Karteikarten: Foundations of American Society and Politics — 13 Karten

English colonization — motives?

Economic gain and religious freedom

13 colonies — significance?

Foundation of the United States

Indigenous displacement — effect?

Loss of land and culture

Common law — influence?

Shaped colonial legal systems

Representative institutions — role?

Allowed colonial self-governance

Puritan moral mission — impact?

Founded American exceptionalism

American Exceptionalism — roots?

Puritan religious ideas and moral mission

Declaration of Independence — year?

1776

Taxation without representation — cause?

Colonial unrest and demand for rights

Constitution — key feature?

Separation of powers and federalism

Slavery — role in economy?

Central to plantation economy and triangular trade

Civil War — main issue?

Slavery and states' rights

Gilded Age — characteristic?

Industrial growth and wealth inequality