Era 1
What was the difference between how Native Americans and Europeans viewed the Earth?
Native Americans did not believe that they 'owned' the land, but instead moved around to suit the land, while Europeans 'owned' land and treated the land to suit them.
This 1676 uprising of former indentured servants against the Virginia elite led to a permanent shift toward enslaved African labor.
Bacon's Rebellion
The "Great War for Empire" that ended Salutary Neglect and left Britain in massive debt.
The French & Indian War
This 1803 land deal with France doubled the size of the U.S. and gave the government control of the Mississippi River.
Loisiana Purchase
This 1854 law allowed settlers in new territories to vote on whether to allow slavery, leading to a violent period known as "Bleeding Kansas."
Kansas-Nebraska Act?
factors contributed most significantly to the ability of Europeans to conquer Native American civilizations?
Advanced military technology and the introduction of deadly diseases. Europeans - steel, gunpowder, and horses, but smallpox, measles natives had no immunity was the most devastating factor.
This economic policy focused on enriching the "Mother Country" (Britain) by strictly controlling colonial exports and imports.
Mercantalism
This 1763 British decree forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains to avoid conflict with Native Americans.
Proclamation of 1763
This 1823 policy told European powers to stay out of the Western Hemisphere—"you stay on your side, we'll stay on ours."
Monroe Doctorine
This 1857 Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans were not citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
This legal system granted Spanish settlers land and the right to forced labor from the Native Americans living on it.
Encomienda system
This major religious revival in the 1730s featured "New Light" ministers like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield.
First Great Awakening
This radical group, led by figures like Samuel Adams, used protests and sometimes violence to oppose British taxes.
Sons of Liberty
At this 1848 convention, Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote the "Declaration of Sentiments," stating "all men and women are created equal."
Seneca Falls Convention
This 1863 battle in Pennsylvania is considered the "high water mark" and the major turning point for the Union Army.
Battle of Gettysburg
This 1680 uprising in present-day New Mexico saw indigenous people temporarily drive the Spanish out after attempts to suppress native religious practices.
Pueblo Revolt (Popé's Rebellion)
This philosophical movement emphasized reason and science over tradition and led many colonial leaders to question British rule.
Enlightenment
776 pamphlet, using simple language to argue that it was basic knowledge for the colonies to break away from the King.
Common Sense
This Supreme Court Chief Justice issued rulings like Marbury v. Madison that consistently strengthened the power of the federal government.
John Marshall
These were the two main advantages the North had over the South, allowing them to win a war of attrition.
Population and Industrial/Manufacturing capacity
This 1494 agreement between Spain and Portugal, brokered by the Pope, drew a line through the Atlantic to settle land claims in the "New World."
Treaty of Tordesillas
England passed these laws to make sure the colonies only traded with them, though colonists often ignored them.
Navigation Acts
This 1787 law established a process for admitting new states and famously banned slavery in the territory north of the Ohio River.
Northwest Ordinance (Only successful thing that came from the Articles of Confederation)
This "Kitchen Cabinet" president used the Spoils System and famously fought against the Second Bank of the United States.
Prezzy Andrew Jackson
What amendments came from reconstruction?
13-15th