I am 14 years old and I am in Mrs. Ojibway´s 8th period history class. I enjoy learning and I try my best in school. I plan on going to college.

braham Lincoln

-16th president of the U.S.

-Wrote the Gettysburg Address

-Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation

oston Massacre

-5 men were killed

-John Adams defended the redcoats who were arrested for murder

-Used as a tool for anti-British propaganda

ash Crops

-Mostly grown by the middle and southern colonies

-Common cash crops include cotton, tobacco, and grain.

-Generated a lot of revenue

eclaration of Independence

-Listed grievances of the colonies

-Written in 1776

-Declared that the colonies wanted independence

mancipation Proclamation

-¨Freed¨ the slaves

-Ensured that Europe wouldn´t help the South

-Written by Abraham Lincoln

ederalists

-Wanted a strong national government

-Favored a national bank

-Wanted U.S. economy to be based on manufacturing and shipping

eorge Washington

-First president of the U.S.

-President of the constitutional convention

-Commander of the continental army

enry Clay

-Known as the "Great Compromiser"

-Missouri Compromise of 1820

-Compromise of 1850

ntolerable Acts

-Passed in 1774

-American Patriots felt they were unfair

-Punished colonists for the Boston Tea Party

amestown

-First permanent settlement

-Founded in 1607

-Located in Virginia

u Klux Klan

-Opposed reconstruction policies

-Wanted to maintain white supremacy

-Founded in 1865

ouisiana Purchase

-Doubled the size of the U.S.

-Purchased from France in 1803

-Cost $15 million

arbury v. Madison

-Judicial review

-Chief Justice John Marshall

-Happened in 1803

ullification Crisis

-South Carolina threatened to secede

-South Carolina declared the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional, therefore null/void in the state

-Happened in 1832-1837

regon Trail

roclamation of 1763