Exploration & Economics
This era began when Europeans traveled to unknown lands around the world.
What is Exploration?
Colonists were angry about this issue, which led to protests like the Boston Tea Party.
What is taxation without representation?
The belief that God wanted the United States to expand westward.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Settlers traveled this trail to find land and opportunity in the West.
What is the Oregon Trail?
The compromise that counted enslaved people as 3/5 of a person for representation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
The three main reasons for European exploration.
What are Gold, God, and Glory?
A violent clash between British soldiers and colonists in 1770.
What is the Boston Massacre?
The forced removal of Native Americans in the 1830s that killed thousands.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This land purchase doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
A rebellion caused by economic hardship and unfair taxes on farmers.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
An economic system focused on exporting more than importing and building national wealth.
What is Mercantilism?
The purpose of this document was to justify independence and list colonial grievances.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The Native American group most affected by the Trail of Tears.
Who are the Cherokee?
This war was fought over control of the Ohio River Valley.
What is the French and Indian War?
One original colony that later became a U.S. state but was not part of the original 13.
Maine
The exchange of goods, crops, animals, and diseases between the Old World and New World.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Laws that limited immigration and restricted speech critical of the government.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
A major negative effect of colonization on Native populations.
What is the spread of disease?
This political party was led by Thomas Jefferson and favored farmers and states’ rights.
Who were the Democratic-Republicans?
She is known for her connection to Thomas Jefferson and debates about slavery.
Who is Sally Hemings?
This trade system forcibly transported enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Atlantic Slave Trade?
This 1763 law prevented colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
Indigenous relationships with rivers included spiritual meaning, transportation, and food.
What is all of the above?
Democratic-Republicans opposed this party, which supported a strong federal government and was led by Alexander Hamilton.
Who were the Federalists?
This document replaced the Articles of Confederation and created a stronger federal government.
What is the Constitution?