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Mayflower Compact

Agreement to obey the government in Plymouth; early step toward self

Olaudah Equiano

African writer and abolitionist who survived the Middle Passage; published an influential autobiography exposing the horrors of slavery.

Indentured Servant

Colonist working 4–7 years in exchange for passage to America; common labor source before slavery became dominant.

Metacom

Native American leader (also called King Philip) who led a war against New England colonists in 1675–76.

Treaty of Paris (1763)

Ended the French and Indian War; France gave up most of its North American territories.

Stamp Act

1765 British tax on printed materials in the colonies; triggered widespread protests and cries of “No taxation without representation.”

Articles of Confederation

First U.S. government framework; created a weak central government with no power to tax or regulate trade.

Virginia Plan

Constitutional proposal for representation in Congress based on population; favored large states.

⅗ Compromise

Constitutional compromise that counted enslaved people as 3/5 of a person for representation and taxation purposes.

Marbury v. Madison

1803 Supreme Court case that established judicial review—the Court’s power to declare laws unconstitutional.

Protective Tariff of 1816

A tax on imported goods designed to protect American industry and help fund internal improvements.

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Onís Treaty**

Embargo Act of 1807

Law passed under Jefferson that banned U.S. trade with all foreign nations to avoid war; hurt U.S. economy badly.

Seneca Falls Convention

Manifest Destiny

1800s belief that Americans had a divine right to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean.

Missouri Compromise

1820 agreement that admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state; banned slavery north of 36°30′ in the Louisiana Territory.

Wilmot Proviso

1846 proposal to ban slavery in any territory gained from Mexico; it failed but intensified sectional conflict.

Dred Scott Decision

1857 Supreme Court case declaring African Americans were not citizens and Congress couldn’t ban slavery in territories.

Cult of Domesticity

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