Period 1
Infectious disease brought to America by the Spanish that devastated native populations.
smallpox
Americans moved from subsistence farming to this. Growing crops for market rather than personal use.
cash crops
Opponents of the 1787 Constitution, they cast the document as antidemocratic, objected to the subordination of the states to the central government
anti-federalists
Passed in 1830, an order to negotiate land-exchange treaties with tribes living east of the Mississippi
Indian Removal Act
hese laws provided for the return of escaped slaves to their owners. The North was lax about enforcing the 1793 law, which irritated the South
Fugitive Slave Act of 1852
Spanish System to regulate and control Native Americans. The Spanish crown granted Spanish colonists a specific number of natives for whom they were to take responsibility
encomienda system
30-time governor of Plymouth, very popular leader; distributed land among settlers to encourage farming
William Bradford
First American constitution that established the United States as a loose confederation of states under a weak national Congress
Articles of Confederation
Who authorized the Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson
a compromise law in 1854 that suspended the Missouri Compromise and left it to voters in Kansas and Nebraska to determine whether they would be slave or free state
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Spaniard who fought against the enslavement and colonial abuse of Native Americans
Bartolome de las Casas
A series of battles in New Hampshire between the colonists and the Wompanoags, led by Metacom, a chief also known as King Philip.
King Philips War
narrative ballads that feature heroes/social bandits, historical figures and events, and political issues
corridos
Which Indian tribe walked the Trail of Tears
Cherokee
organized in 1854 by antislavery Whigs, Democrats, and Free Soilers in response to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Republican Party
Spanish soldiers who conquered Indian civilizations.
Conquistadors
an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony, first rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part
Bacons Rebellion
Proponents of the 1787 Constitution, they favored a strong national government, arguing arguing that the checks and balances in the new Constitution would safeguard the people's liberties
federalists
A time where banks of the U.S. failed, cotton prices fell, businesses went bankrupt, and there was widespread unemployment and distress.
Panic of 1837
aka the American Party; major political force from 1854-1855; objective: to extend period of naturalization, undercut immigrant voting strengths, and keep aliens in their place
Know Nothing Party
Businesses owned by shareholders that invested in exploration and colonization.
joint stock companies
A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa.
Triangle trade
Nine-year war between the British and the French in North America. It resulted in the expulsion of the French from the North American mainland and helped spark the Seven Years' War in Europe
French and Indian war
A major party in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century, formally established in 1836. The Whig party was anti-Jackson and represented a variety of regional interests.
Whig Party
was against slavery in the new territories. They also advocated federal aid for internal improvements and urged free government homesteads for settlers.
Free Soil Party