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maize cultivation
A staple of many Native American diets, leading many nomadic tribes to settle and develop great civilizations such as the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans.
Plains Indians
the Native Americans who lived in the flat parts of the western United States and followed the bison
Bartolome de Las Casas
Spaniard who fought for Native American rights.
New France
This early settlement, with a capital in Quebec, focused on fur trade and had friendly relations with the natives
Encomienda System
A system whereby the Spanish crown granted the conquerors the right to forcibly employ groups of Indians to work in exchange for protection
Columbian Exchange
The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.
Transatlantic Slave Trade
The brutal system of trading African Slaves from Africa to the Americas. These slaves were used for cash crops and created a whole new economy.
Smallpox
This was the leading cause of death and destruction of Native populations after Europeans began moving to the New World
Jamestown (1607)
First permanent English settlement in the New World located in Virginia on the Chesapeake Bay/James River; settled by the Virginia Company of London (joint stock); Leaders: John Smith & John Rolfe; tobacco was main staple in the colony
Headright System
The Virginia Company's system in which settlers and the family members who came with them each received 50 acres of land
Zenger Trial
1735 New York trial that promoted the idea of freedom of the press.
Tobacco
Cash crop that was most profitable in the Southern/Chesapeake colonies
Town Hall Meetings
Meeting in colonial New England where settlers discussed and voted on issues
Puritans
A religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay.
Quakers
English dissenters who broke from Church of England, preached a doctrine of pacifism, inner divinity, and social equity, under William Penn they founded Pennsylvania
Bacon's Rebellion
Western Virginia settlers were angry at Virginia Governor Berkley for trying to appease the Natives after they attacked the western settlements. The frontiersmen formed an army, with Bacon as its leader, which defeated the Indians and then marched on Jamestown and burned the city.
Spanish Settlements
Settled for money, power, and to spread their religion by converting Natives to Christianity. Intermarried with the Natives.
Southern Colonies
This colonial region made money by having slaves grow cash crops on plantations due to rich soil and warm climate.. Included Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
Middle Colonies
This colonial region included people from many different European countries. Most became farmers. Known as the "bread-basket". Religious freedom was common. Included New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
New England Colonies
This colonial region had an economic focus on fishing, whaling, timber, and trade. Winters were cold and the land was less fertile. Included Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, &New Hampshire
Mercantlism
an economic policy which held that a nation's wealth was measured by its supply of gold and silver; Britain heavily regulated colonial commerce under this policy
Navigation Acts
Acts passed in 1660 passed by British parliament to increase colonial dependence on Great Britain for trade; limited goods that were exported to colonies; caused great resentment in American colonies.
Indentured Servants
Colonists who received passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years; helped poor people to come to America
Fur Trade
The trading of animal pelts (especially beaver skins) by Indians for European goods in North America. Practiced primarily by the French and Dutch
Maryland Act of Toleration
Guaranteed religious freedom to all Christians in Maryland
Granted after Protestant became governor
Important precedent for later characterization of the United States and its Constitution
First Great Awakening
A revival of religious feeling and belief in the American colonies that began in the 1730s. Leaders included Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield.
French and Indian War
War fought from 1754 to 1763 in which Britain and its colonies defeated France and its Indian allies; led to implementation of new taxes in the colonies to pay off war debt.
Proclamation of 1763
Law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains in order to avoid conflict with Natives
Natives in the Revolution
Natives fought on both sides of the Revolution
Virtual Representation
British governmental theory that Parliament spoke for all British subjects, including Americans, even if they did not vote for its members
Stamp Act
1765 law that taxed printed goods, including playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc without consent of the colonists
Constitution
a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
Checks and Balances
A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Articles of Confederation
1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
Three-Fifths Compromise
the agreement by which the number of each state's representatives in Congress would be based on a count of all the free people plus three-fifths of the slaves
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Political declarations in favor of states' rights, written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, in opposition the the Alien and Sedition acts. Maintained that states could nullify federal legislation they regarded as unconstitutional
Declaration of Independence
1776 statement, issued by the Second Continental Congress, explaining why the colonies wanted independence from Britain.
Republican Motherhood/Cult of Domesticity
Idealization of women in their roles as wives and mothers. suggested that women would be responsible for raising their children to be virtuous citizens of the new american republic.
