Period 1
This term describes the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the New World after 1492.
Columbian Exchange
This 1607 settlement became the first permanent English colony in North America.
Jamestown
This 1754–1763 conflict between Britain and France led to British debt and new colonial taxes.
The French and Indian War/7 years war
This first U.S. national framework created a weak central government and was replaced by the Constitution.
Articles of Confederation
This 1990s Disney movie features Pocahontas and fictionalizes her encounter with English settlers at Jamestown.
Pocahontas
These Native American societies in the Great Plains region relied heavily on this animal for food, clothing, and shelter—especially after Europeans introduced horses.
Buffalo
This cash crop made the Chesapeake colonies economically successful and increased the demand for labor.
Tobacco
This 1765 British law required colonists to pay a tax on paper goods and led to the slogan “no taxation without representation.”
Stamp Act
The act represented mercantilism and ended salatury neglect
Navigation acts
This famous “revolutionary” phrase from Schoolhouse Rock taught generations of kids how a bill becomes a law.
"I'm just a bill"
This Spanish system granted colonists the right to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans in exchange for “protection” and conversion to Christianity.
The encomienda system
This 1676 rebellion in Virginia exposed tensions between poor farmers and the colonial elite, leading to a shift toward enslaved labor.
Bacons Rebellion
Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, this 1776 document justified independence by claiming government derives power from the consent of the governed.
Declaration of Independence
This 1763 British policy restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation line of 1763
This U.S. president appears on the $2 bill — and wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
This European motivation for exploration focused on spreading Christianity to Native peoples and was often used to justify colonization efforts.
Religious motivation (GOD, gold and glory)
This colonial region’s economy was based on small farms, shipbuilding, and trade, and it had a society centered around Puritan religious values.
New England
This 1786 rebellion by farmers in Massachusetts revealed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
Shays Rebellion
Name 3 major ideas that antifederalists/Democratic Republicans opposed compared to federalists like Hamilton
Strong National Governemnt
Constitution without Bill of Rights
National Bank
Alien & Sedition Acts
This president’s pet parrot had to be removed from his funeral for swearing.
Andrew Jackson
This crop, first domesticated in Mesoamerica, became a major food source and allowed Native American societies like the Pueblo and Mississippians to develop complex civilizations.
Maize/Corn
This 1730s–1740s religious revival movement emphasized emotional sermons and a personal connection with God, leading to the growth of new denominations.
The First Great Awakening
This 1787 agreement settled the issue of representation by creating a bicameral legislature with one house based on population and one with equal representation.
The Great Compromise
Explain how the Whiskey Rebellion tested federal authority and how President Washington responded.
Had to use military on people and really the first testament of strong national government
Colonists used this ingredient, also found in fireplaces, to brush their teeth.
Charcoal/Ashes