Native Societies & European Exploration
Name one significant crop that supported Native American societies in Mesoamerica.
What is maize (corn)?
Name the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
This act taxed paper goods and caused colonial outrage in 1765.
What is the Stamp Act?
The author of the Declaration of Independence and the third president.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The invention that revolutionized cotton production.
What is the cotton gin?
This economic policy drove European colonization, focusing on accumulating wealth and favorable trade balances.
What is mercantilism?
This colony was founded as a haven for Catholics.
What is Maryland?
The name of the group that organized protests against British policies.
Who are the Sons/daughters of Liberty?
The purchase that doubled the size of the United States in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This transportation project connected the Hudson River to the Great Lakes.
What is the Erie Canal?
This exchange of goods, animals, and diseases transformed both Europe and the Americas
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The cash crop that saved the Virginia colony.
What is tobacco?
The first constitution of the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This doctrine warned European nations against colonizing the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Jackson opposed this institution, claiming it favored the wealthy and was unconstitutional.
What is the Second Bank of the United States?
Name the disease that decimated Native American populations post-European contact.
What is smallpox?
This colony was founded by Roger Williams for religious tolerance.
What is Rhode Island?
The pamphlet that argued for independence and was written by Thomas Paine.
What is Common Sense?
The agreement that prohibited slavery north of the 36°30′ latitude line.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This religious revival movement inspired many antebellum reforms.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
The Spanish system that forced Native Americans to work for settlers.
What is the encomienda system?
The Pilgrims signed this agreement for self-governance in 1620.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This rebellion in 1786 highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
This Supreme Court case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This event in 1848 marked the beginning of the women’s rights movement.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
Identify the Native American confederacy that played a significant role in the fur trade and diplomacy in the Northeast.
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
The war fought between English settlers and Native Americans in New England, 1675–1678.
What is King Philip's War? (Metacom's War)
The turning point battle of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
The first Secretary of the Treasury, known for creating the national bank.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The crisis in which South Carolina threatened to secede over tariffs during Jackson's presidency is called this.
What is the Nullification Crisis?