Period 1
The Colombian Exchange
What is the exchange of plants, animals, cultures, resources, languages, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, Europe, and Africa?
France and its role in trade
What is they began fur trading which caused the first settlements in the New World to form?
The purpose of the Proclamation of 1763
What is to forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east?
The purpose of the Louisiana Purchase
What is the 1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France that made by Jefferson, doubled the overall size of the United States?
Marbury v. Madison (18030
The introduction of horses and how they impacted life on the Great Plains
What is tribes became horse nomads, hunting became more important as ranges increased, and contact with other tribes caused competitiveness?
The Headright System
What is the system of land grants involved providing tracts of land to individuals who paid their own way to the colonies and/or paid for the passage of other settlers?
The effect of The Sons of Liberty
What is they incited riots and burned the customs houses where the stamped British paper was kept?
The main idea of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
What is Jefferson sent them out to explore the newly acquired Louisiana territory where they explored as far west as the pacific ocean by their guide Sacagawea?
Fletcher v. Peck (1810)
What is the supreme court first ruled a state law unconstitutional and upholds the sanctity of contracts?
The relationship between Native Americans and European settlers
What is they traded peacefully for the most part but also used diplomacy and force to resist encroachment on their territory, political sovereignty, and overall way of life?
The purpose of Triangular Trade
What is slave trade was a component of this system of trade between Africa, the West Indies, and the American colonies?
The Boston Massacre and its affects
What is British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists who were teasing and taunting them, 5 colonists were killed, and it became one of the greatest contributing factors to the War for American Independence?
The purpose of te Treaty of Ghent
What is ended the War of 1812, restored the status quo, returned territory captured in the war to its original owner (for the most part), and it also set up a commission to determine the disputed Canada/U.S. border?
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
What is the court ruled that states cannot tax the federal government, i.e. the Bank of the U.S.?
The significance of the Treaty of Tordesillas
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas moved the line a few degrees north, granting Spain the bulk territory in the Americas and it compensated Portugal with titles to land in Africa and Asia?
The significance of Massachusetts Bay
What is this colony revolted most directly from the political and religious policies of King Charles I?
Salutary Neglect
What is an English policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its colonies in return for the colonies' continued economic loyalty to the crown?
The importance of The Embargo Act of 1807
What is an act passed by congress forbidding the exportation of American goods, this was originally aimed to hurt Britain and Frances' economies, however it ended up hurting the U.S.'s more?
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
What is clarified the commerce clause and affirmed Congressional power over interstate commerce?
The Iroquois Tribes and their purpose
What is they formed a political confederacy, which withstood attacks from opposing Native Americans and Europeans much of the 17th and 18th centuries?
The Great Awakening
What is the period of evangelical revivals was a response to the rise of enlightenment thought?
The main idea of the French and Indian War
What is it began in 1755 when the British made plans to "dispossess" the French of their post at Crown Point which was used to give supplies to Indians so they could attack British settlements on the frontier?
The significance of The War of 1812
What is a war between the U.S. and Great Britain caused by American outrage over the impressment of American sailors by the British, the British seizure of American ships, and British aid to the Indians attacking the Americans on the frontier?
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)
What is established a "trust relationship" with the tribes directly under federal authority?