Pre-1763
While gold, god and glory may have been Spain's main goals in the New World, this contributed most significantly to the decline in Native population.
What is disease?
"The British Crown isn't that bad - what's a few more taxes to pay on a few more products?" is something that this type of person may have said in 1774.
What is a loyalist/Tory?
As the population grew and people began expanding westward, the country needed to determine some type of agreement regarding state status as free or slave - originally, this set the standard.
What is the Compromise of 1820/Missouri Compromise?
The South fought for dear life to protect this institution, central to their way of life.
What is slavery?
The Spanish used this system to organize and regulate Native American labor, while it lasted...
What is the encomienda system?
Increased involvement in the colonies with the intention of recovering debt from the French and Indian War led to this rallying cry, supported by many Patriots before the Revolution.
What is no taxation without representation?
This event marked South Carolina's final straw in regard to tariffs - President Jackson did not back down.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
What are roads and canals?
Differences in this regional characteristic led to a much higher slave population in the South, the source of much tension up until 1865.
What is soil/climate/agriculture related things?
If anyone needed a little further convincing to bring the Paine to the British Crown in 1776, this publication provided a very...logical argument in favor of rebellion.
What is Common Sense?
The fight for equal rights has been ongoing since America's inception - for women specifically, this right represents the first one that women focused on achieving, specifically at the Seneca Falls Convention.
What is the right to vote?
The only Supreme Court ruling in history that took citizenship away from someone.
What is Scott v. Sanford (Dred Scott)?
Only when Britain needed to repay a war debt did they end this "hands-off" policy toward the colonies.
What is salutary neglect?
The Federalists may have been widely considered to have "won" the Constitutional Convention - the Anti-Federalists did achieve this major victory, though.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This 50 year religious revival in the early 1800s paved the way for a more enlightened mindset within many, and also laid more abolitionist groundwork.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
Lincoln fired up the Union with this speech, lasting only two minutes but living on as a symbol of freedom for our country.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
An adversary of Sepulveda, this early recorder of North American history seemed to be the only one who cared about the well being of the Natives.
Who is Bartolome de las Casas?
By 1808, the American government had outlawed this practice, making the 14th Amendment all that more applicable for freed slaves.
What is the African/international slave trade?
The North always benefitted and the South always got the short end of the stick as a result of this plan, developed by Henry Clay in the mid 1810s. (specific name of plan!!)
What is the American System?
The Louisiana Purchase may have been the largest instant gain of land in American history, but the aftermath of this event led to a pretty sizable new portion as well.
What is the Mexican-American War?