Name the Three Aspects of the Columbian Exchange
diseases, animals, and plants
The Trade Between the American colonies, Europe, and Africa. Trading Raw materials, manufactured goods, and Slaves
The Triangular Trade
The French and Indian War (The seven Year War)
transformed economies that had been based on agriculture and handicrafts into economies based on large-scale industry, mechanized manufacturing, and the factory system
Industrial Revolution
repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
Kansas-Nebraska Act
A tale that suggested that the Spanish were doing unspeakable acts of cruelty the Native Americans
The Black legend
This Slave Uprising in South Carolina caused for stricter slave codes
Who wrote the the phrases that inspire the the Deceleration of Independence, Life, Liberty, and the right to own property
John Locke
What is Corrupt Bargain
the 1824 presidential election where Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House, allegedly supported John Quincy Adams in the House election to secure his presidency, in return for Adams appointing Clay as Secretary of State
Office of Tenure Act
law forbidding the president to remove civil officers without senatorial consent
What are Conquistadors
Spanish and Portuguese explorers who conquered and colonized the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries
an agreement that bound the signers to obey the government and legal system established in Plymouth Colony
The Mayflower Compact
Name the differences of the New Jersey and Virginia plan
The Virginia Plan Supported bigger states with more representational power (population based representation) , New Jersey Supported smaller states with stronger representational power (equal representation)
Henry Clay proposed 3 plans to promote economic independence in America know as the American System, what were those 3 plans
Protective Tariffs, New Roads and Canals, and National Bank
As America expanded westward, the federal government granted 160 acres of public land (in the newly obtained area) to any adult citizen or intended citizen who would agree to live on and cultivate it for five years. What was called?
homestead act
The Native America rebel against the Spanish that destroyed churches and pushed the Spanish back for 10 years.
Pueblo (Pope’s) Rebelion
the place where elected representatives of the Jamestown colony assembled to debate and solve common problems and pass new laws for Virginia.
house of burgesses
What is the Major event that happened from 1786-1787 that highlighted the weaknesses of the articles of confederation
Shays' Rebellion
In his final day of presidency John Adams appointed a number of new judges so in order to maintain federalist influences in the government before Jefferson's Presidency, What were they called.
Midnight Judges
ended the Mexican-American War and resulted in Mexico ceding a vast territory to the United States, which included present-day states like California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
a diplomatic agreement between Spain and Portugal that divided the newly discovered lands and trade routes outside of Europe between the two nations
Treaty of Tordesillas
After this New York Journalist publish criticisms about the Royal Governor of New york he was tried, establishing the development of freedom of the press
John Peter Zenger
What was was the act that said all of the states' dept brought by the American Revolution would be taken on my the federal government
The Assumption act
What is the main reason Jefferson Placed Embargo Act of 1807
In order to remain neutral between both the British and the French who were fighting, and the American Government was very weak
Freedman’s Bureau
a federal agency established in 1865 to help formerly enslaved people and poor whites in the South transition after the Civil War