This crop originated in mexico, and spread north, and was a huge factor in development of native American societies
This royal decree, issued after the French and Indian War, forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
proclamation of 1763
This President was known for implementing the "Spoils System"
Andrew Jackson
This belief stated that the United States was destined by God to expand its control over North America.
manifest destiny
This planet, the fourth from the Sun, is known as the "Red Planet"
Mars
This system, used by the Spanish, granted colonists authority over Native American laborers.
Encomienda system
This uprising by Pennsylvania farmers in 1794 was caused by a certain drink being taxed
Whiskey rebellion
This agreement temporarily resolved the issue of slavery's expansion by admitting Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state in 1820.
Missouri compromise
This 1854 act inflamed tensions over slavery by allowing settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide the slavery question for themselves.
kansas-nebraska act
This chemical element has the symbol H20
water
The most devastating element of the Columbian Exchange for Native Americans was the transfer of these.
Diseases
This pair of resolutions, secretly written by Jefferson and Madison, introduced the idea that states could judge the constitutionality of federal laws.
Kentucky and Virginia resolutions
This transportation development, connected the Great Lakes region to the Atlantic Ocean, making New York City a major trade hub.
Erie canal
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this military fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
Fort Sumter
This planned city is the capital of Australia, not Sydney or Melbourne.
Canberra
Along with a desire for Gold and God, this third "G" describes the Spanish motive to establish an empire and achieve national pride.
Glory
This individual, whose ideas on natural rights and social contract heavily influenced the Declaration of Independence, was a foundational Enlightenment philosopher.
John Locke
This reform movement sought to outlaw the manufacturing and sale of alcoholic beverages.
The temperance movement
This Constitutional Amendment, made in 1865, completely abolished slavery in the United States.
13th ammendment
This large animal is the largest mammal in the world, often growing to over 90 feet long.
Blue whale
A powerful Native American confederacy in the Northeast who had the Great Law of Peace created an alliance of five nations to maintain stability.
Iroquois
The required reading of this document convinced many colonists of the necessity for immediate independence from Great Britain.
Common sense
This political party was formed primarily in opposition to President Andrew Jackson, favoring Henry Clay's economic plans.
This post-Civil War policy era saw the federal government attempt to reunite the nation and establish the rights of formerly enslaved people in the South.
reconstruction
This painting by Leonardo da Vinci is arguably the most famous in the world and hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Mona Lisa