Period 1
Main stable food supply for Mayans and Aztecs
What is corn?
First permanent British colony in America.
What is Jamestown?
Event where British colonist threw British tea into the Boston harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Founding Father and co-author of the Federalist Papers
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The first President of the United States
Who is George Washington?
Spanish conquers and explorers
What are the conquistadores?
A socialist contract made in Plymouth
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The British Act on the colonists in response to the Boston Tea Party
What are the Intolerable or Coercive Acts?
Federalist judge, who was involved in many early land mark rulings
Who is John Marshal?
Americas first vice president
Who is John Adams?
The Spanish caste system in the Spanish colonies in Latin America
What is the encomienda system?
The first British settlers of America, went missing
What is the Lost Colony of Roanoke?
Pamphlet made in 1776, which detailed why the British colonists should disband from the British empire
What is Common Sense?
Granted the juries access to judicial review, if a law is constitutional
What is Marbury V Madison?
The first Democratic-Republican president
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The unification of different Native American tribes for political unification
what is the Iroquois Confederation?
Small farmers Rebellion against large, controlling plantation owners.
What is the Bacon's Rebellion?
Plan made by Benjamin Franklin to unify colonies for protection
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
Restricted American trade with foreign ports
What is the Embargo Act?
Started war of 1812 during presidency
Who is James Madison?
Famous Native Indian groups known for famous mounds and large settlements, near Ohio
What is the Adena-Hopewell?
Caused easier membership to Puritan church, increased churches influence and membership
What is Halfway Covenant?
A Whig statesman who shifted British efforts in the French and Indian War to capturing of Canada
Who is William Pitt?
Treaty that ended the War of 1812
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
Lead to the Trail of Tears in his presidency
Who is Andrew Jackson?