Period 1 (1491-1607)
This term refers to the transfer of goods, food, food, and disease across the "Old World" and the "New World"
Columbian Exchange
This peace-loving Christian sect settled Pennsylvania
Quakers
After the French and Indian War, the British crown forbade the colonists from settling to the west of these mountains.
Appalachian Mountains (Proclamation of 1763)
In which Supreme Court case did the Supreme Court establish its own power and doctrine of judicial review?
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
The signing of this treaty granted the United States the territories of California, New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
This was the royal Spanish labor system in which the royal crown rewarded Spanish men with land and native slaves in the new world.
Encomienda System
In 1620, the pilgrims drew up this document which established majority rule and self-government in their new colony of New England.
The Mayflower Compact
At the start of the French and Indian War in 1754, Benjamin Franklin developed this plan to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies - but it was rejected.
Albany Plan of Union
Henry Clay's American System included ________ __________ to protect american industry from foreign competition.
protective tariffs
In which infamous court case did the Supreme Court rule that the rights and protections of the US Constitution did not apply to African-Americans?
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
This man was a 16th century Spanish priest/friar who argued that the actions of the Spanish towards the native americans wee wrong and they should be treated as children of god.
Bartolome de Las Casas
There were different kinds of colonies. Corporate colonies were operated by _________ ___________ companies
Joint Stock Companies
One of the only positive things about the government under the Articles of Confederation was that they passed this legislation that established the rules for creating new states.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
This President advised European powers to stay out of Latin America after those countries had gained their independence
James Monroe (Monroe Doctrine)
In a last ditch effort to preserve the Union after the election of 1860, a senator attempted to convince congress to pass an amendment to guarantee slavery in all of the US below 36 degrees latitude, what was this attempt called?
Crittenden Compromise (Senator John Crittenden)
The cultivation of this crop by Native Americans led to population growth, large settlements, and even irrigation systems and cities.
Maize
This was a court case from 1735 where a man was accused of libel against New York's governor, but was acquitted by the jury - a foreshadowing of the US' freedom of the press.
Zenger Case
This 1777 battle of the American Revolution was influential because the colonial victory convinced the French to ally themselves with the colonial rebels.
Battle of Saratoga
Under Andrew Jackson, the Indian Removal Act was passed in 1830. Later, this led to the forced removal and death of 4,000 Cherokees on a march known as...
the Trail of Tears (1838)
What slave states did not join the Confederate States of America?
Kentucky, Missouri, Delaware, Maryland (later W. Virgina) - The Border States
The Spanish had a hierarchical societal structure in the colonies in which pure blooded Spaniards were at the top, while Africans and Natives were at the bottom. This was called a ________ system.
Caste
A huge influence on the colonists was Enlightenment literature and ideas, for example John Locke who wrote this work arguing that power ultimately resides with the people, not the state.
Two Treatises of Government
In contrast to the government's handling of Shay's Rebellion under the Articles of Confederation in 1786-1787, the new government under the new constitution successfully dealt with this rebellion in western Pennsylvania in 1794
Whiskey Rebellion
This meeting, held in New York in 1848, was a pivotal moment in the history of women's rights in the United States
Seneca Falls Convention
In the beginning of the War, President Lincoln suspended this right of people accused of a crime
Habeas Corpus