Exchange of goods/diseases between Old & New Worlds
Columbian Exchange
First permanent English colony
Jamestown
War between Britain & France in America
French & Indian War
First president
George Washington
Cause of Civil War
Slavery
System forcing natives to work for Spanish
Encomienda System
Region known for plantations
Southern Colonies
Pamphlet by Thomas Paine
Common Sense
Purchase doubling U.S. size
Louisiana Purchase
President during Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
Crop that supported large Native populations
Maize
Trade route involving slaves, sugar, rum
Triangular Trade
Document declaring independence
Declaration of Independence
War in 1812 against
Britain
Order freeing slaves
Emancipation Proclamation
Reason Europeans explored (wealth, God, glory)
Mercantilism / motives
Conflict between natives & settlers in New England
King Philip’s War
First U.S. government
Articles of Confederation
Policy warning Europe to stay out
Monroe Doctrine
Amendment ending slavery
13th Amendment
Impact of horses on Native societies
Increased mobility & warfare
Enlightenment idea influencing colonies
Natural rights
Compromise counting enslaved people as 3/5
3/5 Compromise
Economic plan by Hamilton
National Bank
Period rebuilding the South
Reconstruction