Period 1
This explorer is credited with being the first to discover the "New World"
Who is Christopher Colombus
The triangle trade lasted from the 16 to 1800s through the Atlantic
What is the Atlantic Slave Trade
Starting in 1765, this group were extremist and wanted Liberty or Death
Who were the Sons (and Daughters) of Liberty
This 1803 court case established Judicial Review in the USA
What was Marbury V Maddison
A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.
What was Manifest Destany
The Spanish name for "Conquer"
What is Conquistador
Being officially signed in 1620, this was the first form of English Government in the New World
What is the Mayflower Compact
A doctrine that stated that colonies were formed to help and provide for the Mother Country
What was Mercantilism
Illegal seizure of Americans, forcing them to work on ships of the British and French
A loose union of independent states; name of government used by the southern states that seceded during the Civil War
What is a Confederacy
The name of the first settlement attempt by the English
What was Roanoke
From Jamestown to the end of the 7 years war, this was a time period in which England did not enforce the colonial laws
What is Salutary Neglect
An act launched in 1765 that placed a tax on any and every tangible paper item
What was the Stamp Act
This was the name for James Monroe's presidency, and led the nation to a great sense of nationalism
What was the Era of Good Feelings
(1) California admitted as free state, (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico, (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries, (4) federal assumption of Texas debt, (5) slave trade abolished in DC, and (6) new fugitive slave law; advocated by Henry Clay and Stephen A. Douglas
What is the Compromise of 1850
System that the Spanish used Native Americans as slaves and they were treated very poorly
What is the Encomienda System
This man is credited for the First Great Awakening and for the start of the new light preaching style
Who was George Whitfield
This treaty formally ended the Revolutionary war, resulting in American independence
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)
The appointment of Federalist judges at the very end of Adams' term as president, ultimately ending the Federalist party
What were the midnight judges
Daily Double
Congressman Abraham Lincoln supported a proposition to find the exact spot where American troops were fired upon, suspecting that they had illegally crossed into Mexican territory.
What was the Spot Resolution
The treaty that the kingdoms of Spain and Portugal used to split up South America
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas
Conflict fought in 1637 between the Natives and Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies
What is the Pequot War
This plan was put in place to settle the dispute over states' rights to the Federal government, and we now have the house and the senate
What was the Connecticut Compromise
The Cherokees, the Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and the Seminoles; tribes that attempted to adopt American customs, and were known as what in American culture
What are the Civilized tribes
This line was perceived as a divider between free and slave states before the Civil War
What was the Mason-Dixon line