Period 1
Describe the effects of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas.
- Brought Horses and other livestock
- Brought Diseases
- Crops: sugar, bananas, coffee
Why did the Pilgrims, Puritans and Quakers come the Americas?
Religious Freedom
What are at least three causes of the American Revolution
French and Indian War, "No taxation without representation", Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Tea tax, Boston Tea Party, Closing of Boston, Intolerable Act, Boston Massacre
What was the 'corrupt bargain'?
John Q. Adams won the presidency after a deal was made in the House over Andrew Jackson
What did Washington warn against in his Farewell Address?
Political Parties, foreign entanglements
Who defeated the Aztec Leader, Montezuma?
Cotes
Describe what happened at Roanoke
Colonists disappeared
CROATOAN
How did equality become a stronger component of American freedom after the Revolution?
breakdown of hereditary privilege
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
(1805-1879) Garrison was a famous American abolitionist, social reformer, and journalist. He is best known for his famous paper The Liberator and for his founding of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Garrison was also a voice for the women's suffrage movement.
Who repealed the Alien and Sedition Acts?
Thomas Jefferson
What is the importance of maize
It was the basis of agriculture in the Americas (as well as squash and beans)
What is the importance of the Magna Carta?
Listed liberties each free man had- influenced American government
What is coverture?
the legal status of a married woman, considered to be under her husband's protection and authority.
What was the effect of interchangeable parts?
Mass production
Which president refused to enforce a Supreme Court decision?
Jackson
Explain how Native Americans adapted to their environment
- Food, shelter, hunted, gathered, etc
Compare/Contrast the different economies of the three regions of British Colonies in the Americas
New England- shipbuilding/ trade
Middle- staple crops/ small farms
South- cash crops/ plantations
What was one positive lasting effect of the Articles of Confederation?
Northwest Ordinance
What was the Monroe Doctrine
We will stay in our hemisphere- Europe stays in theirs
Americas were closed for new colonization
Who successfully handled the Barbary Pirates?
TJ
Explain how European expansion led the shift from feudalism to capitalism
Merchant class; cash not land
What was Metacom's War (King Philip's War) and why was it important
An Indian alliance launched attacks on farms and settlements that were encroaching on Indian lands.
Most dramatic and violent warfare in the region, pushed settlement line east, Native Americans seen as "blood thirsty savages"
What were at least 3 of the 5 provisions of Hamilton's economic plan
- Bonds, New Nat'l debt, Nat'l Bank, Whiskey Tax, Tariff
What is participatory democracy?
The idea that people participate in their democracy
Vote, meetings, protests, etc
Which first lady is credited with saving a portrait of Washington?
Dolly Madison