Unit 1: 1492-1607
This empire existed in the central valley of Mexico until its conquest by the Spanish Empire in 1521.
Aztec
This settlement was the first successful colony by the English in the new world.
Jamestown
The shuttering of this port by the British government in 1774 triggered mass protest and increasing cooperation between the restless British colonies.
Boston
This battle in 1815, while technically after the Treaty of Ghent was signed, catapulted a future President to national fame.
Battle of New Orleans
This vicious attack on anti-slavery stalwart, Charles Sumner, signified the intensification of violence in the lead up to the American Civil War
These Catholic monarchs provided the wealth and funding for the Spanish expeditions to the new world that lead to the Columbian Encounter.
Ferdinand and Isabella
This document formed the foundation of representative government in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Mayflower Compact [1620]
Mercenaries from this province in central Germany were hired by the British government to help suppress the wayward colonies by 1775.
Hesse
Name any of the five "Civilized" tribes evicted by the Indian Removal Act in 1830.
Cherokee, Seminoles, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek (Muskogee)
John Brown murdered 5 pro-slavery settlers in Kansas along this creek.
Pottawatomie Massacre
This process of farming makes use of the synergistic relationship between corn, beans, and squash to evenly draw nutrients from the soil.
Three-sisters
This series of acts prevented many goods from being imported from rival European colonies, but the colonist largely ignored and continued to smuggle various good from the Caribbean and across the border from French Canada.
Navigation Acts
Name any of these three "anonymous" authors of the Federalist Papers.
John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison
Provide the name for the "district" where many Second Great Awakening religions originated in New York.
"Burned-over" District
This president beat the first Republican nominee for president, John C. Freemont by capturing 174 electoral votes to Freemont's 114.
James Buchanan
This disease was the only disease passed from the new world to the old, carrying the epithet of "Dutch", "German", "French", or "Italian" depending on who you talked to.
Syphilis
The southern portion of the royal colony of New Jersey was actually known as this before its annexation by the English in 1664.
New Sweden
This first pre-Constitutional convention was helmed by Alexander Hamilton at a city in Maryland that shares its name.
Annapolis Convention
This man was president of the Second Bank of the United States during the "bank war" facing off against Andrew Jackson.
Nicholas Biddle
The Walker expedition invades and sets up an Anglo-American regime in this Latin American country in October of 1856.
Nicaragua
This mythical city informed the quest of many conquistadores and explorers in the early 15th century.
El Dorado
This survival food developed by fur traders on the frontiers of North America was commonly traded between Europeans and native groups and was prized for its long "shelf" life and dense nutrient content.
Pemmican
This was the final state to ratify the Constitution, waiting until 1790 as one of the most committed advocates for a strong bill of rights.
15 million
The treaty of Paris is signed in May of 1856, ending this struggle between Russia, the Ottoman Empire, Britain, and France for control of the territory around the Black Sea.
Crimean War