Countries/Misc.
This was the area where a land bridge connected Russia and North America 10,000 yrs ago
What is Bering Strait
This town was founded in 1607 and became the first permanent English colony
What is Jamestown
The War that resulted in the French being forced out of land to the East of the Mississippi.
What is the French and Indian War
This invention by James Watt powered the Market Revolution in the US by improving factory output and transportation
What is the Steam Engine
This complex economic system dictated that a country should export more than it imports and build up its gold/silver reserves
What is Mercantilism
This countries goal was to establish outposts in order to trade fur and often treated Natives with respect
What is France
This rebellion of indentured servants led to the transformation of Virginia's labor system
What is Bacon's Rebellion
The British response to Pontiac's Rebellion which angered colonists
What is the Proclamation of 1763
This was the President of the US during the War of 1812
Who is James Madison
The name given to the interaction between North, Central, South America and the West Indies, Africa, Asia, and Europe
What is Colombian Exchange
This country settled primarily in modern day Brazil and many other parts of south america establishing one of the greatest slave societies in the world
What is Portugal
English law passed in the 1650's that required certain English colonial goods be shipped through English ports on English ships manned primarily by English Sailors
What are the Navigation Acts
What British law was passed in response to the Boston Tea Party?
What are the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts
The 2 states involved and the border that was established in the Missouri Compromise of 1820
What is Missouri (slave) and Maine (free) and 36'30
This religious group settled Massachusetts Bay Colony and placed it under harsh religious rule until the end of the 17th century
Who are the Puritans
The protestant Christian belief that god chooses certain people for salvation before they are born
What is Predestination
This African American was the first man killed in the Boston Massacre
Who is Crispus Attucks
A turning point battle during the Revolutionary War
What is the battle of Saratoga
The 2 leaders of the Transcendental Movement
Who are Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoureau
This is the name of Henry Clay's overarching plan to invest in canals, railroads, highways, and other building projects.
What is the American System
This labor intensive, yet profitable crop was grown in throughout the majority of the Caribbean, though was not suited to grow in the US
What is Sugar
A colony chartered by the crown and governed by officials appointed to serve the monarchy and represent its interests: Example: Virginia
What is royal colony
One of the only successes under the Articles of Confederation that set rules for creating new states and prohibited slavery in the region
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
If passed this would have forbidden slavery in the mexican cession
What is the Wilmot Proviso
This is a term that is used with the Kansas Nebraska Act. Voters get to decide if they will be a slave state or not.
What is Popular Sovereignty