1492 - 1607
the system that allowed the government to give Native Americans to colonists so they could colonize them (first slaves)
Encomienda system
The person who came to Jamestown to help the settlers make money, said "He that will not work shall not eat."
John Smith
Explain the French and Indian War
between French and Natives vs. Britain, control over fur trade, resulted in French getting kicked out of North America and Britain being broke so TAXES
What issues did Jefferson deal with in his presidency? (1801 - 1809)
Louisiana purchase - Acquisition of Louisiana territory from France. The purchase more than doubled the territory of the United States
France and Britain fighting:
Intercourse act - not trading with people when at war
Embargo act - the Act banned the export of all goods from the United States to any foreign port. The embargo placed great strains on the American economy while only marginally affecting its European targets
The God given right to expand west
Manifest Destiny
list three reasons why the Spanish and Portuguese explored in the early age of exploration
1. God, Gold, and Glory
2. spread Christianity
3. New Technology; caravel, compass, astrolabe, etc
the cash crop that helped Jamestown make money but also led to the destruction of the soil and the first African Slaves
Tobacco
Explain 3 out of the 5 acts that caused the revolution in 1765
Quartering act - colonies had to provide food and housing for British troops
Stamp act - mandated use of stamped paper -> payment of tax stamps required on everything
Declaratory act - reaffirmed Parliaments right to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever
Townshed acts - import tax on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea
Intolerable acts - Parliaments response to the Boston Tea party -> closed down the Boston harbor, gave local authorities the power to lodge British soldiers anywhere (private homes)
Explain the election of 1825 (what happened) and how it was a corrupt bargain
4 people running (Adams, Jackson, Clay, and Crawford), no one won the popular vote, top 3 candidates go to the House of Rep to decide, Adams wins obvi, Adams appoints Clay as secretary of state (direct path to presidency - corrupt bargain)
a group of people who wanted money (not interested in land), traded, and got along with the Natives.
Small group of Puritans who sought to break away entirely from the Church of England
Separatists
Short term this document helped us win the Revolutionary war
Articles of Confederation
Since people did not need land to participate in government...which reform would deal with this and who where the major reformers?
Education
Horace Mann, Webster's dictionary, etc
Describe key points of the Compromise of 1850
The Spanish person who believe Spanish conquistadors were bad and the natives should be treated kindly
Dominic De las Casas
Passed in Maryland, it guaranteed toleration to all Chris tians but decreed the death penalty for those, like Jews and atheists, who denied the divinity of Jesus Christ. Ensured that Maryland would continue to attract a high proportion of Catholic migrants throughout the colonial period
Act of Toleration
Acts passed by a Federalist Congress raising the residency requirement for citizenship to fourteen years and granting the president the power to deport dangerous foreigners in times of peace
Alien act
why would John Adams pass this?
Explain two reforms and connect them
Prison/mental and Women's movement (many women reforms)
etc?
The case that undid the Missouri compromise, the compromise of 1850, and popular sovereignty and said slaves were property and not citizens, therefore could not sue for freedom
Dred Scott case
List three things, each, that Natives and Europeans got in the Columbia exchange
Bonus: This led to people becoming _____ in Europe.
Natives: horses, apples, potatoes
Europeans: corn, beans, and squash (3 sister farming)
This led to people becoming HEALTHIER in Europe
The center of Atlantic trade, the mother country gets all the money
Hint: This also plays into salutary neglect... define it for extra points
Mercantilism
salutary neglect - British ignored (neglected) colonies (weak rule over them)
Explain Washington's Domestic and Foreign affairs
D: Whiskey rebellion, Hamilton's financial plan (assumption, funding at par, national bank), excise tax
F: Pinkney's treaty, lack of international respect, jay's treaty, proclamation of neutrality
What issues did Jackson deal with in his presidency? (1829 - 1837)
Tariff of Abominations - Noteworthy for its unprecedentedly high duties on imports. Southerners vehemently opposed the Tariff, arguing that it hurt Southern farmers, who did not enjoy the protection of tariffs, but were forced to pay higher prices for manufactures
Nullification crisis - Showdown between President Andrew Jackson and the South Carolina legislature, which declared the 1832 tariff null and void in the state and threatened secession if the federal government tried to collect duties
Indian Removal act - Ordered the removal of Indian Tribes still residing east of the Mississippi to newly established Indian Territory west of Arkansas and Missouri, Trail of Tears - Forced march of 15,000 Cherokee Indians from their Georgia and Alabama homes to Indian Territory. Some 4,000 Cherokee died on the arduous journey
border states, maintain union, etc