DE US History DILA

Henry the Navigator

Portuguese prince who promoted expansion and had a sailing school

Ferdinand and Isabella

monarchs who united Spain

Sir Francis Drake

British Navigator who went around the world

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British Monarch who sent out explorers

Pizzaro

conquered the Incas

Cortes

conquered the Aztecs

Bartolme de Las Casas

priest who traveled with Columbus

Washington

most northwestern US state

Arizona

most southwestern US state

Ohio

Midwest state

Georgia

Bible Belt state

Michigan

Steel belt state

Mercantilism

economic system that promoted exports and restricted imports

Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith's book that he wrote to promote capitalism and laissez-faire

Iriqious Confederacy

Northern New York group of Native Tribes

Three Sisters Crops

corn, beans, squash

Seminols

major tribe in south eastern region (Florida)

Haida

north western tribe that made wooden totem poles

Columbian Exchange

brought diseases, food, and people to the Americas

Trans-Atlantic Trade

trade that brought Africans to the Americas

Buffalo

big animal that sustained many tribes

James Ogylthorpe

person who founded Georgia

Pilgrims

group that counted Plymouth

Quakers

group who founded Pennsylvania

Puritans

group that founded Massachusetts

John Smith's famous saying:

"he who shall not work, shall not eat"

William Bradford

leader of Plymouth

example of Plymouth self government

act of toleration

Peter Minuit

founded New Amsterdam

Cecelius Calvert (Lord Baltimore)

founded Maryland

Chinook

Fishing tribes on the Pacific coast

Iroquois Confederacy

group of tribes in upstate New York

Mohawks

guarded the Eastern Door

Seneca

guarded the Western Door

Seminols

dominant tribe in Florida

Choctaw, Creek, Cherokee

the 3 dominant tribes in Georgia + Alabama

Sioux

started in the Great Lakes, ended up in Kansas

Inuit

heavily relied on arctic fishing

Horses

animals that transformed Indian lifestyle

Indian Removal Act

1830, Jackson, moved Indians to Oklahoma

Silk Road

trade route from China to Mediterranean

Medici Family

leading banking family in Italy

Martin Luther

started Protestant Reformation

The Prince

Machiavelli's book on painting power for rulers

Ferdinand + Isabella

Spanish monarchs that sponsored Christopher Columbus

Vasco de Gama

went down the coast of Africa

Magellan

his ships circumnavigated the world

Ponce de Leon

searched for Fountain of Youth

Genocide

mass extinction of a people

Salutary Neglect

1607-1763, period of benevolent colonial growth

French and Indian War

1754-1763, Great Britain versus France, ended Salutary Neglect

First Family's of Virginia (FFV)

major land owners in Ohio River Valley

Sugar Act 1764

increased duties on sugar

Quartering Act 1765

forced colonist to supply British Army/Red coats

Stamp Act 1765

required tax stamps on all printed materials

"No taxation w/o representation"

James Otis, express colonies grievances against taxation and the Stamp Act

Declaratory Act 1766

response to James Otis' saying and colonists

Benjamin Franklin

colonial delegate in London

Crispus Attucks

first man killed in Boston Massacre

Boston Tea Party

major act of domestic terrorism

Intolerable Act 1774

closed Boston port

Albany Plan of Union

1754, Ben Franklin's plan towards colonial unity

Committee of Correspondence

1772 step towards colonial unity

1st Continental Congress

1774 step towards national identity

The Association 1774

economic boycott of British goods

Common Sense

Thomas Paine, 1776, pamphlet, worked to unify colonists in order to rebel against Britain

John Adams, Jefferson, Franklin

the 3 who authored the Declaration of Independence

George Washington

FFV, 1st US President, US Commander in Chief, won Yorktown Battle, Crossed the Delaware river on Christmas night

Lafayette

French general who aided the US in the Revolution

Algonquian

Native tribe that sided with the Frenchh

Salutary Neglect

period where colonial development prospered

Sugar Act

one of the first acts, raised revenue from colonists

Samuel Adams

urban radical who organized colonists

Committees of Correspondence

intracolonial network to share ideas of resistance

The Association

called for the boycott of British goods

freedom of religion, the quakers, westward expansion

examples of the "American Experiment"

MAGA, city upon a hill

examples of American Exceptionalism

Progressive school

sschool that believed class conflict was the primary historical force

Consensus school

1950s school that believed in American superiority

Imperial school

changes in the British empire caused changes in American society

Stop Gap

once success of the Articles of Confederation

Thomas Jefferson

3rd president, prohibited slavery outside of the NW territory

Land Ordinance

adding a state

Each state got one vote

how the Confederation Congress decided things

Daniel Shay

an economically frustrated Massachusetts farmer

Nathaniel Bacon

led a Virginia uprising in 1676-77

Bicameral Legislature

major point of the Great Compromise

Washington

God among demigods

3/5 Compromise

act that preserved slavery and counted slaves towards representation

Hamilton

Father of National Bank

Hamilton

Father of American Government

Bill of Rights

First 10 amendments to the Constitution

Jefferson

father of state government

Executive Branch

branch of the government that executes the law

Washington's farewell address

warned against foreign alliances

"No taxation without representation"

colonial reaction to the Sugar Act

Judicary Act

Created a federal court system

Northwest Ordinance

prohibited slavery in the NW territories

Hamilton

Washington's secretary of the treasury

Intolerable Act

act that closed the Boston Port