The Colonial Period
New York City was formerly known by this name
What is New Amsterdam?
This pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, encouraged the United States to declare independence from Britain
What is Common Sense?
This man won the Battle of New Orleans for the United States during the War of 1812 making him a popular war hero throughout the country
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This philosophy, instituted during the Early Republic, explained that God was determined to see America spread "from sea to shining sea"
What is Manifest Destiny?
This machine, invented during the Industrial Revolution, helped to increase the speed in which cotton was processed only increasing the desire for enslavement in the Southern United States
What is the cotton gin?
The Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery were the three ships that landed at this British colony
What is Jamestown?
This Founding Father was the key author of the Bill of Rights
Who was James Madison?
This religious group during the Second Great Awakening called for complete and total celibacy (lack of sexual intercourse) for all of its members
Who are the Shakers?
This movement of Native Americans, specifically the Cherokee tribe, was known by this name
What is the Trail of Tears?
This general instituted the Anaconda Plan attempting to blockade the Confederacy from receiving aid by land and by sea
Who is Winfield Scott?
Pocahontas was forced to marry this Virginia tobacco planter who brought her back to England with him
Who was John Rolfe?
These acts, passed in 1767, put a tax on items like lead, paint, glass, and tea, with the Boston Massacre occurring during their implementation
What are the Townshend Acts?
This enslaved woman escaped from George Washington's service while he was President causing a great scandal in the city of Philadelphia
Who is Ona Judge?
John C Calhoun led this process which allowed for states to cancel out certain laws that they didn't like. Eventually, this process ended only after a compromise was reached (and Andrew Jackson threatened Calhoun's life)
What is nullification?
This book, published in 1852, helped to increase awareness about the abolition movement against slavery but still maintained a lot of racial stereotypes against Black Americans
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Manhattan was fraudulently purchased by this Dutch leader from the indigenous peoples living there
Who is Peter Minuit?
John Locke argues that humanity has these three unalienable rights that can not be taken away by any government
What are life, liberty, and property?
In the 1790s, men in Western Pennsylvania revolted against the United States all over a tax on this commodity. George Washington swiftly crushed this rebellion
What is whiskey?
Intimate relationships between two people of the same gender were quite common during the 19th century and were often known as this
What are romantic friendships?
This man, a free Black man who was eventually forced into enslavement, wrote about his experience in the slave market which we read in this course
Who was Solomon Northup?
This type of cannibalism occurred among some European Christians and some indigenous tribes as cultural practices
What is ritual cannibalism?
This document, that laid out the laws before the Constitution was written, failed to bring the United States together as one nation
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This act, passed by Thomas Jefferson, halted all trade from France and Britain into the United States in order to remain neutral in their wars - it was a disaster
What is the Embargo Act?
Andrew Jackson lost to this man in the "corrupt bargain" election of 1824 - Jackson would later beat this man for President in 1828
Who is John Quincy Adams?
This type of animal was better equipped for use by the Confederacy due to access to a more nutritional diet in the South
What are horses?