Native American & European Colonists
The three major European countries to colonize North America
Spain, France, & England
This event was a direct protest of the Tea Act by colonists, and involved destroying shipments of British tea
The Boston Tea Party
The Louisiana Purchase
The idea that it is America's god given right to expand westward and settle all the land America owns
Manifest Destiny
The election of this President caused the South to secede in 1861
Abraham Lincoln
The major crop that saved the Jamestown colony and proved that colonizing America would be profitable to the British
Tobacco
The start of worsening relations between the colonists and Great Britain began when Britain increased taxes on the colonists following victory in this war.
The French & Indian War
This person was known as the President of the "common man" and is known for presiding over an era of increased voting rights to white males, eliminating the Bank of the United States, and the forceful removal of Natives from their homes
Andrew Jackson
This event in 1848-1849 prompted a big dash into California and helped grow its population to point where it could apply for statehood by 1850.
This war granted the U.S. massive territory in the Southwest, but put into question whether these territories should allow slavery
The Mexican-American War
The reduction of this Spanish practice was one of the causes of increased use of African slave labor
the encomienda system
This pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine and helped persuade more & more colonists to support independence during the Revolution
Common Sense
The invention of this device by Eli Whitney in 1793 greatly increased production for cotton, but also demanded more slave labor in the South to meet new demands
The cotton gin
The location of the first major meeting for women's rights in the United States (1848)
The Seneca Falls Convention
This 1820 agreement banned slavery in all American territory North the 36° 30' parallel & kept the balance of slave and free states in the U.S.
The Missouri Compromise
This was the final war English settlers had with Native Americans (1675-1678) that pushed most Natives entirely out of Northeastern America & decimated Native tribes
King Philip's War (or Metacom's War)
This group of representatives from each of the colonies met twice to try and work out solutions between the colonies and Great Britain, and helped organize money & resources for the Patriot army during the Revolution
The Continental Congress
The Articles of Confederation were deemed a failure because of its inability to let the federal government do these things (multiple answers, need 1)
Tax states directly, raise an army to respond to emergencies, easily amend the Articles
This staunch abolitionist had escaped slavery at a young age, fought for the abolishment of slavery, and argued for voting rights for African Americans as well as women throughout the mid 1800s
Fredrick Douglass
This agreement allowed California to enter as a free state, banned the salve trade in Washington D.C., gave American territories popular sovereignty, and strengthened fugitive slave laws in the country.
The Compromise of 1850
This religious movement increased the importance of religion in the colonies, affected how local government ran the colonies, and created new Christian denominations.
The Great Awakening
An 18th century philosophical movement that focused on rationality & the workings of government, which would influence the leaders of the Revolution like Jefferson, Hamilton, Washington, etc.
The Enlightenment
In his farewell address, George Washington called for this type of approach/policy for foreign issues & European affairs
Neutrality (or isolationism)
This group of individuals, including Ralph Waldo Emerson & David Henry Thoreau, believed in the importance of nature and finding one's "self" and rejected many of the existing organized institutions of the time (1830s)
Transcendentalism
This man tried to start an armed slave rebellion in Virginia in 1859 but failed. He was executed & was seen as a martyr in the North but a Traitor in the South
John Brown