First Peoples
The first people most likely migrated to the Americas from this continent
Asia
This empire is considered the first to colonize the Americas in 1492.
The Spanish
This was the first successful settlement by the British in the Americas
Jamestown
Thomas Paine said it was this in his title 1775 book calling for independence from Great Britain.
Common Sense
This doubled the size of the United States in 1803
The Louisiana Purchase
This is aMAIZEing crop is often considered the staple crop of Native America
Corn
This system was implemented as a way to force Native Americans to labor for the Spanish Empire.
Encomienda
This crop saved Virginia and earned the title "brown gold"
Tobacco
This is an example of what would be called on unprovoked attack by British forces in the winter of 1770.
The Boston Massacre
He created the American System and was known as the Great Compromiser
Henry Clay
The land mass that the first people crossed to get to the Americas. Watch out! You might drown if you try to cross it on foot now.
The Bering Straight
These European colonizers developed strong and peaceful relations with their Native American counter parts.
The Dutch or the French
Maryland
These individuals supported stronger state governments and called for a limited federal government.
The Anti-Federalists
This compromise dictated that slavery could not exist north of the 36-30 line
This man is considered the greatest DEFENDER of Native Americans in the Spanish colonies.
Bartolome De Las Casas
The French were mostly interested in this trade in the Americas. It's a trap!
Fur trapping
This colony was nicknamed the "city upon a hill"
Massachusetts Bay Colony
This was added to ensure the support of states that were holding out on ratification of the Constitution.
The Bill of Rights
This was issued to European countries warning them to stay out and not colonize Latin America
Juan Gines Sepulveda
The Spanish developed this system to organize Spanish colonial society.
The Casta system
This colony was established in 1773 as a buffer zone between Spanish Florida and South Carolina. Watch out for all the criminals in this place and it ain't all PEACHES and cream here.
Georgia
This was the first state to ratify The Constitution.
Delaware
This event culminated with Elizabeth Cady Stanton declaring all men and women equal.
The Seneca Falls Convention
This disease killed off an estimated 90% of Native Americans. It ain't no small thing.
Small Pox
These people were the founders of New Amsterdam, but they were soon ousted by the British.
The Dutch
They are off to a rocky start! These groups of colonies mostly relied on industry as their form of commerce.
New England Colonies
Often considered the only successful outcome of the Articles of Confederation, this stipulated requirements for statehood of western territories.
North West Ordinance
President Jackson vetoed this leading to many legislatures and key political figures calling him a dictator and "King Jackson"
The Second Bank of the United States