Early American History
The horrific journey carrying enslaved people from Africa to the Americas was known as this.
The Middle Passage
A group of protestors in Boston boarded a British ship and threw chests full of this beverage in the water.
Tea. (Boston Tea Party)
The Constitution regulated slavery in 4 ways. Name one of them.
⅗ Clause
Continued the Atlantic slave trade for twenty years
Fugitive Slave Clause
Gave the federal government the power to use force to put down slave uprisings
The United States officially declared their independence in this year?
1776
This was the primary cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
The exchange of goods, people, and diseases between the Old world and the New world in known as this.
Columbian Exchange.
Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet in plain English making simple arguments as to why the the American Colonies should become independent from Great Britain.
Common Sense
Before the Constitution, the founding fathers agreed this document needed to be thrown out, not amended due the weak powers in granted the central government.
The Articles of Confederation
These two explorers led an expedition to explore the newly acquired lands west of the Mississippi river.
Lewis and Clark
This famous abolitionist led a raid on Harpers Ferry and was later executed for treason.
John Brown
This Native American woman was saving the life of Englishman John Smith and later marrying John Rolfe, which helped establish a period of peace between the colonists and the Native Americans. She also has a Disney Movie named after her.
Pocahontas.
The British began taxing the colonists after rolling up a large amount of debt during this conflict.
The French and Indian War
George Washington as first president set a precedent after stepping down from the top office after this many years?
8 years (2 terms)
Great Britain's final attempt to reconquer their former American colonies is known as this conflict.
War of 1812
This crop was the primary moneymaker in the South and its harvesting led to an increase in the number of slaves in the South.
Cotton
This was the first permanent English colony in the Americas.
Jamestown
The Declaration of Independence
The first ten amendments to the Constitution protect individual liberties and are known as this.
The Bill of Rights
Discovery of this precious metal near San Francisco led millions to flocking to the region.
Gold (The Gold Rush)
President Lincoln might not have won the election of 1860 if this political party had not split into 2?
Democratic Party
Columbus first encountered these people on the island of Hispaniola commenting on how friendly they were.
Taino people.
Those colonists that sided with Britain during the years leading up to the Revolution were known as this.
Loyalists
Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the United States by this key action.
The Louisiana Purchase
Andrew Jackson's presidency has been forever tarnished due to the forced removal of these people in the Southeast?
Native Americans
This order by president Lincoln officially freed the slaves in the Confederacy.
The Emancipation Proclamation