Period 1/2 General
The type of bridge used by humans 35,000 years ago to cross from Asia into North America
Land Bridge
The first English colony to not randomly go missing.
Jamestown
The war started by George Washington taking over a French fort in the frontier regions of North America
French and Indian War
The era where people felt good about America
The Era of Good Feelings
Invention that allowed electronic signals to be sent across wires to communicate
The fall of this city to the Ottoman Turks caused Europeans to search for a new route to the Indian spice trade.
Constantinople
The first cash crop
Tobacco
The proclamation that forbade colonists from moving over the Appalachian mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
The first two political parties
Federalists and Democratic- Republicans
The type of animal that Thomas Jefferson kept that resulted in the death of a young boy.
A goat/ram
"Several unsuspecting pedestrians tried to take a short cut across the square, met the Shetland ram, and were vanquished in their encounter."
The name of the crazy Genoese sailor who proposed sailing west to India instead of around Africa.
Christopher Columbus
This rebellion saw numerous non-wealthy groups unite to burn down Jamestown and terrify the elites.
Bacon's Rebellion
This gathering of colonial leaders met to respond to British taxes on stamps.
Stamp Act Congress
Jefferson's response to the wars between England and France was to take this economic measure.
Embargo
The day that both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both passed away.
July 4th (1826)
The exchange of goods, peoples, and diseases between the Americas, Africa, and Europe
Columbian Exchange
The new preachers who espoused the ideals of the First Great Awakening
New Lights
The two constitutions that the United States has written
Articles of Confederation and the US Constitution
Economic system proposed by Henry Clay that called for economic investment, strong central banking, and infrastructure improvements.
American System
What is the name of the cat I have that eats my window blinds.
The Spanish system of land grants that created fiefdoms across Spanish America that handed Native Americans over to Spanish landlords as slaves.
Encomienda
The revolution that saw English colonists purchasing and consuming great amounts of English goods.
Consumer Revolution
The winner of the first contested Presidential election
John Adams
This invention by Eli Whitney caused a massive increase in the number of enslaved laborers in the South.
Cotton Gin
The two cats named after Lewis and Clark
Boogrit and Clark