Pre-Colonization
What were most colonist looking for when coming to the new world?
Religious Freedom
belief that trade generates wealth
mercantilism
What is a tariff?
Tax on an imported good
What was the trail used by most Americans to travel from the Eastern United States to the West?
The Oregon Trail
Machine made by Eli Whitney to clean cotton
cotton gin
Who was the first recognized explorer to land on the American Continent?
Christopher Columbus
3 regions of original colonies
New England, Middle and Southern Colonies
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
July 4th, 1776
What was the first stated created from the Louisiana Purchase?
Louisiana
Cash crop, was "king" in the south
Cotton
What was the Native American nations the pilgrims and British first interacted with?
Powhatan and Wampanoag
Which is not apart of the original 13 colonies:
Georgia, New England, Delaware or Florida?
Florida
Double points (600 points)
Yes!
The expedition across America to the Pacific Ocean is called what?
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Freed slaves in southern states in hopes to turn the tide in the Civil War in favor of the northern states
Emancipation Proclamation
3 G's
Gold, Glory, God
When was Jamestown founded?
1607
someone who wanted to remain a part of Great Britain during the American Revolution
loyalist
What was the idea that Americans should be able to expand out west at whatever cost?
Manifest Destiny
What was the time after the Civil War called?
Reconstruction
How did Native Americans arrive into America?
The Bering Strait
colony funded by royal family
Royal Colony
Who was the main leader of the colonists during the Revolution?
George Washington
What Native American woman helped on the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
Sacagawea
Name three causes of the Civil War
-Sectionalism
-Dred Scott case
-Election of Lincoln
-Compromises of the 1800's