Period 1
The first country to colonize the Americas, beginning in 1492
Spain
This colony, founded by Roger Williams, was known for its religious freedom.
Rhode Island
This country's alliance with the United States was pivotal for winning the American Revolutionary war.
France
This law, passed in 1820, added one slave state and one free state to the union, and also determined that states above the 36 30 line would be free.
Missouri Compromise
This term describes the belief that Americans were chosen by God to expand across the North American continent.
Manifest Destiny
Many European explorers came to the New World due to economic motivations, seeking a new trade route to this continent.
Asia
This was a religious revival that spread through the British colonies and united colonists together around a shared experience. It was also a reaction to the rationalism of the Enlightenment.
The (frst) Great Awakening
These individuals opposed the Constitution because they feared it gave the national government too much power. It is largely because of them that we have the Bill of Rights.
Anti-Federalists
This president, who was elected in 1800, facilitated the Louisiana Purchase even though he interpreted the constitution strictly and did not want the Federal government to have too much power.
Thomas Jefferson
This proclaimed slaves in confederate states (but not border states) to be "forever free."
The Emancipation Proclamation
The introduction of this animal to Plains Indians as part of the Columbian exchange changed their lifestyle and allowed them to hunt buffalo.
Horses
This word describes the strong cultural influence that British culture had on the colonies.
Anglicanization
This pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine and published in early 1776, played an important role in convincing neutral colonists to join the Patriot cause.
Common Sense
Conflicts over trade and the _________ of American seamen by the British led to the War of 1812.
Impressment
This constitutional amendment, passed with the help of the Republican majority in Congress, granted African Americans the right to vote.
The 15th amendment
This disease, part of the Columbian exchange, decimated the Native American population.
Smallpox
This rebellion of indentured servants in Virginia caused the colony to rely more heavily on race-based chattel slavery.
Bacon's Rebellion
This tax on papers and documents, passed in 1765, was one of the first efforts of the British government to raise money to pay their debt from the French and Indian War.
Stamp Act
This law forced Native Americans to relocate West of the Mississippi River and led to the Trail of Tears.
Indian Removal Act
This court case essentially nullified the Missouri Compromise, deciding that even if a slave traveled north with their master, they still were not free because they were considered property.
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
The enslavement of Native Americans that took place under Spanish rule in the New World
Encomienda System
Known as the first Indian war, this armed conflict took place from 1675 to 1678 between indigenous (Native American) inhabitants of New England and the colonists of New England.
Metacom's War (aka King Phillip's War)
When the national government could not stop this rebellion of farmers in Western Massachusetts under the Articles of Confederation, calls for a revision of the articles intensified.
Shay's Rebellion
This president's election in 1840, following his "Hard Cider Campaign" greatly increased popular participation in democracy.
William Henry Harrison
This deal brought an official end to Reconstruction. It allowed Republican Rutherford B. Hayes to become president, but promised that the remaining federal troops would be removed from the south.