Foundations (Colonial Era, 1607–1774)
This system kept colonies supplying raw materials to Britain while buying British goods.
Mercantilism
Protest in which colonists destroyed taxed tea in Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
America’s first national government plan.
Articles of Confederation
Jefferson doubled U.S. size through this 1803 deal.
Louisiana Purchase
Movement that sought to end slavery.
Abolition
The Navigation Acts were designed mainly to strengthen this relationship between Britain and the colonies.
Mercantilism / British economic control
These colonial protest groups organized resistance to British policies.
Sons of Liberty
This rebellion convinced leaders the Articles were too weak.
Shays’ Rebellion
Conflict caused by impressment and trade restrictions with Britain.
War of 1812
Law allowing settlers to vote on slavery in territories, causing violence.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Why did many colonists object to taxes after the French and Indian War?
Taxation without representation
Why were Lexington and Concord significant?
First battles of the American Revolution
Compromise creating equal representation in the Senate and population-based representation in the House.
Great Compromise
Doctrine warning Europe not to interfere in the Americas.
Monroe Doctrine
Main issue dividing North and South before the Civil War.
Slavery
This event showed Britain would limit colonial settlement west of the Appalachians.
Proclamation of 1763
Thomas Paine's pamphlet that persuaded common colonists to support independence.
Common Sense
Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
To protect individual liberties / satisfy Anti-Federalists
How did Jacksonian Democracy expand participation?
Expanded voting rights for white men / increased participation of common white men
Amendment that granted citizenship to formerly enslaved people.
14th Amendment
Explain one reason the French and Indian War increased tension between Britain and the colonies.
War debt led to taxes / Britain tightened control / Proclamation Line angered colonists
Compare Patriots and Loyalists in one sentence.
Patriots wanted independence; Loyalists remained loyal to Britain.
Supreme Court case that established judicial review.
Marbury v. Madison
Policy that led to the Trail of Tears.
Indian Removal Act
What happened after Reconstruction ended in 1877?
Federal troops withdrew / Southern states regained control / rights were restricted