Colonialism
This economic theory emphasized accumulating wealth through colonies and controlling trade.
What is mercantilism?
This war, concluded by the Treaty of Paris in 1763, set the stage for colonial discontent by increasing British debt and leading to new taxes.
What is the French and Indian War?
This first president set many key precedents, including the establishment of a Cabinet and serving only two terms.
Who is George Washington?
This reform movement inspired by the Second Great Awakening focused on reducing alcohol consumption.
What is the temperance movement?
This compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, maintaining the balance in Congress.
What is the Missouri Compromsie?
The Southern Colonies' economy relied heavily on this labor-intensive crop that flourished in the warm climate.
What is tobacco?
Thomas Paine's pamphlet that argued for independence from Britain and criticized monarchy.
What is Common Sense?
This controversial act during John Adams' presidency restricted free speech and led to significant backlash.
What is the Sedition Act?
Andrew Jackson's political philosophy that expanded voting rights to all white men is known as this.
What is Jacksonian Democracy?
This president is associated with the concept of Manifest Destiny, Texas annexation, and acquiring Oregon Territory.
Who is James K. Polk?
The Great Awakening unified the colonies by challenging traditional authority and emphasizing this individual spiritual experience.
What is personal salvation?
The winter encampment where George Washington's troops, with help from Baron von Steubeun, transformed into a professional army.
What is Valley Forge?
This major land acquisition during Thomas Jefferson's presidency doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This legislative system, provided by Henry Clay, aimed to connect the North, South, and West through economic development.
What is the American System?
This 1850 agreement included the Fugitive Slave Act and admitted California as a free state, increasing tensions between the North and the South.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
During Salutary Neglect, the colonies developed self-governance, such as this Virginia legislative assembly established in 1619.
What is the House of Burgesses?
This compromise at the Constitutional Convention resolved the debate over representation by creating a bicameral legislature.
What is the Great Compromise?
The doctrine declared during James Monroe's presidency warned European nations against further colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This rebellion, led by an enslaved preacher, heightened tensions over slavery in the South.
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
This Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans were not citizens and invalidated the Missouri Compromise.
What is Scott v. Sanford (Dred Scott decision)?
This brutal leg of the trans-Atlantic trade brought enslaved Africans to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage?
This agreement formally ended the Revolutionary war in 1783 and recognized the United States as an independent nation.
This policy signed by Andrew Jackson forcibly removed Native Americans from their lands, leading to the Trail of Tears.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This movement, led by figures such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, was influenced by the Second Great Awakening and sought equal rights for women.
What is the women's suffrage movement?
Who is John Brown?