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Definition: The Declaration of Independence summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence from Britain. By declaring themselves an independent nation, the Americans were able to confirm an official alliance with the Government of France and obtain their assistance in the war against Great Britain.

Historical Context: This 1776 document was influenced by John Lock's ideas of natural rights.

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Definition: Passage in the first amendment that states people have the right to practice their religion freely.

Historical Context: Allowed for new religions to appear and thrive.

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Definition: Passage in the first amendment that states the government cannot establish a state religion.

Historical Context:
Like how the whole Great Britain had to change religions once the new king is crowned and he believes in a different religion that isn't allowed

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Definition: The rights that humans are born with and ones that can not be taken away. The rights to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Historical Context: People cannot have their property and freedom taken away for no reason like how the king used to do.

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Definition: Federalism is a system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government.

Historical context: The roots of American federalism can be found in colonial times, when the idea of divided sovereign power first emerged. The thirteen colonies proclaimed their independence and freedom at the start of the Revolutionary War.

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Definition: First ten amendments.

Historical Context: Soldiers cannot burge into a civilian home like how they used to during the Revolution war.

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Definition: The Amendment that gave African Americans the right to vote.

Historical context: After the Civil War, a provision that aimed to safeguard African American men's ability to vote was incorporated into the U.S. Constitution in 1870.

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Definition: The Fourteenth Amendment grants citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States".

Historical Context: The Amendment that granted former slaves citizenship.

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Definition: This Amendment condemns slavery and involuntary servitude, except in the case of punishment as a person being convicted of a crime.

Historical Context: The Amendment that banned slavery.

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Definition: Freedom of speech and expression.

Historical Context: People are allowed to protest their concerns for the government and boycott and speak up about the unfairness of the government.

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Definition: People that called for the immediate end to slavery.

Historical Context: people from northern states pre and post-civil war.

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Definition: A religious group that supported the abolishment of slavery.

Historical context: Elizabeth Harris

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Definition: The Great Compromise was created as a result of the unhappiness of some states with their lack of representation in both houses.

Historical context: The Senate is separated into two houses, one house is the Senate which has two representatives from each state, and the House of Representatives is based on the population of the state. In the very beginning senators would elect the government officials in the House of Representatives. For every free state that was annexed into the union, there would also be a slave state that had to be annexed into the union.

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Definition: The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states along with a weak central government, leaving most of the power in the hands of the states' governments.

Historical Context: The United States' first form of government from March 1781 to 1789.

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Definition: Mormonism is the religious tradition and theology of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity started by Joseph Smith in Western New York.

Historical Context: A religion created during the Second Great Awakening, created by Joseph Smith (a sect of Christianity).

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Definition: The Second Great Awakening spread religion through revivals and emotional preaching, sparking a number of reform movements.

Historical Context: The religious revival brought new movements such as temperance, abolition, and women's rights.

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Definition: Separates the western hemisphere from Europe and warns Europe to stop colonizing the West.

Historical context: 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, naval and air quarantine of Cuba after the Soviet Union began building missiles there.

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Definition: Fees that people are charged when registering to vote (usually used to prevent African Americans from voting).

Historical Context: They were a way to further restrict the actions of African Americans.

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Definition: Individual states were allowed to invalidate laws that they deemed unconstitutional.

Historical Context: Arkansas's attempt to nullify Brown v. Board of Education in 1957.

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Definition: A government agency that provided jobs, education, shelter, and housing for war refugees in the South, especially newly freed slaves, after the civil war.

Historical Context: Established lots of schools to help the unfortunate.