What is the record of events of the past, often with an explanation of the causes and effects of those events.
100
Bacon's Rebellion
What is the attack by Nathanial Bacon against American Indians and the colonial government in Virginia. (1675)
100
French and Indian War
What is The conflict in which British Americans and the Iroquois fought with the French and their Indian allies the Huron and Algonquin for control of the Ohio Country. (1754-1763)
100
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What is the first written principles of government created in the present day United States.
100
Mercantilism
What is practice of creating and maintaining wealth by carefully controlling trade.
200
Primary Source
What is an account of an event by someone who was present at the event.
200
Great Migration
What is the mass migration of thousands of English people to the Americas that took place between 1629 and 1640.
200
Boston Tea Party
What is the Protest against the Tea Act in which a group of colonists boarded British tea ships and dumped more than 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. (1773)
200
Privy Council
What is the group of royal advisors who set policy for Britain's American colonies.
200
Balance of Trade
What is the relationship between what goods a country purchases from other countries and what goods it sells to other countries.
300
Secondary Source
What is an account of an event by someone who was not present at the event.
300
Great Awakening
What is an unorganized but widespread movement of evangelical Christian sermons and church meetings in the 1730s and 1740s.
300
Marbury v Madison
What is the U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review. (1803)
300
Parliament
What is the British legislature.
300
Imports
What is Items that a country purchases from other countries.
400
Covenant
What is a sacred agreement.
400
Scientific Revolution
What is the period of great learning that began in the 1600s as European mathematicians, scientists, and astronomers looked for scientific explanation about how the universe works.
400
Dredd Scott Decision
What is U.S. Supreme Court ruling that declared African Americans were not U.S. citizens, that Missouri Compromise's restriction on slavery was unconstitutional, and that Congress did not have the right to ban slavery in any federal territory. (1857)
400
Parliamentary Democracy
What is a system of government in which the executive leaders (usually a prime minister and a cabinet) are chosen by and responsible to the legislature (parliament), as well as being members of the legislature, as in Great Britain.
400
Exports
What is items that a country sells to other countries.
500
Proprietor
What is Owner?
500
Englightenment
What is The Age of Reason; movement that began in Europe in the 1700s as people began examining the natural world, society, and government.
500
Emancipation Proclamation
What is the order issued by Pres. Lincoln freeing the slaves in areas rebelling against the Union; took effect January 1, 1863.