Unit 1
What year did Colombus land in the US?
1492
This war involved Britain, France, the U.S, and several native tribes?
7-Years or French-Indian War
This event, in 1773, had several patriots dressing as natives to protest Britian in the Boston harbor?
Boston Tea Party
Purchase by Thomas Jefferson in 1803
This president, elected in 1860, led the nation through civil war?
Abraham Lincoln
This disease caused the genocides of millions of natives?
Smallpox
This crop proved lucrative for Jamestown settlers?
Tobacco
Famous Thomas Paine pamphlet
Common Sense
This war was otherwise known as President Madison's war?
War of 1812
A tough defeat for the US during the war over Texas has since been memorialized at this famous building/battlefield?
The Alamo
This Spanish priest opposed the institution of slavery?
Who was Bartelemew de Le Casas?
This group of religious settlers settled in Massachusets were named?
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote these essays?
Federalist Papers
This is the term for the economic revolution happening in this unit that changed American culture?
The Market Revolution
Who was the Confederate president?
Jefferson Davis
This revolt was led by poor Jamestown settlers in order to protest the Jamestown government?
What was the Bacon's Rebellion?
This event was characterized by a reassertion of Christian faith in the colonies
First Great Awakening
The British surrendered at this pivotal battle?
Yorktown
This group of writers, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, were prolific and popular during this time for their romantic ideas?
The Transcedentalists
This compromise, also known as the "Dirty Compromise," marked an end to Reconstruction in the South?
Compromise of 1877
This revolt occured in New Mexico against the Spanish in the 16th century?
What was the Pueblo Rebellion?
This term, used by Spanish, was their name for a plantation style system?
Economienda system
Which plan in the Constitutional Convention proposed one house with equal representation?
New Jeresy Plan
Henry Clay's three-pronged proposal for the industrialization for America was ultimately rejected.
The American System
This small amendment to the new territory acquired from Mexico attempted to outlaw slavery in all new territories?
Wilmont Proviso