Period 1 1491-1607
The movement of ideas, people, microbes etc. between the Americas and Europe/Africa/Asia
Columbian Exchange
First permanent English settlement in North America
Jamestown
War that resulted in Britain controlling Canada, occurred in 1754-1763
French and Indian War (Seven Years War)
War with Britain that involved burning of DC, no major land changes after the war
War of 1812
Political party that was anti slavery, was also Lincoln's party
Republican Party
Dominant Native culture in Mexico at the time of Spanish arrival in the late 1400s/early 1500s
Aztecs
Religion of founders of Plymouth and Mass Bay
Acts that removed colonial freedoms in Massachusetts in response to Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
Party that challenged Andrew Jackson and Democrats
Whigs (not Wigs)
Supreme Court case that ruled black people could not be citizens, considered the worst in US history
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Name of the primary labor system employed by the Spanish (not slavery)
Encomienda (which involved slavery)
Main form of labor in Southern colonies prior to slavery
Indentured servitude
Names of first two political parties
Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
Henry Clay's proposal for internal improvements and tariffs
American System
13 14 15 amendments
what did they guarantee
NOW NOW NOW
13- no slavery
14- citizenship, equal protection under the law
15- universal male suffrage
Culture that dominated Mexico and central America before Spanish arrival (between 300-800 CE)
Maya
War that ended Native resistance in New England
King Philip's War
Law passed by John Adams that 1)limited freedom of speech and 2) made immigration to the US more difficult
Alien and Sedition Acts
Supreme Court case affirming Cherokee rights to their ancestral land, was ignored by Jackson
Worcester v. Georgia
State laws used to nullify Fugitive Slave Act
Personal Liberty Laws
What government hired Henry Hudson, and laid claim to what area?
Dutch/New York
System that offered land to immigrant laborers or to plantation owners who paid to bring immigrant laborers to the colonies
Headright System
First formal and legislative protest of federal authority after ratification of the Constitution
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Proposal to prohibit slavery from new territory acquired from Mexican-American War
Wilmot Proviso
Law(s) used by Grant to crush the KKK
Enforcement Acts