Expansion and Migration
The first Europeans in North America
Who are the Vikings?
The country that enforced the Sugar Act, Currency Act, and Stamp Act on the United States
What is Great Britain?
A 47 page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that convinced Americans they wanted independence
What is Common Sense?
The person that said the famous quote,"no taxation without representation”
What are Puritans?
The country known for the Lost Colony in Roanoke
The countries involved in the Quasi-War
What is France and the United States?
~25% of American colonists remained loyal to Britain
Were often wealthy merchants who earned their wealth through trading with Britain
Spy work
What were Loyalists?
Name of the agreement which led to 3/5 of slaves counting for population
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
What were the Salem Witch Trials?
The annexation of Texas leading to the beginning of a certain war
What was the Mexican-American War?
Piece of land Napoleon offered to the US for $15 million
What was the Louisiana Territory?
Americans that did not take a side in the American Revolution
What were Neutrals
Act that forced Nothern states to return escaped slaves
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
The leading figure of the First Great Awakening
Author of the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
Attended Yale at the age of 13 - graduated at 15
Emotionalism
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
The country William Walker successfully conquered but the United States refused to annex in 1856
What is Nicaragua?
President that vowed to keep the United States out of WW1
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
President that created the Sedition Acts which made criticisms towards the president illegal
Who is John Adams?
Incident where someone insulted a senator on the topic of Anti-Slavery but later got beat with a cane almost to death with no one stepping in to stop it
What was the Brooks-Summer Incident?
Wealthy English woman who moved to Boston in 1630. Married at 16 and had 8 children
Most famous poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband”
Who is Anne Bradstreet?
Attempt to purchase Cuba from Spain for $100 Million
Spain said no
What was the Ostend Manifesto?
Conflict between the US and the state of Tripoli in North Africa which proved the US military to be decent
What were the Barbary Wars?
Plan that gave each state equal representation in this legislature
Plan was popular with small states, but not large states.
What was the New Jersey Plan?
American soldiers attacked mostly Mexican-Americans wearing zoot suits - signs of enduring prejudices
What were the Zoot Suit Riots?
1,500 troops and $50,000 (1.5 million today) spent to return a enslaved from Falmouth, Virginia
Who Anthony Burns?