Period 1(1607-1754)
What crop did the Pilgrims learn to grow from Native Americans?
cornn
What was the colonists’ slogan about unfair British taxes?
“No taxation without representation.”
What invention improved transportation on rivers?
The steamboat
What war began after the United States annexed Texas?
The Mexican-American War
What river forms a major trade route in the center of the U.S.?
The Mississippi River
What trade system connected North America, Europe, and Africa?
Triangular Trade
What act placed taxes on newspaper, paper, and legal documents?
The Stamp Act
What 1819 decision ruled that the national bank was constitutional?
McCulloch v. Maryland.
What 1850 law required Northerners to return escaped enslaved people?
The Fugitive Slave Act
What system allowed factories to make goods faster using machines?
The Industrial Revolution
What colony was created as a safe place for Catholics?
Maryland
What meeting in 1774 united the colonies to discuss British actions?
The First Continental Congress.
What law admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state?
The Missouri Compromise
What 1852 book increased anti-slavery feelings in the North?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
What political party led by Andrew Jackson supported the “common man”?
The Democratic Party
What was the main labor system used on early southern plantations?
Enslaved African labor
What was America’s first major victory in the Revolutionary War?
The Battle of Saratoga
what early U.S consitution created a week central government and strong state powers?
Articles of Confederation
What 1862 law gave free land to settlers willing to live on it for 5 years?
The Homestead Act
What movement wanted women to gain voting rights?
The women's suffrage movement
What 1692 event in Massachusetts led to trials and executions for witchcraft?
The Salem Witch Trials
What compromise counted enslaved people as part of the population for representation?
The Three-Fifths Compromise
What group pushed for immediate abolition of slavery in the 1830s?
Abolitionists
What amendment granted citizenship to everyone born in the United States?
The 14th Amendment
What 1869 railroad connected the East and West coasts?
The Transcontinental Railroad.