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CSET U.S And California History

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1. Another religious group that arrived to Massachusetts Bay in 1629. They had a covenant with God to build 'a city on a hill'






2. Movement established to say that no slaves would be on the new western territories






3. War between the French and British that ended with the defeat of French and Indian allies. It ordered French to be completely removed from North America and Spain relinquished parts of Florida in exchange for New Orleans and lands west of Mississippi






4. Captured Los Angeles until it was rec - captured by Governor Pico and General Castro for Mexico






5. Spanish conquistador who settled in Panama in 1520 - became governor of Peru and conquered the Inca empire based there






6. Migrants who came to California during the Dust Bowl and followed crops from farm to farm






7. Feature of California's constitution that gives individual citizens - citizen groups the power to placea proposed law on the ballot. Supporers must collect signatures equal to a small percengage of the electorate that votes in the most recent guberna






8. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)






9. A group of colonists that meti nPhiladelphia to plan steps for resistance to British authority






10. The founder of the San Diego mission - the first of the 21 original Spanish Catholic missions in California - later established seven missions on the El Camino Real (The Royal Road)






11. Gave southerneers a stronger fugitive slave law and popular sovereignty (territories would have the right to decide for themselves whether or not they wanted to adopt slavery on their borders) over newly conquered Mexico areas in exchange for Califor






12. War fought between U.S. and Mexico to gain more territory in the Southwest






13. The two major deserts in California






14. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers






15. State founded in 1733 as a buffer against Spain to Florida. It was the last of the 13 colonies established






16. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)






17. System of land distribution in which there were very few wealthy land owners and many landless workers






18. Native American group who inhabited the Southwest after the Anasazi people and built extensive adobe cities






19. A tradition of free public education was started in the villages of New England - Religious tolerance supplanted an early religious dogmatism first established by the Puritans in Massachusetts - A conscious choice was made to leave the idea of heredi






20. MesoAmerican empire who once reigned from equator to Chile and between the Andes Mountain. They practiced terracing and irrigating steep mountainsides. Were defeateed by smallpox epidemic






21. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America






22. The Modoc tribe of Northern California tried to take their land by force - the tribe lost and was forced to a reservation in Oregon and their leader was hanged






23. Developed in 880 AD in the Mississippi and built large religious mound structures






24. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia






25. Southeatern California native american tribes






26. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846






27. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy






28. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws






29. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810






30. MesoAmerican tribe that preceded the Aztecs but followed from the Mayans






31. Native American group developed in Southwest and were were skilled builders






32. The crest of the Rocky Mountains - Rivers that begin east of it flow toward the Atlantic Ocean - Western rivers flow toward the Pacific Ocean






33. Union created blockade of Southern ports and Confederate cotton rotted on the docks






34. The earliest form of the American Constitution that was adopted in 1781. Weak because government could not raise money from states and have no budget - could not regulate trade or conduct foreign policy without obtaining consent from states on each m






35. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a heroic slave - further spurred the need for slaves to be free

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36. The wind west of the Appalachians - An importance influence on climate: In the winter - cold air from the northwest produces freezing temperatures - In the summer - warm - moist southwesterly winds cause hot - humid weather






37. A man - made lake caused by the flooding of a 70- mile long canal from the Colorado river to the Colorado desert






38. A division of power that spells out the roles between the government and the states






39. English explorer who sailed up the California coast to the pacific Northwest






40. Separation of Powers - Checks and Balances - Federal System - Powers of Congress - The Great Compromise - Bill of Rights - Amendments






41. Established so that Californios could get their land back - rancheros who had the time and money to prusue their claims got to keep their land






42. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose






43. Native American group who were skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






44. Strong believers in the human capacity to do the right thing and did not need a strong central government






45. Spanish explorer who explored coastal areas of San diego - Santa Barbara and Monterrey






46. The first declaration of self - government in the New World






47. Spanish conquerers of Central nand South America






48. French explorer who mapped the coastline from cape Cod to Nova Scotia - explored Great Lakes and founded Montreal






49. Print money - regulate interstae and international trade - make treaties - declare war and field armed forces - establish post office - make laws necessarsy to execute powers






50. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge