Early Colonial America
These acts of legislation were adopted by the government of Charles II in order to regulate colonial commerce.
What were the Navigation Acts?
This attitude toward women emerged as a result of the Revolution.
What is Republican Motherhood?
This 1803 Supreme Court case established the judicial review.
What was Marbury v. Madison?
Jackson moved federal funds into these banks.
What were "pet banks?"
The invention of the cotton gin helped the spread of this type of cotton.
What is short-staple cotton?
This system was used in the Southern Colonies in order to attract more settlers.
What was the headright system?
This was an attempt by the Second Continental Congress to avoid war with England.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
This Native American leader sparked a religious revival after overcoming alcoholism.
Who was Tenskwatawa? (Who was "the Prophet?")
This treaty established a firm northern boundary between the United States and Canada.
What was the Webster-Ashburton Treaty?
This political party opposed immigrants.
What was the Know-Nothing Party?
This governor of Virginia came to exercise autocratic power.
Who was Sir William Berkley?
General Anthony Wayne led American soldiers in the Ohio Valley to defeat the Miami in this 1794 battle.
What was the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
This act of legislation reopened trade with all nations except Britain and France.
What was the Non-Intercourse Act?
Advocates of this type of currency believed in rapid economic growth and speculation.
What is soft money?
This author wrote novels about man's relationship with nature and American expansion westward.
Who was James Fenimore Cooper?
These were the earliest non-English European immigrants to the English Colonies in America.
Who were the Huguenots?
This 1795 treaty was negotiated between the United States and Spain, allowing the U.S. to navigate the Mississippi River, among other rights.
What was Pinckney's Treaty?
This is where delegates from New England states met to discuss their grievances in the War of 1812 and hinted at secession.
What was the Hartford Convention?
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney argued in this case that the government was supposed to promote general happiness, which took precedence over the contract and property rights.
What was Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge?
This person led the Female Labor Reform Association.
Who was Sarah Bagley?
The trial of this New York publisher led to the removal of some restrictions on freedom of the press.
Who was John Peter Zenger?
These were the members of Washington's cabinet.
Who were Alexander Hamilton, Henry Know, Edmund Randolph, and Thomas Jefferson?
This person wrote a 3-volume History of the Revolution, emphasizing the struggle of Americans.
Who was Mercy Otis Warren?
These were the "Five Civilized Tribes."
What were the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw?
This slave language mixed English and African words.
What was pidgin?