Exam 1 Id part

Columbian Exchange
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Jamestown
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
House of Burgesses
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Indentured Servants
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Bacon's Rebellion
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Pilgrims
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Mayflower Compact
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
King Philips War
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Mercantilism
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Navigation Acts
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Middle Passage
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Stono Rebellion
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Proclamation Line of 1763
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Stamp Act
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Sons of Liberty
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Boston Massacre
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Coercive Acts
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Continental Congress
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Common Sense
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Declaration of Independence
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Battle of Saratoga
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Articles of Confederation
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Battle of Yorktown
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Shay's Rebellion
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Virginia Plan
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
New Jersey Plan
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
3/5 compromise
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Federalists
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Anti Federalists
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Bill of Rights
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Jay's Treaty
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Democratic Republicans
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Alien and Sedition Acts
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Louisiana Purchase
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Corps of Discovery
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Embargo Act
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Treaty of Ghent
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Adam Onis Treaty
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Monroe Doctrine
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Missouri Compromise
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Spoils system
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Tariff of Abominations
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Nullification
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
Indian Removal Act
Local growing body in Virginia established by the English crown in 1619
A body that convened in 1774 4 in response to the Coercive Acts
1675-1676 conflict between New England settlers and the regions Indians. The settlers were the victors
Plan for national government proposed by the Continental Congress in 1777 and ratified in 1781. It gave the national government limited powers, reflecting widespread fear of centralized government
Laws passed by Parliament in the 1650s and 1660s that prohibited smuggling. Established guidelines for legal commerce, and set duties on trade items
Treaty negotiated by John Quincy Adams and signed in 1819 by which spain ceded all of its lands east of the Mississippi River to the U.S.
Servants contracted to work for a set period of time without pay
Economic system centered on the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade for the home country
1739 uprising by African and African American slaves in South Carolina. In the aftermath of the uprising, white fear of slave revolts intensified
1786 uprising by Western Massachusetts farmers caused primarily by economic turmoil after the American Revolution
An act of Parliament that restricted colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
Opponents of ratification of the Constitution
1770 clash between colonial protesters and British soldiers in Massachusetts that led to the death of five colonists
The brutal voyage of slave ships laden with human cargo from Africa to the Americas
Pamphlet arguing in favor of independence written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776
1774 act of Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of the Boston Harbor
1807 act that prohibited American ships from leaving their home ports until Britan and France repealed restrictions on U.S. trade.
Biological exchange between the Americas and the rest of the world.
1820 act that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Main to enter as a free state and est the southern border of Missouri as the boundary between slave and free states
White southerners' name for the 1828 congressional tariff act that benefited northern manufacturers and merchants at the expense of agriculture, especially southern plantations
1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathanial Bacon. They were upset by the governor's unwillingness to send troops to intervene in conflicts between soldiers and Indians and lack of representation of Western settlers in the house of Burgesses
Proposal a the Constitutional Convention that highlighted the needs of small states by creating one legislative house in the federal government and granting each state equal representation
English religious dissenters who est a settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They were Separatists who wanted to sever all connections with the church of England
Resolutions passed by legislatures in Virginia and Kentucky that declared the Alien and Sedition acts "void and of nor force" in their states
Expedition organized by the U.S. gov't to explore the Louisiana territory. Led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark
Agreement between northern and southern delegated to the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved persons as a fraction of a free person in apportioning representation in the House of Reps
1765 law that imposed a tax on all transaction involving paper items
Political Party that emerged out of opposition to Federalist policies in the 1790s.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution
1769 treaty that req. British forces to withdraw from U.S. soil, req American repayment of debts to British forms, limited U.S. trade with British and West Indies
The doctrine that individual states have the right to declare the federal laws unconstitutional and therefore void within their borders
1798 security acts passed by the Federalist controlled congress. It allowed the president to imprison or deport any noncitizens
U.S. gov'ts 1803 purchase from France of the territory from the Mississippi river to the Rocky Mtns and from New Orleans to present day Montana
Boston organization first formed to protest the Stamp Act. It harassed government officials and led the boycott of British goods.
Accord signed in December 1814 ending the war of 1812 and returning to U.S. and Britain the land each controlled before the war.
1830 act by which Indian peoples in the East were forced to exchange their lands for territory west of the Mississippi River
Supporters of ratification of the Constitution
Proposal by James Madison at the Constitutional Convention that introduced the ideas of a strong central government, a bicameral legislature, and a system of representation based on population
Assertion by President James Monroe in 1823 that the Western hemisphere was part of the U.S. sphere of influence.
Document announcing the break from the British Empire. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and revised by the Continental congress, it was made public on July 4th, 1776
Patronage system introduced by Andrew Jackson in which federal offices were awarded on the basis o political loyalty.
The victory there in October 1777 provided hope that the colonists could prevail and increased chances that the French would formally join the patriot side
Written constitution created by the Pilgrims upon arrival in Plymouth. It was the first written constitution adopted in North America
Decisive battle in which the surrender of British forces on October 19th, 1781, effectively sealed the patriot victory in the American Revolution
First successful English colony in North America. Settled in 1607, founded by soldiers and adventurers
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