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Size of Incan Empire Maize Anasazi Iroquois League Renaissance Gutenberg Catholic Church involvement Black Death Printing Press Democracy Joint Stock Company

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Sea routes to Asia Marco Polo Leif Eriksson Astrolabe

Purposes of Exploration Columbus (Spain) Vespucci (Spain – 1501) Magellan (Portugal) Line of Demarcation Treaty of Tordesillas moves line 800 miles Columbian Exchange Spanish Conquistadors Cortes Moctezuma Aztecs Pizarro Incas Juan Ponce de Leon Cabeza de Vaca Coronado Encomienda System Bartolome de las Casas 1516 Account

Northwest Passage English Piracy Cabot Charter Roanoke Colony Cartier Champlain La Salle Claimed French colony – Louisiana

Hernan De Soto

Hudson Middle Passage

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Southern Colonies Virginia Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Jamestown John Smith Pocahontas Powhatan Confederacy much like Iroquois League “Headright” System Toleration Act of 1649 South – Farming Slaves vs. Indentured Servants Slave Codes Bacon’s Rebellion

New England Colonies Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Religious Freedom Puritans Pilgrams Mayflower Compact Thomas Hooker Roger Williams Anne Hutchinson North – Mercantilism Salem Witch Trials

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Redcoats

Samuel Adams “Taxation without Representation”

First Continental Congress

King George III Patriots Minutemen Paul Revere Sons of Liberty

Second Continental Congress (Discussion and Opinion) Thomas Paine // Common Sense // Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Independence Slavery vs. Declaration of Independence Some African-Americans become soldiers for British George Washington Battle of Bunker Hill Battle of Trenton (New Jersey) Battle of Saratoga British Navy vs. Patriot Navy John Paul Jones Spain becomes allies to Confederacy Marquis de Lafayette France loans money to Confederacy Battle of Yorktown 1783 Treaty of Paris

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Magna Carta English Bill of Rights Virginia’s Statute for Religious Freedom Article of Confederation Pros and Cons of Articles of Confederation Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Land Ordinance of 1785 International Trade Problems Tariff Blockade 1784 Spanish close Mississippi River trade route

Interstate Trade Problems Inflation Northern States Ban Slavery Shay’s Rebellion Call for “Federalism” Alexander Hamilton & James Madison Great Compromise 3/5th Compromise Checks and Balances

Anti-Federalists Thomas Jefferson & George Mason Reason for Bill of Rights Popular Sovereignty

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Federal System U.S. Constitution Articles in Constitution Federal Supremacy Clause Doctrine of Separation of Powers Legislative Branch Congress’ function in Federal Government How can Congress override President’s Veto Senate House of Representatives

Judicial Branch Supreme Court Unconstitutional Laws and the Supreme Court

Executive Branch U.S. President and Vice President Cabinet Members Vice-President’s role in Legislative Branch Veto Power Bill of Rights How to Amend the Constitution Majority Rule Due Process Rights of Legal Immigrants Selective Service and the Draft Interest Groups Political Action Committees Voting is our privilege and duty

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George Washington as First President Electoral College Federal Government “established as a precedent”

Alexander Hamilton-Strong Federalist Strict Constructionist U.S. Bonds National Debt Thomas Jefferson- Anti-Federalist Loose Constructionist Debate of National Bank and Mint Protective Tariff Neutrality Proclamation U.S. Policy toward France in war with British Jay’s Treaty Pickney’s Treaty Whiskey Rebellion British Supply Native Americans with Guns Washington’s Farewell Address warned of: Burdening future generations with debt Political Conflicts Making Permanent Foreign Allies Washington - “political unity” key to U.S. success

First U.S. Political Parties-Federalist and Democratic Republicans Election of President and Vice-President in 1796 XYZ Affair Alien and Sedition Acts

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Election of 1800 Transition of Political Power Jefferson Pushes Bipartisanship Marbury v. Madison Bordering U.S. States benefit from Mississippi River Louisiana Purchase Why does Napoleon want to sell Louisiana territory? Meriwether Lewis William Clark Lewis and Clark Expedition Lewis and Clark Route 1803 U.S. Ships goods to France and Great Britain Southern and Western Legislators promoted War of 1812 Federalists’ argument against the War of 1812 Impressment Trade Restrictions Impressment Embargo Act Treaty of Greenville Tecumseh “War Hawks” War of 1812 Battle of New Orleans Andrew Jackson Treaty of Ghent