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What was the Columbian Exchange?
The transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and diseases between the New World and Old World.
French and Indian War (Seven Years' War)
Triggered British debt and the end of Salutary Neglect.
Manifest Destiny
Belief that the U.S. had a god given right to expand to the Pacific
Emancipation Proclamation
Freed slaves in rebel states
Vertical integration
when a company controls every step of production and distribution of a product
includes things like raw materials, manufacturing, transportation, and selling
Encomienda System
Spanish system to compel Native labor for agriculture and mining.
Virtual Representation
British argument that Parliament acted in the best interest of all colonists
Effects of Marbury v. Madison
Established judicial review
Compromise of 1850
California admitted as a free state
Slave trade banned in Washington, D.C.
Fugitive Slave Act passed
Henry Clay ❤❤
Chinese Exclusion Act
The first significant law restricting immigration to the US, specifically banning Chinese laborers
Mercantilism
Colonies exist to enrich the mother landdddddd!!
Intolerable acts
passed mainly as punishment and control after the Boston Tea Party
Market Revolution
Transformation of the economy from subsistence to national commercial networks
Mexican-American War
War over Texas boundary leading to the acquisition of vast western lands
Gospel of Wealth
Idea that the wealthy should act as trustees for the poor
Bacon’s Rebellion
In 1676, Virginia rebellion leading to a shift from indentured servants to African slavery
Shays' Rebellion
Uprising of farmers in Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays
Trail of Tears
Forced relocation of Native Americans
Freedmen’s Bureau
Agency aiding former slaves
Social Darwinism
The application of "survival of the fittest" to society to justify wealth inequality
King Philip's War
Major conflict between Native Americans and New England settlers
Proclamation of 1763
Colonists couldn’t settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
Cult of Domesticity
Idealized view of women’s role in the home
Sharecropping / Tenant Farming
System that kept freedmen in a cycle of poverty
Dawes Act
A law that aimed to assimilate Native Americans by forcing them to abandon tribal customs and adopt farming