Period 1/2 1491-1754
What were the three reasons for traveling to the New World?
Gold
Glory
God
Event that gave England debt and then forced taxes on the colonists
Doubled the size of the United States and was the beginning of Westward expansion
Louisiana Purchase
What were each of the following Amendments?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
- Abolished Slavery
- Equal Citinships and protection under law
- All Men can vote, specifically Black men
Speech that warned European countries to stay out of the Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
Economic system in which the Mother Country would receive raw materials and trade back manufactured goods to the colonies
Mercantalism
3 examples of taxes placed onto Colonists and 1 protest of them
Tea, Townsend, Stamp, Navigation, etc.
Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, etc.
This event led to the acquisition of states such as California, New Mexico, Nevada and Utah
Mexican American War (1846-1848)
What was the final straw that led to the South seceding from the country?
Election of Lincoln in 1860
Pamphlet that helped to influence Colonists to leave England
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
How did the economic structures of the three colonial regions differ and what were the names of each region?
Middle - Grain
Southern - Cash Crops like Tobacco
What was considered the Turning Point of the Revolutionary war and why?
Battle of Saratoga - Convinced France to aid colonists
1. Law that forced Native Americans off their land
2. The path they took on their journey
Indian Removal Act
Trail of Tears
This court case declared that the U.S. Constitution did not extend American citizenship to people of black African descent, and thus they could not enjoy the rights and privileges the Constitution
Dred Scott Court Case
What was the ruling of Plessy vs Ferguson?
Seperate but equal. Federal approval of segregation
This individual believed that Native Americans were people and should be treated more humanely than the Spanish were treating them
Bartolome De Las Casas
Which events showed the weakness of the Articles and Strength of the Constitution? Why?
Shays Rebellion - Too weak of a central government and couldn't stop it
Whiskey Rebellion - Able too stop rebellion
White male settlers in those territories could vote to determine whether slavery would exist in the area
Popular Sovereignty
Declared that all slaves in the southern states will be free if they escape to the north and fight in the union army
Emancipation Proclamation
What are two reasons that could support Reconstruction being considered a failure?
The forced labor system of Natives under Spanish control in the colonies
What 2 things did Washington warn the country about and what was the name of his speech?
- Political Parties, Alliances
- Farewell Address
Revolution of new ideas and technology that improved farming and access to goods. Includes the use of Railroads, Erie Canal, Cotton Gin, etc.
Market Revolution
Name of speech by Lincoln and its purpose?
Gettysburg Address
- Inspire hope to continue the war and remember those that died fighting
What were two of the compromises within the Compromise of 1850?
Did they lead to more or less sectional tension and why?
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