APUSH Final

Columbian Exchange

(1492-Present) the widespread transfer of plants, animals, precious metals, commodities, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas in the Western Hemisphere, and Europe, Africa, and Asia

British Colonies

(1607-1776) colonies under British control (13 colonies)

Triangular Trade

(1619-1800) Arms, textiles, and wine shipped from Europe to Africa, enslaved people from Africa to Amthe ericas, sugar and coffee from the Americas to Europe

War of Independence

(1776-1781) the fight between the 13 colonies to throw off British rule to establish the sovereign United States of America

Constitution

(1787) defines the fundamental law of the U.S. federal government

Louisiana Purchase

(1803) The U.S. purchased 828,000 square miles west of the Mississippi River

Tecumseh

(1811) Shawnee warrior chief, organized a Native American federacy in an effort to create an autonomous Indian state and stop white settlement

War of 1812

(1812-1815) fought over the impressment of American sailors by the British Navy, disagreement over trade, and western expansion

Hartford Convention

(1814) A series of meetings in the Federalist party which they discussed grievances from the ongoing War of 1812 and political problems

Lowell Factory System

(1814-1840) system designed so every step of the manufacturing process was done under one roof, work performed by young women

Missouri Compromise

(1820) maintained congressional balance in the Senate and admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a nonslave state

Monroe Doctrine

(1823) warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs

American System

(1824) constitutional federal republic involving the three branches of government

Erie Canal

(1825) longest artificial waterway built across New York state in early 19 century linking Lake Erie and Hudson River

Election of 1824

(1824) John Quincy Adams defeated Andrew Jackson in 1824 by garnering more electoral votes through the House of Representatives, even though Jackson originally received more popular and electoral votes

Andrew Jackson

(1829-1837) 7th U.S. President, democrat republican

Indian Removal Bill

(1830) authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders

Second Great Awakening

(1830-1850) Protestant religious revival in the United States from about 1795 to 1835. During this revival, meetings were held in small towns and large cities throughout the country, and the unique frontier institution known as the camp meeting began

Nullification Crisis

(1832-1833) the confrontation between the state of SC and fedethe ral government over the former attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal tariffs

Force Bill

(1833) gave the president the power to use the military to enforce the collection of import duties if a state refused to comply with federal tariffs

Cotton Kingdom

(1840) a vast expense of cotton plantations that extend from SC to east Texas

Manifest Destiny

(1845) belief that American settlers were destined to expand across North America