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- 1Magna Carta1215, king john signed this document which made the king subject to law.
- 2English Bill of Rights1689 declared the supremacy of Parliament
- 3Articles of Confederation1777, Second Continental Congress passed these documents, under which congress would become a single branch of the national government
- 4Tariff:tax on imports and exports
- 5May 1787:Constitutional convention met in Philadelphia to improve the government
- 6George Washingtonelected president of the constitutional convention in 1787
- 7Bicameral systemsystem in which 2 groups of representatives would represent the government
- 8The Great Compromisecombined the New Jersey plan and the Virginia plan to create a senate and house of representatives
- 9Federalismrefers to the sharing of power among the central government and the states
- 10Legislative branch:passing laws
- 11Judicial branchnational courts
- 12Executive branchpresident and department that runs the government
- 13Federalist Papers:series of essays that supported the constitution
- 14Bill of Rights:10 amendments added to the constitution in 1791
- 15US senate has ___ representatives from each state:2
- 16US House of representatives has ___ people:435
- 17Treaty of Paris of 1783:ended American Revolution
- 18First US President:George Washington
- 19First US vice president:John Adams
- 20Alexander Hamilton:first US secretary of treasury
- 21Thomas Jefferson:first US secretary of state
- 22Benjamin Banneker:free African American skilled in math and science; he surveyed the land for the district of columbia and the permanent US capital
Louisiana Purchase: 1803, Jefferson authorized this purchase, which doubled the size of America and cost $15 million - 23Lewis and ClarkJefferson sent them to survey the new territory (Louisiana)
- 24Samuel Adamspatriot that led the Boston tea party
- 25John Adams:patriot that was a part of the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress. He also helped write the declaration of independence
- 26Crispus Attucks:first African American patriot that died in the Boston Massacre
- 27Alamo:abandoned mission in Texas which became the scene of a great battle between Santa Anna and the Army of Texas
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- 7th grade US History Flashcards on ss final, created by Caroline Courville on 16/05/2023.
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