column 1 1607-1754
What is jamestown?
First permanent English settlement (1607)
What is the French and Indian War?
War that led to British taxes on colonies
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
1803 land deal doubling the U.S.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The belief that Americans had a God-given mission to expand westward
What is mercantilism?
This early colonial economic system involved England controlling trade and benefiting from colonial raw materials
What is tobacco?
Main cash crop of virginia
What is the Declaration of Independence?
document declaring U.S. independence
What is the cotton gin?
Invention that boosted cotton and slavery
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
1854 law with popular sovereignty in two territories
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This compromise in 1820 established a line dividing free and slave territories and admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
What is Bacon’s Rebellion?
1676 rebellion by frontier farmers
What are the Articles of Confederation?
the first U.S. government
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
case supporting federal power and the national bank
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
1863 order freeing leaves
What is the Democratic Party?
This 1830s political party supported common men, expanded suffrage for white males, and was led by Andrew Jackson.
Who is Roger Williams?
Founder of Rhode island
What is Marbury v. Madison?
case that created judical review
What is Henry Clay’s American System?
Clay's plan for tariffs,roads, and a bank
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
This 1857 Supreme Court ruling stated that African Americans were not citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This 1848 gathering issued the Declaration of Sentiments demanding political and social equality for women
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
1754 plan to unite colonies
What is France?
country that allied with U.S. after saratoga
What is the Temperance Movement?
movement to reduce alchohol use
What is Radical Reconstruction?
This congressional plan required the majority of Southern voters to swear loyalty and protected rights of freedmen, leading to military occupation in the South
What are the National Banking Acts?
This economic plan passed during the Civil War created a uniform national currency and strengthened federal economic power.