Unit 1 (1491-1607)
The most important crop for many Native American tribes. Also called maize.
Corn
The first four European nations to colonize the Americas
Spain, France, The Netherlands, Great Britain
A law passed by British Parliament in 1773 to help the British East India Company by giving the company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies
The Tea Act
The Louisiana Purchase
The belief that the United States should expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
The forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean
The Middle Passage
The belief that God created the universe, then stepped back and let it run based on the laws of nature.
Deism
A British proclamation that prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains in an attempt to protect the colonists from Native American attacks
The Proclamation of 1763
The ability for all white males to vote, regardless of property ownership or religion
Universal White Male Suffrage
The belief that new territories and states should decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery
Popular Sovereignty
A leader in the Spanish conquest of the Americas; Spanish for conqueror.
Conquistador
The industry that drove much of the early French and British exploration and colonization of North America
The Fur Trade
After effective boycotts caused the repeal of the Stamp Act, Parliament passed this law that stated that Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever"
The Declaratory Act
A compromise that maintained the balance between slave and free states by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
The newspaper run by William Lloyd Garrison with the goal of supporting the Abolition Movement
The Liberator
The land bridge between Siberia and Alaska that humans crossed to populate the Americas
The Bering Land Bridge/Bering Strait
The enslavement and ownership of human beings and their offspring as property
Chattel Slavery
A meeting of delegates from several colonies in which delegates attempted to repair their relationship with Great Britain while organizing a colonial defense
The Second Continental Congress
A political crisis in which South Carolina, angered by the Tariff of 1828, declared that the states had the power to nullify federal laws they did not like
The Nullification Crisis
The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War and added nearly 55% of Mexico's territory to the United States
The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
The European weapon that cleared the Native American population and allowed European colonization of the Americas to take place
Small Pox
A period of religious revival in Europe and the American colonies that occurred from the 1730s-1780s; Focused on the individual's connection to God
The First Great Awakening
The idea that power should be divided between branches of government as a safeguard against tyranny
Separation of Powers
A religious revival during the late 18th and early 19th centuries; Characterized by tent revivals and emotional, Evangelical preaching
The American author who urged American citizens to create American culture, instead of borrowing culture from Europe
Ralph Waldo Emerson