Northwest Ordinance
Law passed by Congress that specified how western territories would be governed and become states
Federalist Papers
Series of essays written by Hamilton, Jay, & Madison to support ratification of the U.S. Constitution
XYZ Affair
A 1797 incident in which French officials demanded a bribe from U.S. diplomats
Alien and Sedition Acts
Series of four laws enacted in 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants
Common Sense
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that criticized monarchies and convinced many American colonists of the need to break away from Britain
Continental Congress
The legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution
George Washington
This president warned against permanent alliances with other nations and the formation of political parties in his Farewell Address.
Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty
Organizations that led protests, helped American soldiers, instated a boycott, and generally resisted the British.
Boston Tea Party
Protest against increased tea prices (to save the British East India Company) in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston harbor
Battle of Saratoga
Turning point of the American Revolution. It was very important because it convinced the French to give the U.S. military and financial support.
Shay's Rebellion
A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes; exposed weakness of Articles of Confederation
Cotton Gin
Machine invented by Eli Whitney to mechanize the production of cotton fiber. Led to increase of Atlantic Slave Trade
Market Revolution
Drastic changes in transportation (canals, RRs), communication (telegraph), and the production of goods (more in factories as opposed to houses)
Cotton Kingdom
Nickname for the South that reflected that its economy was based on slaves and cotton during the early to mid 19th Century
Marbury v. Madison
This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review- SC can declare laws unconstitutional
Result of Manufacturing/Industrialization
North started to have a more powerful economy that was starting to challenge the economies of some mid-sized European cities at the time; rise of the middle class
Lowell System
Dormitories for young women where they were cared for, fed, and sheltered in return for cheap labor, mill towns, homes for workers to live in around the mills
Jacksonian Democracy
The first major opening up of American suffrage (voting rights) by Jackson's new Democratic Party in 1830s. Franchise extended to all white men (not just rich white men). Achieved by state legislation not constitutional amendment.
Declaration of Sentiments
Revision of the Declaration of Independence to include women and men (equal). It was the grand basis of attaining civil, social, political, and religious rights for women. Seneca Falls Convention
American System
Economic program advanced by Henry Clay that included support for a national bank, high tariffs, and internal improvements; emphasized strong role for federal government in the economy.
Lousiana Purchase
Land purchased from France doubling the size of the U.S. and gaining control of new ports in the Western boundaries
War of 1812
A war between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France by impressing American sailors. Resulted in the United States reasserting their presence and removal of Britain
Monroe Doctrine
An American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers
Missouri Compromise
An agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories; closed most of the Louisiana Territory to slavery
Westward Expansion Debates
Moving west would bring up questions about the extension of slavery into new territories and the balance of slave vs free states in Congress
Ordinance of Secession
After the 1860 election, South Carolina became the 1st state to unanimously decide to leave the Union
Manifest Destiny
the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Novel published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852 which portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral
Compromsie of 1850
Led to sectional harmony for several years under the following conditions: California admitted as a free state, new Mexico and Utah would be decided on their own, slave trade abolished in DC, Fugitive Slave Law passed
Kansas-Nebraska Act
a law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery; overturned by the Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott v. Sanford
1857 Supreme Court decision that stated slaves were not citizens: slaves were property no matter where they were living and the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
Fugitive Slave Act
A law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders
Emancipation Proclamation
Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in rebelling states; strengthened the moral cause of the war
Gettysburg Address
Speech given by Abraham Lincoln in which he praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War; supported the ideals of self-government and human rights
Confederacy Advantages and Disadvantages
superior military leadership; home-field advantage; greater motivation to fight for independence and preservation of way of life; BUT smaller population and force; lack of industry and railroads to supply army; poor political leadership; fighting amongst states
Union Advantages and Disadvantages
Industrial output; high population and size of force; extensive railroads to transport men and supplies; good navy blockade; superior political leadership; BUT inexperienced generals appointed for political, not military, reasons; offensive war which was high in casualties; had to move army/supplies to South; struggle for unity
Sharecropping System
Dominant agricultural model in the post-Civil War South. Is a system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crop produced on the land
Redeemers
Southern Democratic politicians who sought to gain control from Republican regimes in the South after Reconstruction.
Nativism
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
Massachusetts 54th Regiment
One of the first black units in the US Armed Forces. Earned place in history at Fort Wagner. Still faced discrimination and unequal pay
Black Codes
Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed slaves
13th Amendment
Abolition of slavery
14th Amendment
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
15th Amendment (1870)
Prohibited voting restrictions based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
Compromise of 1877
Compromise that enables Hayes to take office in return for the end of Reconstruction
Radical Republicans
After the Civil War, a group that believed the South should be harshly punished and supported black suffrage.
Anne Hutchinson
American colonist who was banished from Boston for challenging gender and religious views.