He sailed to the New World under the Spanish Flag in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
Crusade against witchcraft in Massachusetts.
What is the Salem Witch Trials?
100
Theory of trade stressing that a nation's economic strength depended on exporting more than it imported.
What is mercantilism?
100
Led by Alexander Hamilton and believed in a strong central government.
What are the Federalists?
100
British policy of forcing Americans into naval service.
What is impressment?
200
The first English settlement in the New World, but failed and no one knows what became of the people who settled there.
What is Roanoke?
200
Established in 1619 Jamestown, this is considered to be the first representative government in the New World.
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
200
This act provoked the first organized response to British impositions, with delegates meeting to discuss course of action.
What is Stamp Act?
200
Favored a limited interpretation of the Constitution in order to limit the powers of the central government.
What are Strict Constructionists?
200
Signed Christmas Eve in 1814, this ended the War of 1812 and returned the relations between the U.S. and Britain to "status quo."
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
300
English settler in Jamestown. He married the daughter of the chief of the. Native American Powhatan tribe and introduced colonists to West Indian tobacco in 1616.
Who is John Rolfe?
300
Document ended the French and Indian War; Britain won all of Canada and most of U.S. land east of the Mississippi.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
300
Lowered duties on molasses in an attempt to discourage colonial smuggling. It also stipulated that Americans could export many commodities like lumber, iron, skins, but it must pass through British ports first.
What is the Sugar Act of 1764?
300
Rose up as opponents of the Constitution during the period of ratification.
Who are Anti-Federalists?
300
Group of westerners and southerners led by Calhoun and Clay, who pushed for war against Britain.
Who are War Hawks?
400
He effectively saved Jamestown when the colony was on the verge of collapse in 1608, by forcing the settlers to work for their food.
Who is John Smith?
400
English Protestants who would not accept allegiance in any form to the Church of England.
Who are the Separatists?
400
First suggested by Ben Franklin, this plan called for the colonies to unify in the face of the French and Indian war. It was rejected by the colonies for fear of losing too much power.
What is the Albany Plan?
400
The clause that determined how slaves would be counted in the population.
What is the 3/5ths Compromise or clause?
400
James Madison's 1810 ploy to induce either Britain or France to lift trade restrictions.
What is Macon's Bill No. 2?
500
Virginia planter that led a group of 300 settlers in a war against the local Native Americans. Jamestown was burned and was the result of increased hostility between the poor and wealthy in the Chesapeake region.
What is Bacon's Rebellion
500
Cited as first example of self-government in America and established law by simple majority rule.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
500
Passed under the mercantilist system, this regulated trade in order to benefit the British economy.
What are Navigation Acts?
500
Established a bicameral house system in the U.S. government.
What is the Great Compromise?
500
Describes the period after the War of 1812 and the rise of Andrew Jackson in 1828.