Colonization
Trade in the 18th Century that involved Britain, West Africa, and the Americas
Triangular Trade
This war was fought over land in the Ohio River Valley between the French, British, and their respective allies
French and Indian War
What were the three precedents set by George Washington
1.Two Terms
2. Presidential Cabinet
3. Neutrality
The United States bought the Louisiana Purchase from France which doubled the size of the United States during which presidency?
Thomas Jefferson
This former slave tried to sue for his freedom but the Supreme Court ruled that he was a slave and had no rights, and that the Kansas-Nebraska Act made the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
Dred Scott
This region of British Colonies in the Americas was founded primarily for financial gain.
Southern Colonies
This event was the colonists response to the Townshend Tea Act
Boston Tea Party
This event proved that the federal government under the Articles of Confederation was too weak
Shay's Rebellion
The idea that Westward Expansion was God's will
Manifest Destiny
This Harriet Beecher Stowe Novel talked about the evils of slavery
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This man established the Pennsylvania Colony to ensure religious freedom for the Quakers
William Penn
This British response to the Boston Tea Party imposed Martial law in the Massachusetts colony, closed the Boston Harbor, and forced colonists to house British troops
Intolerable Acts
This event proved that the federal government under the new Constitution was strong enough to deal with the problems of the country
Whiskey Rebellion
This group supported a strong national gov't
This group wanted the states to have more power
Federalists: This group supported a strong national gov't
Anti-Federalists: This group wanted the states to have more power
Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election which was a direct cause of what Southern State seceding from the Union
South Carolina
First Permanent English colony that was sponsored by the Virginia Company Charter
Jamestown
Following the French and Indian War, colonists were prohibited from settling West of the Appalachian Mountains due to what proclamation
Proclamation Line of 1763
Turning Point in the Revolutionary War. Convinced the French to help the colonists cause.
Battle at Saratoga
This told European Nations to stay out of the Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
What were the two main causes of the Civil War?
slavery and states rights
This speech by John Winthrop urged Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay colony to set a good example and serve as a great model for the rest of the world to follow.
City Upon a Hill
This pamphlet by Thomas Paine convinced undecided Americans to support independence
Common Sense
The Great Compromise combined elements of both the New Jersey and Virginia Plans to create what type of Congress/Legislature
Bicameral Congress
Missouri Compromise
This battle during the Civil War led to Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Antietam