Per. 1/2: The Colonies
Revolt of indentured servants against Virginia governor Berkeley; wanted to expand west and for government protection against natives
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
Man who supported a strict interpretation of the Constitution, supported agriculture and had a pro-France policy
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Political party which opposed Jacksonian Democrats
What are the Whigs?
Civil War amendment which gave African Americans citizenship
What is the 14th amendment?
First president to be impeached
100 Bonus Points: Why was he impeached?
(Per. 4)
Who is Andrew Johnson? Bonus: Violated Tenure of Office Act (dismissed cabinet member without consent of the Senate)
Religious revival led by Jonathan Edwards and George Whitfield; led to more challenging authority and free thought
What is the First Great Awakening?
Series of import duties on glass, lead, paper, paint and tea; resulted in colonial protests and economic impacts
What are the Townshend Acts?
Allowed Maine to enter the U.S. as a free state; created by Henry Clay to balance the number of free and slave states
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Proposed popular sovereignty to determine slavery in new states, overrode the Missouri Compromise
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Revolt of poor farmers; no national military to quell it, emphasized need for stronger fed. government (Per. 3)
What is Shay's Rebellion?
Series of laws which limited the trading partners of the colonies and enforced mercantilism
What are the Navigation Acts?
Dispute over Ohio River Valley region, resulted in the displacement of the French by the British and Pontiac's Rebellion
What is the 7 Years War?
Warned against foreign entanglement and enforced U.S. role in the western hemisphere
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Designed to eliminate slavery in the land acquired in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; failed to pass
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
Established favorable trade relations between the U.S. and Britain (Per. 3)
What is Jay's Treaty?
Which colonies had the most immigration of families during the colonial period?
What are the New England colonies?
Enacted under the Articles of Confederation; established system which admitted territories to the Union, forbid slavery in these territories (could be voted on once statehood was established)
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
Court case under the Marshall Court which established the principle of judicial review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
First major women's rights convention, adopted the Declaration of Sentiments; led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott
Court case which ruled that African Americans are not citizens; 5th amendment forbade congress from depriving people of their private property
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
Spanish writer who criticized the cruelty of the encomienda system
100 Bonus Points: What idea did he popularize?
Who is Bartolome De las Casas? Bonus: Black Legend
What are the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
Conflict caused by British impressment; opposed by Federalists and resulted in the Hartford Convention
What is the War of 1812?
Informal agreement which marked the end of the Reconstruction era; pulled Union troops out of the South
What was the Compromise of 1877?
Trial which set the precedent of free speech; speech can be negative as long as it is true (Per.1)
What is the Zenger trial?