Period 1
1492-1607
1492-1607
the steady decrease of native populations after 1610 was due to
Europeans spreading diseases
Founding Father wrote a glowing review of George Whitefield in his autobiography
Benjamin Franklin
colonists who remained "loyal" to Great Britain
Loyalists
Southerner who argued that slavery was a positive good
John C Calhoun
Polk's desire to acquire Oregon, and California were all connected to this God given idea?
Manifest Destiny
Gold and tribute were the goals of this European colony in the Chesapeake.
Jamestown
The expansion of protestant evangelicalism is in part due to his eloquent and theatrical sermons
George Whitefield
Acts of Oppression
Name the change in American society and economy after the Era of Good Feelings
the Market Revolution
the Free soilers were opposed to
the expansion of slavery into the Western Territories
During the first half of the 1600s, the Powhatan defended their land from these people
the English
Fur for France
Gold for Spain
_____ for England
tobacco
The Puritans massacre of these Indians was viewed as a sign of God's will
the Pequot
What was the title of William Lloyd Garrison's Abolitionist newspaper
the Liberator
What was the prevailing idea about women that the participants at the Seneca Falls were challenging?
that women should focus on the home and domestic sphere.
Initially, how did the colony of Jamestown seek to fulfill its labor needs?
Indian slave labor
As colonial populations increased new settlements were established here
the western edge of the colony
The goal of these colonists was to establish "godly communities"
The Puritans/Pilgrims
The Antebellum Era is defined in part by
moral and reform movements born out of the 2nd Great Awakening.
President Johnson 1866 veto that contributed to his impeachment
The Freedman's Bureau or the Civil Rights of 1866
Horses
Lower life expectancy, larger populations of indentured servants and greater gender imbalance
Name the inventor and the invention that resuscitated Slavery
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Transportation system that moved slaves from the Chesapeake to the Deep South through the interior of the nations
Inland System
What maintained the balance of power in Congress in 1820?
the Missouri Compromise