Period 1 (1492 - 1607)
The exchange of diseases, ideas, food, crops and populations between the New World and the Old World following the voyage of Christopher Columbus.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This British colony was established in modern day Virginia in 1607 and became successful due to Tobacco.
What is Jamestown.
The economic theory that trade generates wealth and is increased by the accumulation of valuable territory and resources (i.e. colonies).
What is Mercantilism?
After winning the election in 1828, President Andrew Jackson began this policy - giving government positions to friends and supporters.
What is the Spoils System?
The movement to end the use of slave labor in the United States.
What is the Abolition Movement?
The system implemented by the Spanish in the New World where Spanish settlers protected, cared for and Christianized natives in exhange for their manual labor.
What is the Encomienda System?
This was the first large rebellion in the British colonies and was the catalyst in the transition from indentured servitude to slavery.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
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This famous clash in 1781 marked the end of the American Revolution - where Lord Cornwallis surrendered.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This crisis began with John C. Calhoun from South Carolina over the Federal Tariffs of 1828 & 1832 and stated that any State had the right to ignore federal acts within it's borders.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
The production of this cash-crop and items that improved its cultivation and harvest increased the demand for slavery in the United States.
What is Cotton?
Otherwise known as the "South Atlantic System" it shipped natural resources, slaves and manufactured goods between Europe, Asia and the Americas.
What is the Triangle Trade?
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List and briefly explain as many of the 10 reasons Britain was able to finally colonize North America in the early 1600's.
This response to bank foreclosures on farms was the catalyst for the Consitutional Convention in 1787.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
Called this by Andrew Jackson, it allowed John Quincy Adams to be elected as the 6th U.S. President - which ultimately haunted the term and prevented his re-election.
What is the "Corrupt Bargain?"
This deal allowed California to join the Union as a free-state while strengthening the Fugitive Slave Law and allowing popular sovereignty in Utah & New Mexico.
What is The Compromise of 1850?
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This response by natives to Spanish colonialization practices resulted in the abandonment of what is today Santa Fe in New Mexico for 12 years.
What is Pope's Rebellion?
This was the first representative governing body located in early Virginia.
What is the House of Burgesses?
The "Great Compromise" or "Connecticut Compromise" created a bicameral legislature in the U.S. Government and included ideas from these two plans.
What are the Virginia and New Jersey Plans?
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This scare resulted from Andrew Jackson's economic decision to transition to state banks, which led to an economic depression.
What is the Panic of 1837?
This policy began in the House of Representatives in 1836 and prevented the topic of slavery being brought to the floor.
What is the Gag Rule of 1836?
This argument between la Casas and Sepulveda was concerned with Spanish colonialization practices and resulted in the transition from the Encomienda to the Repartamiento system.
What is the Valladolid Debate?
The theological belief suggesting that man was not helpess in achieving salvation - a key aspect of the Great Awakening.
What is Arminianism?
This concept regarding the role of women in the late 1700's suggested women should stay at home and raise their children - however mothers were expected to become well educated and remain current with events in order to train the next generation.
What is Republican Motherhood?
This resulted after the Supreme Court case Cherokee Nation v. Georgia after which Andrew Jackson was quoted, "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it."
What is The Trail of Tears?
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This land deal acquired the southern portion of modern day Arizona and New Mexico in order to facilitate the construction the Trans-Continental Railroad.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?