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The document provides information about early American colonial history and rights. It discusses that North Carolina was the first colony to authorize separating from Britain. It also discusses the Zenger case, where a publisher was prosecuted but the jury ruled in favor of freedom of the press. Finally, it compares voting procedures between the colonial era and modern times, noting that voting was previously public, oral, and only for white male landowners while now it is private, written, and open to all adults.
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Three-fifths Compromise
Congress
ratification
Federalism
Federalism
Antifederalists
Bill of Rights
amendment
Preamble
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judicial Branch
executive branch
suffrage
House of Representatives
Senate
popular sovereignty
federalism
separation of powers
checks and balances
“rule of law”
The Early Republic
Big Ideas
What challenges did George Washington face as the first president of the United States?
What economic problems did the new government face?
What is the purpose of a tariff?
Why did Alexander Hamilton favor imposing high tariffs and creating a national bank?
What are the two major ways of interpreting the Constitution, and how do they differ?
Why did Federalists pass the Alien and Sedition Acts?
What were the main parties in the election of 1800, and how did their views differ?
People and Events to Know
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Creation of the national bank
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Marbury v. Madison
Terms to Know
Tariff
National bank
Alien and Sedition Acts
Political parties
Democratic-Republicans
Federalists (the political party)
Expanding Toward War
Big Ideas
How did the United States acquire the land in the west?
What was the spoils system and how was it controversial?
How did the Indian Removal Act affect Native Americans in the Southeast?
How did the issue of tariffs divide the country?
Why did nullification threaten the nation?
Why did people move west?
How did Texas become a state?
How did Manifest Destiny impact westward migration?
What areas did the United States gain as a result of Manifest Destiny?
What goals did the Lewis and Clark expedition have? What did it accomplish?
What were the causes and effects of the War of 1812?
What were the effects of the War of 1812?
How did the invention of the cotton gin change Southern life?
How did economic dif.
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