Period 1
The massive exchange of ideas, animals, and food sources which occured in the late 1490's
Columbian Exchange
Religious revival that increased church membership.
First Great Awakening
Which colonial region in England's North American empire was most culturally diverse and was sometimes called the "bread colonies"
Middle Colonies
The original constitution of the United States created by the Second Continental Congress.
Articles of Confederation
A belief that ultimate power resides in the people
Popular Sovereignty
A system of forced labor which was implemented by the Spanish in the "New World"
Encomienda System
First representative assembly in English colonies.
House of Burgesses
Line drawn by British Parliament, colonists not allowed to settle past Appalachian mountains
Proclamation Line of 1763
This rebellion showed the new Constitution’s strength.
Whiskey Rebellion
Federalists favored a _______ central government, Democratic-Republicans favored a ________ central government.
Federalists favored a stronger central government, Democratic-Republicans favored a weaker central government.
English religious faction that adhered to the strict teachings of John Calvin. Disliked Catholicism and migrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony the ascension of King James I to the English throne
Puritans
This document established self-government in Plymouth.
Mayflower Compact
Between 1650 and 1673 England passed a series of acts called these, which establish rules for colonial trade.
Navigation Acts
In 1765, Parliament passed this, taxing printed documents like deeds, licenses, playing cards, and almanacs.
The Stamp Act
How many states needed to ratify the Constitution for it to pass?
9 of the 13
Religious leader who was expelled from the massachusetts Bay Colony; later credited with founding Rhode Island
Roger Williams
________ refers to Britain’s loose enforcement of trade laws
Salutory Neglect
A method for attracting immigrants, Virginia offered 50 acres of land to each immigrant who paid for passage to America and to any plantation owner who paid for an immigrants passage.
The Headright System
This document established boundaries between the new nation and British North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and from Canada down to Spanish Florida. Ended the Revolutionary War
The Treaty of Paris
Republican documents that argued that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional; claimed that states have the authority to nullify federal laws.
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Economic system practiced by European powers in the late seventeenth century which stated that economic self-sufficiency was crucial; this led to the importance of colonial holdings for raw materials
Mercantilism
Bacon’s Rebellion highlighted tensions between these two groups.
wealthy, established elite landowners and poor, landless, or frontier settlers
This Puritan believed in antinomianism and was banished from the Bay colony because of her beliefs. In 1638, she founded the colony of Portsmouth.
Anne Hutchinson
What were the two major themes of Washington's "Farewell Adress"?
The danger of political parties and to stay neutral in foreign affairs/wars
What were the two major themes of Washington's "Farewell Adress"?