Period 1
These two factors most influenced Native American societies before European contact
Geography and Environment
The first permanent English settlement in North America
Jamestown 1607
This war increased British debt and tensions with the colonies
French and Indian War
The belief that the U.S. was destined to expand westward
Manifest Destiny
This act allowed voters in territories to decide on slavery
popular sovereignty
God, Gold, and this motivated European exploration
Glory
This cash crop made the Chesapeake colonies profitable
Tabacco
This British tax angered colonists in 1765
Stamp Act
This purchase doubled the size of the United States
This Supreme Court case ruled African Americans were not citizens
Dred Scott v. Sandford
The exchange of goods, people, animals, and diseases between continents
Columbian Exchange
This document established self-government in Plymouth Colony
Mayflower Compact
This 1776 document justified independence using Enlightenment ideas
Declaration of Independence
This Supreme Court case strengthened federal power
McCulloch v. Maryland
This 1863 order freed slaves in Confederate-held territory
Emancipation Proclamation
Spanish explorers and conquerors were known by this name
Conquistadors
This rebellion revealed class tensions in colonial Virginia
Bacon's Rebellion
America’s first national government was created by these (BONUS POINTS: if you can name what event led to its demise)
Articles of Confederation and Shays' Rebellion
This political movement expanded voting rights to white men
Jacksonian Democracy
These amendments ended slavery and expanded civil rights
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
This Spanish labor system that exploited Native Americans
Encomienda System
2 QUESTIONS!!!!!
This religious group settled in Massachusetts for religious reasons
and
A labor system where workers exchanged labor for passage
Puritans and Indentured Servitude
This document replaced the Articles in 1787
U.S. Constitution 1787
This religious revival inspired reform movements
Second Great Awakening
The failure of this compromise demonstrated that political solutions could no longer contain the slavery debate
Compromise of 1850