History

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Front Back
This was a printer, scientist and inventory who helped write both the Declaration of Independence and the Constituion
Benjamin Franklin
This is the act, by a militarily strong country, of invading and taking over the sovereignty of another area
Colonization
These are Spanish explorers who conquered native American cultures/searched for God, Gold & Glory
Conquistadors
This was the first representative government in North American (New World) located in Virginia/legislature of the Virginia Colony
House of Burgesses
He was an English soldier and sailor, who is now remembered helping to establish jamestown, the first permanenet English colony in North America
John Smith
This was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony, signed by the Pilgrims in November of 1620
Mayflower Compact
This was the name given to British soldeiers in American Colonies
Redcoats
This was an American revolutionary who led the Boston Tea Party/leader of the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
He was a founding father and author of the Federalist Papers, the first Secretary of the Treasury, and the architect of the first fiscal plan for the US after the ratification of the Constituion, However, he is most popular for losing a duel with Aaron Burr that eventually cost him his life/developed the Economic Plan for the US during the 1790's
Alexander Hamilton
Special Laws passed by southern state governments immediately after the Civil War. They were designed to control former slaves, and to subvert the intent of the 13th Amendment
Black Codes
This is the 1787 meeting at which the Constitution of the US was debated and agreed upon/held to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more controlled government
Constitutional Convention
This was the "Great Chief Justice", he presided over the case of Marbury v Madison and was rememberd as the principal founder of the US system of constitutional law/served 34 years & helped shape a powerful national government
John Marshall
This is the power of a court to review a law or an offical act of a government employee or agent for constitutionality or for the villation of basic principles of justice
Judical Review
This is the policy that the law making, executive, and judicial powers be held by different groups and people
Separation of Powers
This group of Patriots was formed in 1765 and urged colonial resistance to the Stamp Act using any means available...even violence
Sons of Liberty