The reduction of this practice was one of the causes of an increased use of African Slaves
What is Indentured Servitude?
Economic system in which the rules are set up to enrich the mother country through colonies
What is Mercantilism
This man was the first Secretary of the Treasury and devised a financial program that helped to put the United States on secure financial footing as well as strengthened the ties between states and the central government.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
What event led to the end of indentured servitude, as it unified white people, enslaved persons, and Native Americans?
Bacon's Rebellion
What law taxed paper, dice, and playing cards?
Stamp Act
This kerfuffle was in response to Hamilton's excise tax on alcohol.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
What is the name of the SPANISH system in which they enslaved Native Americans and tried to convert them to Catholocism.
Encomienda System
What law said the British were in charge of everything in the colonies and could make any law they wanted?
This agreement between Britain and the U.S. ignored America's claim that "free ships make free goods," and accepted Britain's right to stop neutral ships.
What is Jay's Treaty?
What are THREE cash crops that massively increased the amount of slaves in the US?
What is tobacco, rice, indigo, sugar, cotton etc.
This new law included:
-import tariff on oil, paint, lead, glass, and tea and other raw materials
-repealed in 1770 on all except tax on tea
Townshend Acts
This man was responsible for getting the Alien and Sedition Acts passed and was the only Federalist president.
Who is John Adams?
What is the largest slave rebellion in American History that took place in South Carolina?
Stono Rebellion
This law is a concrete example of Mercantilism. It is the first time in which the British banned colonists from trading with other colonies.
Navigation Act (of 1696)
This saw the peaceful transfer of power between opposing parties and served as proof that the republican experiment would work.
What is the "Revolution of 1800?"