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1. 11th Grade
TAKS Review
2. Political Influences on United States History
3. The Magna Carta was signed by King John in 1215.
It asserted the right of British citizens to
A trial by jury
No imprisonment without a trial
No taxation except by approval of Parliament
4. 1492 Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas.
5. Colombian Exchange A series of interactions between the Native Americans and Europeans.
6. Jamestown, Virginia
First permanent English settlement in North America.
7. Passed by Parliament in 1689.
English rights reinforced:
no taxation
right to petition
individual rights
8. American Revolutionary Period
9. Declaration of Independence signed.
Start of the Revolutionary War.
United States established as an independent nation.
10. A system of government in which power is held by the people and their will is carried out by elected representatives.
11. Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776
Written by Thomas Jefferson
American colonies declare independence from England
List of grievances against King George III
12. Declaration of Independence The Declaration states the two major principles on which the Constitution is based:
Government gets its power from the consent of the governed.
All men are created equal and have unalienable rights.
13. Thomas Jefferson Main author of the Declaration of Independence
3rd President
14. Rights/Privileges according to the Declaration of Independence.
These rights cannot be taken away.
Unalienable Rights are:
Life
Liberty
Pursuit of happiness
15. Grievances =
Complains
16. Colonial Grievances Taxation without consent (permission)
No representation
No trial by jury
Quartering troops
Standing armies in peace time
17. Revolution Armed rebellion
Uprising against the government or authority
A period of great change
18. Independence Free from influence or control of other nations, sovereign.
19. American Revolution The war of independence fought between Britain and 13 of its colonies in North America
1775-1783
20. George Washington Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolution
1st president of the United States
21. Lexington and Concord (1775) Battles that started the American Revolution.
22. Battle of Saratoga (1777) Colonist victory over British.
Turning point in Revolutionary War.
French offer help to colonists.
23. Battle of Yorktown (1781) Colonists defeated the British.
The British surrendered.
End of military struggle.
24. Treaty of Paris (1783) Ended the Revolutionary War.
British recognized colonists independence.
British gave colonists all the lands stretching west of the Mississippi River.
25. Confederation An alliance of states where states have the majority of the power and retain their sovereignty.
26. First government of United States from 1781 1788.
State sovereignty
Weak national government
No standing army
No power to tax
No courts
No executive
27. U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights
28. U.S. Constitution written at Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia
Ratification of Constitution and Federalist Papers in 1788.
29. Philadelphia Convention 1787
Constitutional convention resulted in creation of FEDERAL government (separate executive, judicial and legislative branches)
Convention replaced the Articles of Confederation and wrote the U.S. Constitution
30. Principles of theU.S. Constitution Basic law and government of the United States
Based on 7 principles:
Republicanism
Popular sovereignty
Federalism
Limited government
Separation of power
Checks and balances
Individual rights
31. The idea that government is controlled by the people who hold power and elect representatives, giving those representatives power to make and enforce laws.
32. Popular Sovereignty All political power rests with the people who can create, alter, and abolish government.
33. Limited Government Limits are placed on the powers of government
Everyone, including all authority figures, must obey the laws
34. Each branch of the government shares its power and checks the other two.
Prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful.
35. Distribution of the powers of government between a central (federal) government and the regional (states) governments.
36. = 1
37. = 50
38. Separation of Powers Form of government organized in three branches
A legislative branch (Congress)
An executive branch (the President)
A judicial branch (Supreme Court)
42. The rights of the people protected in the Bill of Rights including:
Economic rights related to property
Political rights related to freedom of speech and press
personal rights related to bearing arms and maintaining private residences
43. Federalist Papers
Newspaper articles in New York state.
Explained reasons why people should adopt the new US constitution.
Authors: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay.
44. Ratify Approve
45. The way of making changes to the U.S. Constitution
46. First ten amendments to the Constitution
(ratified in 1791)
47. First Amendment: Religious and Political Freedom States that Congress shall make no law restricting freedom of:
Speech
Press
Religion
Assembly
Petition
48. Second Amendment: Right to Bear Arms Guarantees the right of states to organize militias, or armies, and the right of individuals to bear arms.
49. Third Amendment:Quartering of Troops Soldiers cannot be housed in peoples homes unless it is approved by law.
50. Fourth Amendment:Search and Seizure Protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures.
If a judge believes the search is reasonable, a search warrant will be granted.
51. Fifth Amendment: Rights of the Accused This amendment protects an accused person from having to testify against him or herself (self-incrimination).
It bans double jeopardy (tried twice for the same crime)
It guarantees that no citizen may be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law certain legal procedures that must be carried out before a person can be punished.
52. Sixth Amendment:Right to a Speedy, Public Trial Guarantees a fair and impartial trial to those accused of a crime.
Accused must be told of the charges.
Accused has a right to a trial by jury.
Accused has a right to be represented by a lawyer.
53. Seventh Amendment:Trial by Jury in Civil Cases Guarantees individuals the right to a jury trial in many non-criminal matters.
54. Eighth Amendment: Limits of Fines and Punishment Federal courts can not require an unusually high bail.
No one can be punished in an cruel and unusual way.
55. United States History1800 to 1877
56. Nullify
57. Attempt by South Carolina to nullify of federal law in 1832.
Issue->high federal tariffs
South Carolina protested/refused to pay
President Jackson ->Force Act
South Carolina backed down
Southerners favored freedom of trade and believed in the authority of states over the federal government.
Southerners declared federal protective tariffs null and void.
58. Supreme Court case that ruled that African Americans were not citizens of the U.S.
59. The movement to end slavery in the United States.
60. A system of agricultural production based on large-scale land ownership and use of slave labor.
61. States Rights A view held by Southerners before the Civil War that the states were sovereign and had rights independent of the federal government and law.
62. States Rights The idea that states had the right to control all issues/laws in their state not specifically given to the federal government by the specific words of the Constitution.
63. States Rights It was used mostly by Southern states to argue that they had the right to nullify federal laws they did not agree with.
64. Secession = to withdraw
11 of the Southern states separated from the United States and formed their own country = Confederate States of America.
65. Dates of the Civil War between North and South.
War between the States, began with Ft. Sumter and ended at Appomattox Courthouse
Major battles:
Gettysburg and Vicksburg
66. The U.S. Civil War (1861-1865) resulted from years of conflict between competing sectional interests including
slavery
States rights
conflicting economic and social structures of the North and South.
67. Issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862
It declared that all slaves in the rebellious Confederate states would be free.
68. Speech given by Abraham Lincoln which captured the spirit of liberty and morality ideally held by citizens of a democracy.
That ideal was threatened by the Civil War.
70. Reconstruction Amendments 13th amendment: 1865
14th amendment : 1868
15th amendment : 1870
71. A Reconstruction amendment that freed slaves in the United States
72. A Reconstruction amendment, which declared that all persons born in the U.S. were citizens and were entitled to equal rights.
73. A Reconstruction amendment that granted black men the right to vote.