Period 1
The trading of goods, diseases, and lifestock that occured in the 1500's-1700's is best known as this
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Name the three countries that colonized the Americas
countries sought to increase their wealth and power by selling more goods than they bought
What is Mercantilism?
This machine, created by Eli Whitney led to the massive rise in slave labor throughout the South.
What is the cotton gin?
Name two advantages the Confederacy had against the Union
1.Own territory
2. trained military
3. Arms/ money
4. Morale, fighting for what they believed was fair
These three reasons are considered to be the basis for Spanish colonization of the "New World"
What are the three G's: God, Gold, Glory?
Name the first settlement created by England and the year
What is Jamestown in 1607?
England ignored the colonies and let them self govern. This is referred to as...
What is salutary neglect?
Term that describes the loyalty for a part of the country and not the whole
What is sectionalism?
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Iroquois invented this type of farming that allowed for the soil to remain nutritious for long periods of time
What is Three Sister Farming?
led to a shift in labor systems, increased racial divisions, and solidified the political and economic dominance of the elite planter class in Virginia
What is Bacons Rebellion?
Act that created a border along the Appalachian Mountains after the Seven Years War.
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
Term that describes that there is a central government and a state government that share power
Federalism
Supreme court case that established that African Americans were not citizens and therefore were not covered under the constitution.
Dred Scott V Sanford
This system created by the Spaniards is considered an early form of slavery
What is the encomienda system?
challenged religious and gender authority in colonial Massachusetts; banished from colony in 1637
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
This diplomatic act was the last attempt by the colonies to avoid the Revolutionary war
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
The supreme court case that determined that African Americans could NOT be citizens regardless of status or location.
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
What general led the Union and what was the final battle of the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant, Battle/ Surrender of Appomattox
The three Native tribes that are considered the most formative during this period
Who are the Iroquois, Sioux, and Aztec?
The system in which your inheritance is based off of your line of succession
What is primogeniture, or hereditary succession?
The Articles of Confederation did not allow for taxes to be collected, what event resulted in the further weakening of governmental power during this era, and has a direct link to minimal taxation.
What is Shays Rebellion?
This act was introduced after the Mexican American war to stop the spread of slavery and bring about its gradual end.
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
Tariff that was associated with a growing dissent for the country as it unfairly affected one section of the US over the other.
Double points: Who wrote the complaint?
Triple points: What state did this individual belong to?
Who is John C. Calhoun?
What is South Carolina?