European Exploration & Colonization (1492-1754)
This explorer is credited with "discovering" the New World in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This act imposed taxes on paper goods and outraged many American colonists
What is the Stamp Act?
The first U.S. Constitution, which was replaced due to its weaknesses
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This belief that Americans were destined to expand westward fueled territorial growth
What is Manifest Destiny?
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this fort in 1861
What is Fort Sumter?
The exchange of goods, diseases, and ideas between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This pamphlet by Thomas Paine encouraged Americans to support independence
What is Common Sense?
This event in 1794 tested the federal government's ability to enforce laws under the Constitution
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
The forced relocation of Native Americans from their lands in the 1830s
What is the Trail of Tears?
The 1863 battle that was a major turning point in the Civil War
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This cash crop helped save the Jamestown colony and became a major economic driver
What is tobacco?
The turning point of the American Revolution, this 1777 battle convinced France to aid the colonies
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This Supreme Court case established judicial review
What is Marbury v Madison?
The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was a major event in this reform movement
What is the womens' rights/ suffrage movement?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States
What is the 13th Amendment?
The first representative government in the American colonies was established in Virginia in 1619
What is the House of Burgesses?
The Treaty of Paris (1783) gave the United States land stretching west to this river
What is the Mississippi?
The deal that gave Thomas Jefferson 828,000 square miles of land for $15 million
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This former slave and abolitionist wrote "The North Star" and became a key voice against slavery
Who is Frederick Douglass?
During Reconstruction, these laws in the South restricted the rights of freed African Americans
What are Black Codes?
This conflict between Native Americans and New England colonists in 1675-1676 resulted in major devastation for indigenous peoples
What is King Phillip's War?
This American general turned traitor and plotted to surrender West Point to the British
Who is Benedict Arnold?
This doctrine warned European nations to stay out of the Western Hemisphere
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
The Compromise of 1850 allowed California to enter as a free state and included this controversial law
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
This 1896 Supreme Court case upheld segregation under "separate but equal."
What is Plessy v Ferguson?