1491-1609
The tomato, potato, and syphillis were all part of this colonial-era transfer of stuff.
What was the Columbian Exchange
What was Jamestown
Colonists hurled this trade good into Boston Harbor to protest British taxation
What is tea
This deal, signed between the US and Napoleonic France, doubled the size of the country
What was the Louisiana Purchase
This ideology inspired the US to push westwards
What was Manifest Destiny
The Spanish government instituted this labor system in its colonies
What was encomienda
Puritan colonists in New England relied on this Native tribe for survival -- and eventually nearly wiped them out in King Philip's War
Who were the Wampanoags
This turning point battle in the Revolutionary War brought France into the war on the side of the colonists
What was the Battle of Saratoga
What was Marbury vs Madison
This movement pushed to get rid of Catholics and immigrants from Ireland and Germany
What was nativism
This factor contributed more to European conquest of the "New World" than any other - and name an example...
What was disease (bubonic plague; smallpox...)
The British government instituted these laws to establish control over its colonies' trade
What were the Navigation Acts
These two parties - the first in American history - were at each others' throats throughout the 1790s.
Who were the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans
This ideology encouraged women to raise the next generation of patriotic American citizens
What was Republican Motherhood
This battle finally gave Lincoln a win (or at least a draw) -- enough to pass the Emancipation Proclamation
What was the Triangle Trade (Europe; Africa; Americas)
Who were indentured servants
This pamphlet helped to define the revolutionary cause
What was Common Sense
This economic boom connected cities to the countryside like never before
What was the Market Revolution
This fiery abolitionist pushed for Black liberation through his newspaper, appropriately titled "The Liberator"
Who was William Lloyd Garrison
Hernan Cortes launched the Spanish invasion of the Americas by conquering this indigenous empire
Who were the Aztecs?
This conflict destroyed Britain's main colonial rival in the Americas and set the stage for the American Revolution
What was the Seven Years War
This was the United States' first attempt at a constitution - with mixed results
What were the Articles of Confederation
This invention revolutionized farming, allowing farmers to harvest their crops through machinery
What was the McCormick Reaper?
This deal tried to fix the problems created by the Mexican Cession: popular sovereignty would be used in the territory, the slave trade was banned in Washington D.C., California was added as a free state, a more strict fugitive slave law was created.
What was the Compromise of 1850?