Period 1
1491-1607
1491-1607
This was a labor system that enslaved the American indians.
The Encomienda System
Which document was signed by the pilgrims in 1620 by most males whose primary purpose was to create system of rules and order in the colony
The Mayflower Compact
Lexington
or Lexington and concord
Man made water way that connects New York City to the Great Lakes.
Eerie Canal
The "caning of Charles Sumner" refers to a violent incident on May 22, 1856, where Representative Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery Democrat from South Carolina, attacked Senator Charles Sumner, an abolitionist Republican from_______________
Massachusets
Did the French or Spanish develop stronger relations with Native Americans?
The French
What Spanish colonial city, founded in 1565, is recognized as the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement within the future United States?
St. Augustine, Florida
The results of this conflict ended the period of salutary neglect and increased tensions between Britain and the colonists.
The French and Indian War/Seven Years War
Ireland and Germany
The first major battle of the Civil War (not just where first shots were fired)
Battle of Bullrun
This was a system of farming that combined corn, beans, and squash
Three-sisters Farming
This man is credited for the First Great Awakening and for the start of the new light preaching style
George Whitfield
Benjamin Franklin’s plan to create a centralized government for the Thirteen Colonies. It failed when only 7 colonies sent representatives. However, it did mark the first effort at achieving colonial unity.
The Albany Plan
Events here led to the demise of the Federalist party as a national political force
The Hartford Convention
This institution can be credited as one of the most influential and opportunity presenting part of Reconstruction for Black Americans after the Civil War
Black Churches
Which ancient society first cultivated potatoes?
The Inca
Which social movement is Johnathan Edwards associated with?
The Great Awakening
Who recommended a Policy of Neutrality at the end of his presidency
George Washington or Washington
This native American war leader lead a coalition of Native American tribes in alliance with the British against the United States
Tecumseh
The Union's 3 part strategy in the Civil War
The Anaconda Plan
This rebellion came as a result of the Spanish in the American southwest colonizing
What is Pope's Rebellion or the Pueblo revolt?
Written anonymously by Jefferson and Madison in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, they declared that states could nullify federal laws that the states considered unconstitutional
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Devised by Eli Whitney in 1801 to more efficiently make rifles, allowing unskilled workers to produce large numbers of weapons quickly and at lower cost.
Interchangeable parts
Which amendment grants the right to vote for all male citizens regardless of their ethnicity or prior slave status.
15th amendment
In Pre-columbian Mexico, this staple food provided a reliable source of nutrition that allowed for the development of complex societies, large populations, and cultural practices deeply intertwined with the crop
Which native American tribe did settlers from Jamestown come to contact with?
The Powhatan
A formal statement that expressed the colonies’ desire to separate from the British and form their own government. It was drafted by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by Congress on July 4, 1776.
The Declaration of Independance
Negotiated by U.S. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams and resulted in the US gaining Florida for $5 million and rights to the Oregon Territory, both from Spain.
The Adams-Onis Treaty
Which act gave territories Popular Sovereignty over the issue of slavery?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The first American Indigenous peoples to make contact with Cristopher Columbus
The Taino or Arawak people in Hispaniola (DR and Haiti)
Which religious seperatist group founded the Plymouth colony after not fitting in with the Dutch
The pilgrims
Whose plan was the set of measures to combine Federal and State debt, buy all bond and have government issue new ones to help with national debt, impose a tariff on imports, and create a National Bank?
SCOTUS case that reinforced Congress's authority regulate national trade
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Name 3 slave-holding states in the Civil War that did not secede from the Union
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri
Spanish clergyman and social reformer who recounted specific acts of cruelty enacted by the Spanish on indigenous people.
Bartalome de las Casas.
Thousands of people from this group sailed with John Winthrop to found the Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Puritans
Treaty signed in 1794 between the U.S. And Britain in which Britain sought to improve trade relations and agreed to withdraw from forts in the northwest territory
The Jay's Treaty
This outlawed trade with all foreign countries and was another example of Jefferson and the Democrat-Republicans switching their Strict Interpretation of the Constitution to Broad.
The Embargo of 1807
Who started an armed slave revolt in Southern states by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
John Brown