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Reasons for European Exploration and Colonization
The Impact of Geography and Origins of Settlers on Colonies and Slavery
The Revolutionary War Period
Constitution Origins, Including the Articles of Confederation
Formation of the First Political Parties
100
- The first written framework of government established in what is now the United States - Influenced our history because it was a revolutionary idea that influenced our forefathers to base our country by and for the people
Mayflower Compact
100
-It took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries when Africans were transported to the New World and sold/traded -It influenced our history because if it had never happened, civil rights would have never been an issue
Atlantic Slave Trade
100
-This document written by Thomas Jefferson agreed with John Locke that all men are created equal and free. -This influenced our history because it helped civil rights activists argue that just because their skin was a different color doesn't mean that they should be treated different.
The Declaration of Independence
100
-He wrote the Virginia Plan. He's often called the "Father of the Constitution." -He influenced our history because the Virginia Plan set the foundation for our three branches of government.
James Madison
100
-They were led by John Adams and Alexander Hamilton, believed in a strong national government and commercial economy and were supported by bankers and business interests in the Northeast -They influenced our history because they led into the modern day Republican party
Federalists
200
-It was the first English settlement in North America and was established by the Virginia Company of London. -It influenced our history because it helped to pave the way for English colonization in North America by discovering the cash crop of tobacco
Jamestown
200
-They had an economy based on shipbuilding, fishing, lumbering, small-scale subsistence farming, and eventually, manufacturing. They had a society based on religious standing and used town meetings in the operation of government. -They were influential to our history because they broke away from the social norms in the New World.
New England colonies
200
-These were John Locke’s principles or natural rights -They influenced our history because they were applicable to the American Colonists who founded our basis of a country
Life, Liberty, and Property
200
-It was written by George Mason; it reiterated the notion that basic human rights should not be violated by governments. -It influenced our history because it was an influential document of the time
Virginia Declaration of Rights
200
-It is a document signed by the United States of America and the Kingdom of Great Britain where they agreed not to fight a war and to engage in peaceful trade -It influenced our history because it was very unpopular but proved to be successful, so it taught America to have more faith in their government
Jay's Treaty
300
-They were people that came from England looking for jobs. To cover their transportation costs they would make a contract with a rich guy to work for a number of years until his transportation costs were covered (they were not slaves). -They influenced our history because that’s how America got populated.
Indentured Servants
300
-It was a religious movement that swept both Europe and the colonies during the mid-1700s. -It influenced our history because it laid one of the social foundations for the American Revolution.
The Great Awakening
300
-During this war, the French were driven out of Canada and their territories west of the Appalachian Mountains. -This influenced our history because the American Colonists because England needed to repay war debts and they taxed the colonists for most of the goods they needed in their daily lives.
French and Indian War
300
-They believed in the rights of individuals and the prerogatives of the states -The creation of this group influenced our history because it set the basis for our modern-day two party system
Anti-Federalists
300
-It was won by Thomas Jefferson -It influenced our history because it was the first American presidential election in which power was peacefully transferred from one political party to another and should be used as a model in modern day
Election of 1800
400
-He discovered the Hudson River in Canada and New York. -He influenced our history because New York played an important role in signing the Declaration of Independence and played an important role in declaring America a free country
Henry Hudson
400
-These are plants grown only for profit, not food. -It influenced our history because this was the first time things were grown for economic reasons and the need for more labor grew, leading to slavery
Cash crops
400
-These were the three main support groups -This influenced our history in a negative way because if the colonists had all been united in their ideas it would have been easier to defeat Great Britain.
Patriots, Loyalists, and the Neutralists
400
-It is the doctrine set forth in Marbury v. Madison. It gives the court the power to adjudicate the constitutionality of legislative or executive acts. -It influenced our history because it's still used today in the court of law in order to fairly assess a law
Judicial review
400
-They believed in a weak national government and an agricultural economy. They were supported by farmers, artisans, and frontier settlers in the South -They were important because they eventually formed into the modern-day Democrat party
Democrat-Republicans
500
-It was established in the 1640s, and was the first elected assembly in the New World. -It influenced our history because it gave the founding fathers a model of what legislature should look like
House of Burgesses
500
-This state was founded by dissenters fleeing persecution by Puritans in Massachusetts -It influenced our history because it shows the divide starting to happen in the New World between New England and Southern colonies
Rhode Island
500
-He was the Chief Commander for the United States. -He influenced our history because without his leadership we would have lost the war. He helped us win the battle of Yorktown.
George Washington
500
-It is the system put in place to avoid any one branch of the government from becoming too powerful -It is influential on our history because this system is still used today in our three branches of government
Checks and balances
500
-He was the second president of the United States and an American Founding Father, a statesman, diplomat, and a leading advocate of American independence from Great Britain. He lost to Thomas Jefferson in the election of 1800 -He influenced our history because he left a legacy of reason, moral leadership, the rule of law, compassion, and active foreign policy
John Adams