Period 1-2
What was the first representative assembly in the colonies?
Virginia House of Burgesses
First law passed by Parliament to raise tax revenue for Britain
Sugar Act
During the election of 1860, the Republicans party's platform promoted what idea for the northwest
Building of the Pacific Raiload
What year did the Lusitania sink?
1915
Trade alliance between 3 North American countries, which was created in 1994
NAFTA
What is native labor granted in exchange for the promise to Christianize?
Encomienda System
Convention by representatives held in response to the Intolerable Acts
First Continental Congress
Which President was impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act
Andrew Johnson
The beginning of WWI was sparked by the assassination of which Archduke?
Franz Ferdinand
Eisenhower signed the act authorizing the 41,000-mile network of interstate highways
Federal Highway Act
Which conflict was between de la Warr and Powhatan Confederacy in Viriginia
Anglo-Powhatan War
British officials landed with regiments of troops in Boston, the crowd threw snowballs at a squad of Redcoats, soldiers fired, killing five colonists.
Botson Massacre
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued in what year.
1863
This act cut quota for immigrants entering America from 3 to 2% of nations residents reported in 1890 census
Immigration Quota Act
What year did the US withdraw troops from Vietnam?
1973
What was created to get more indentured servants gave 50 acres to anyone who sponsored the voyage of indentured servants.
Headright System
At Lexington, colonial "minutemen" refused to disperse, and shots were fired.
Shot Heard Round the World
First Major womens suffrage movement convention
Seneca Falls Convention
Which executive order forced Japanese Americans into camps?
Executive Order 9066
This war was a result of Iraq's refusal to withdraw from Kuwait.
Persian Gulf War
What was the established collectives security of New Englanders, first step towards colonial unity
New England Confederation
Response to Pontiac's rebellion: forbid settlement West of the Appalachian Mountains to prevent conflict with Natives
Proclamation of 1763
Who coined the term Manifest Destiny
John O'Sullivan
This conference was attended by FDR, Churchill, and Stalin with hopes of discussing the post war division of Europe
Yalta Conference
What year did President Nixon resign?
1974