Indigenous History
This indigenous city was a key trade hub in Pre-Columbian North America from 1050-1350 CE
Cahokia
Before it was renamed New York in 1664, this Dutch colonial city had this name
New Amsterdam
This Virginia planter was named Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress in 1775
George Washington
These were the framework for the first national government during and after the Revolutionary War
Articles of Confederation
This presidential election during the Early Republic was the first peaceful transfer of power between rival political factions
Election of 1800
This term is used to describe the exchange of diseases, plants, and animals between the Eastern and Western Hemisphere during European colonization of the Americas
The Columbian Exchange
This Quaker religious leader and theologian founded the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681
William Penn
The Patriot victory at the Battle of Saratoga (1777) convinced this European power to support American independence
France
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison wrote and published these essays to persuade voters to ratify the US Constitution
The Federalist Papers
This Democratic Republican president initiated the Lousiana Purchase in 1803
Thomas Jefferson
This indigenous alliance followed the Great Law of Peace and were noted for their use of longhouse dwellings
Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Olaudah Equiano
This 1765 direct tax by Parliament on printed paper led to widespread colonial boycotts on British imports
Stamp Act
These first ten amendments to the Constitution were added in 1791 to assure voters of the protection of individual liberties
Bill of Rights
This nickname was given to Democratic-Republican politicians who supported the War of 1812
War Hawks
This was the name given to the 1675-76 conflict between New England colonists and an indigenous coalition led by Metacom
King Phillip's War
This 1676-77 uprising against Virginia's colonial government sparked a shift away from indentured to enslaved labor
Bacon's Rebellion
The Boston Tea Party (1774) was a protest by the Sons of Liberty against this act by Parliament
The Tea Act
To limit the influence of Congress and the popular vote, the Constitution created this institution to decide presidential elections
Electoral College
As the first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton established this institution in 1791 to help pay off war debts and establish national credit
First Bank of the United States
This system of royal grants was used by Spanish colonists to organize forced indigenous labor in the Americas
The Salem Witch Trial used this form of controversial testimony to prosecute residents accused of witchcraft
Spectral Evidence
This founding father and famous intellectual served as ambassador to France during the Revolutionary War
Benjamin Franklin
The Great Compromise was an agreement balancing political representation between these two constitutional plans
Virginia and New Jersey Plans
The Alien & Sedition Acts were used to bolster national security during the Quasi-War with France by this president
John Adams