Sailed in 1492, landed in Hispaniola
Who is Christopher Columbus?
4 primary European countries that colonized the New World
Who are Great Britain, France, Spain and the Netherlands?
Ordered colonists to stop migrating west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
Supreme Court case that established Judicial Review
What is Marbury v Madison? (1803)
Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
System of forced labor by the Spanish
What is Encomienda system?
The theory that a government should control economic pursuits to further a nation’s national power, especially in the acquisition of silver and gold.
What is mercantilism?
The first constitution of the United States; established a very weak federal government
What are the Articles of Confederation?
A plan proposed by Henry Clay that was intended to strengthen the economy of the U.S. through a combination of tariffs, national banks, and infrastructure
What is the American System?
Northern retaliatory legislation in response to a harsher Fugitive Slave Law
What are personal liberty laws?
Name for a Spanish explorer like Hernan Cortes
What is conquistador?
Laws passed in 1651 by Britain as measure to supersede Dutch control of international trade. Colonial commodities such as tobacco and sugar had to be exported to England in English ships and sold in English ports before they could be re-exported to other nations’ markets. Spurred colonial resentment in the long-term.
What are the Navigation Acts?
Series of essays written by Hamilton, Madison and Jay to support ratification of the Constitution
What are the Federalist Papers?
Declared that the Western Hemisphere was closed to further European colonization
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Lincoln's lenient plan to readmit rebel states after the Civil War.. Not favored by Radical Republicans
What is the 10% Plan?
The transmission and interchange of plants, animals, diseases, cultures, human populations (including slaves), and technologies between the New World and the Old World.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Preacher during the Great Awakening who wrote the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
Provide an example of Enlightenment thought that can be found in the Declaration of Independence
Natural rights, right to overthrow unjust government...etc
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The "Burned Over District" could be found along the path of this
Expansionist motto in favor of annexing the entirety of the Oregon Territory
What is "fifty-four forty or fight!"
Priest who criticized the forced labor system used by the Spanish
Who is Bartolome de las Casas?
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1739 uprising in South Carolina that led to stricter slave laws
Native American chief that led a rebellion against the British colonists after they expanded their military presence in the Great Lakes area during and after the French and Indian War.
Who is Pontiac?
Jackson's distrust of central banking led to this catastrophe during Martin Van Buren's presidency
What is the Panic of 1837?
Delivered the majority opinion in the Dred Scott case
Who is Roger Taney?