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- 2. The killing of Boston colonists by British soldiers during protests against the Townshend Acts
- 4. Supreme Court case that begin with a ferry line from New York to New Jersey. Establish that INTERState trade would be taxed by the Federal government
- 7. The "real estate deal of the century" accomplished by Thomas Jefferson, doubled the size of the United States
- 8. This Act created the Kansas and Nebraska territories and said their slave/free status would be determined by popular sovereignty
- 15. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal" is the famous line from this document created at the Senaca Falls Convention
- 17. In his Presidential farewell address, Washington stated this should be the goal of US foreign policy
- 19. "Clinton's Ditch" was paid for by public investment. It connected the East Coast to the interior of the country causing massive economic growth in Western New York and Ohio
- 20. This region of the United States is known for its warm and sunny weather, long growing seasons and fertile soil
- 21. Based on the name of a minstrel show character, these laws enforced racial segregation in the South after the end of Reconstruction
- 22. The pamphlet printed by Englishman Thomas Paine, explaining why separation between the colonies and Great Britain was necessary
- 23. A trial in colonial New York against Peter Zenger for printing "libel" against the Crown. Early example of the colonies upholding freedom of speech
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- 1. The representative government of colonial Virginia where "Burgesses" would gather and discuss the interests of the People
- 3. The unoffical British policy towards the American colonists which allowed them to govern themselves until 1763
- 5. An early attempt by Britain to raise more tax revenues from the Colonies by forcing colonists to pay for stamps on all paper documents
- 6. This Supreme Court case ruled that "separate but equal" was constitutional
- 9. This disputed election caused several states to secede from the Union, leading to Civil War
- 10. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution gives Congress the right to pass any law that is "necessary and proper" for governing. Allows them to STRETCH their power.
- 11. This disputed election was settled with the Compromise of 1877 and ended Reconstruction
- 12. A Supreme Court case that begin with the last minute appointment of William Marbury. The court found that the law allowing the appointment was unconstitutional and established the practice of Judicial Review
- 13. Signed aboard the ship that brought the Pilgrims to the American colonies, this compact stated that the colonists would govern themselves
- 14. This Supreme Court case ruled that Georgia did not have a right to Cherokee lands, but was ignored by Andrew Jackson, laying the ground work for Indian Removal
- 16. Supreme Court case that begin with Maryland trying to tax the national bank. Established Federal supremacy over States
- 18. This region of colonial America was known for its rocky soil, short growing seasons and irregular coastline - great for fishing, crabbing and whaling