonists. The Glorious Revolution brought all of this to an end.
- Set of laws beginning in 1662 defining racial slavery. They established the hereditary nature of slavery and limited the rights and education of slaves.
- The Supreme Court's decision in the Marbury v. Madison case established
- Drafted by settlers in the Connecticut River Valley, document was the first "modern constitution" establishing a democratically controlled government.
- Legal principle that the oldest son inherits all family property or land. Caused many younger sons to seek their fortunes in America.
- Migration of seventy thousand refugees from England to the North American colonies, primarily New England and the Caribbean.
- Dominant credo of the New England Puritans based on the teachings of John Calvin. They believed in predestination—that only the "elect" were destined for salvation.
- Passed in 1649 in Maryland, it guaranteed toleration to all Christians but decreed the death penalty for those, like Jews and atheists, who denied the divinity of Jesus Christ.
- This was the name of the Puritans colony in New England that was to be a model to Christians everywhere.
- Bound together five tribes-- including the Mohawks, Oneidas, and Seneca's-- in what is now New York State. It was the most powerful group of Native Americans in the American colonies.
- WHAT COLONY established the first public (or universal) schools in the colonies because of Puritan beliefs that everyone should know how to read the Bible?