European Exploration
Ancient trade network that connected Asia and Europe and helped to spread goods, knowledge, and culture.
Silk Road
First two colonies in British America
Jamestown and Plymouth (later Massachusetts Bay Colony)
Final addition to the Constitution resolving the Anti-Federalists' conflict
Bill of Rights
Louisiana Purchase
This was the last straw for the southern states
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Discover alternate route to Asia
Trade network between 3 different continents that included the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Triangular Trade
Slogan that rallied the colonists' efforts against the oppressive British government
Taxation Without Representation
Agreement to balance slave and free states at the 36'30 parallel
Missouri Compromise
Period of violence between pro and anti slavery factions prior to the Civil War
Bleeding Kansas
Columbian Exchange
Inaugural democratic assembly in the British colonies
House of Burgess
This document was inspired by John Locke and emphasized freedoms and equality
Declaration of Independence
Supreme Court ruled the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, allowing slavery to spread anywhere
Dred Scott Decision
Waited for a Union victory to issue this bold statement on slavery
Emancipation Proclamation
Spain built the biggest empire in the Americas by enslaving Native Americans on these
Encomiendas
Protest group that gave speeches, wrote papers and used intimidation tactics to aggravate Britain
Sons of Liberty
Made long distance communication possible
Telegraph
Knockout blow to the Confederacy by General William Sherman to annihilate the South
March to Sea