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The "Revolution of 1800" was the result of the election of this Democratic-Republican candidate.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Settlers from this European power were the first to colonize what is now New York City as evidenced by borough names like "Manhattan" and "Harlem".
Who are the Dutch?
This religious revival in the American colonies disrupted the established Anglican and Congregationalist churches.
What is the First Great Awakening?
Throughout the 1800s, the economy of the American South was dependent on this "royal" crop.
What is cotton?
"John Marshall has made his decision. Now, let him enforce it." (1831)
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This man was the first governor of Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in North America.
Who is John Smith?
Future President John Adams defended British soldiers in court who opened fire on colonial rioters during this key event in 1770.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Country and bluegrass music just wouldn't be the same without the introduction of this African instrument in the Columbian Exchange.
What is the banjo?
This 19th century American philosophical school emphasized man's perfectibility and the presence of the Divine in nature.
What is transcendentalism?
The introduction of horses in the Columbian Exchange radically altered the cultures of Native Americans in this North American region.
What is the Plains region?
"And never have the Indians in all the Indies committed any act against the Spanish Christians, until those Christians have first and many times committed countless cruel aggressions against them or against neighboring nations." (1561)
Who is Bartolome de Las Casas?
This famous Federalist would go on to be the first chief Supreme Court Justice of the United States.
Who is John Jay?
In 1831, this enslaved man felt compelled by God to lead a revolt liberating plantations across Virginia, killing sixty whites in the process.
Who is Nat Turner?
This term, describing someone of mixed European and Native heritage, would become a cultural pillar for Mexican nationalism and Hispanic-American identity.
What is mestizo?
Roman Catholicism was a cultural and political threat to the United States, according to this nativist group organized in the early 19th century.
Who are the "Know Nothings" or "American Party"?
What are potatoes?
"There is something absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island." (1775)
Who is Thomas Paine?
This Cherokee chief led resistance to the Indian Removal Act, successfully carrying the case to the US Supreme Court.
Who is Chief John Ross?
During the Market Revolution, these workers from Massachusetts formed one of the first labor unions in American history.
Who are the "Lowell girls"?
Enslaved persons from the Congo took up arms in 1739 in this revolt, the largest slave uprising prior to the American Revolution.
What is Stono's Rebellion?
The teachings of this Native American prophet would help spread pan-Native ideals and inspire Pontiac's War.
Who is Neolin?
This was the name given to Democratic-Republicans who zealously supported the War of 1812 and advocated for expansionism.
Who are the "War Hawks"?
"You are a den of vipers. If the people only understood the rank injustice of our money and banking system, there would be a revolution before morning." (1832)
Who is Andrew Jackson?
In the 1830s, John C. Calhoun pushed the United States one step closer to Civil War thanks to his role in this showdown of federal vs. state power.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
In 1848, this gathering met to promote suffrage for American women.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
The creation of the African state of Liberia was the brainchild of this American organization.
What is the American Colonization Society?
In this 19th century commune, sexual partners were specifically selected to create "superior" offspring in what would become the dawn of the eugenics movement.
What is the Oneida Community?
Sometimes represented by an owl, this group represented diverse factions opposed to the "monarchical" presidency of Andrew Jackson.
Who are the Whigs?
"The vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty...a dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people." (1788)
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
According to Jackson supporters, John Quincy Adams' election in 1824 was really the result of this back door deal brokered by rival Henry Clay.
What is the "corrupt bargain"?
This charismatic leader used guerilla tactics to win independence for his nation from a European power and played a key role in the early politics of that nation. (That nation, of course, was Haiti)
Who is Toussaint L'Overture?
During the French Revolution, Thomas Jefferson helped draft this important document with Marquis de Lafayette emphasizing Enlightenment ideals.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
In social contract theory, this term describes the situation of human beings before they form societies.
What is "state of nature"?
Cultivation of this crop led to the development of settled agricultural societies in the New World.
What is maize?
"Haiti is the glory of blacks and the terror of tyrants." (1829)
Who is David Walker?
John Locke broke with this earlier British philosopher, who argued the social contract existed to establish order rather than preserve liberty.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?