Coach Boone
Chapter 1
Inter Caetera - This established a north-south line 100 leagues west of the Azores
Treaty of Tordesillas - This moved the line 370 leagues
Ferdinand Magellan - His crew sailed around the globe
Francisco Coronado - The first European to see Buffalo, looking for golden cities - Explored for Spain, went as far north as Colorado
Vasco Nunez Balboa - He discovered the Pacific Ocean
Hernando de Soto - First European to see the Mississippi River - The first european to see the Valley of the Vapors
Francisco Pizarro - Conquered the Incas
Hernan Cortes - He conquered the aztecs
Malinche - Her name is synonymous with being a traitor in Mexico
Jacques Cartier - the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River
Moctezuma - Leader of The Aztecs
Fr. Junipero Serra - Franciscan Priest, established missions in California
Geronimo de Aguilar - Fransiscan Friar, rescued by Cortes on the Yucatan Peninsula
Amerigo Vespucci - The Italian sailor who corrected Columbus's mistake, acknowledging the coasts of America as a new world. America is named after him.
AP US History Test Chapter 2 and 3
Terms
Sir Frances Drake - Sea dog privateer, had a 4600% return on investment
Sir Walter Raleigh - His half-brother, named new land Virginia, settlement at Roanoke
John White - First Governor of Roanoke
Virginia Dare - First English child born in the new world
Roanoke - settlement established by Sir Walter Raleigh
Croatoan - The one clue left by The Roanoke Colony
Jamestown - First permanent English colony in North America
John Smith - settlement leader for Jamestown, issued order “he who does not work, shall not eat”
John Rolfe - He was the first to successfully cultivate tobacco as a cash crop in the new world
Powhatan - Chief of the Powhatan Confederacy
Samuel de Champlain - Known as the Father of New France
Couries de Bois - Means Runners of the Woods
Cecilius Calvert - Responsible for the settling of Maryland
Tobacco - poor man’s crop
Sugar - Rich man’s crop
Pilgrim - They wanted to break away from the Church of England
Puritans - They wanted to purify the Church of England from within
Squanto - Helped the Pilgrims through the first winter
Peter Stuyvesant - The most able director of New Amsterdam
William Penn - The crown owed his father a debt; he settled for the land for the Quakers
Gen. James Oglethorpe - Responsible for the settling of Georgia
Mayflower Compact - This document established a civil body politic
LaSalle - He claimed all the land in the Mississippi River Valley for France
Study Guide Chapter 4 25-26
Terms
Theodore Frelinghuysen - He started the great awakening in New Jersey
George Whitefield - His last sermon in Boston drew 30,000 people
Jonathan Edwards - Greatest theologian that North America has ever produced - said the road to hell was baptized with the “skulls of unbaptized children”
Betty Parris - First accuser in the Salem Witch Trials
Rebecca Nurse - She was found not-guilty of witchcraft, the judge sent the jury back to reconsider
Bridget Bishop - First person hanged in the Salem Witch Trials
Cotton Mather - Leading supporter of Spectral Evidence
Increase Mather - Outspoken Opponent of Spectral Evidence; He said he would rather see 10 guilty go free, rather than 1 innocent person be hanged
Ben Franklin - Published Poor Richard’s Almanac
Peter Zenger - His arrest and trial lead to the concept of freedom of the press
Andrew Hamilton - Lawyer who won the cases that established the concept of freedom of the press - Former indentured servant, became a lawyer
William Cosby - Governor of New York, accused by a newspaper editor of being corrupt, and authoritarian
William Still - Considered the Father of the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman - Known as Moses because of all the slaves she delivered to freedom
AP US History Test Chapter 6 25-26
Word Bank
George III - King of England during the Revolutionary War
Sam Adams - Person who organized the Committees of Correspondence
John Hancock - He had a sloop called Liberty; signed the Declaration of Independence
George Greenville - British Prime Minister, said the colonist had virtual representation
Quartering Act of 1765 - Required the colonies to provide housing in public barracks, and provide bed cloth, cooking vessels, salt, vinegar, etc.
Sugar Act of 1764 - passed by Parliament in order to control the sugar trade and raise revenue
Stamp Act of 1765 - Required a legal stamp to be affixed to over 50 items
Patrick Henry - The “Voice of the Revolution” he gave the Stamp Act speech “Caesar had his Brutus, Charles I, his Cromwell, “
Virginia Resolves - Non-importation agreement that stated that Virginians deserve the same rights as Englishmen at home.
Declaratory Act - Reaffirmed Parliaments rights to pass acts for the colonist
John Adams - He defended the soldiers accused of murder during the Boston Massacre
Lord North - British Prime Minister in 1775(the entire revolution)
Ben Franklin - He offered to pay the damages of the Boston Tea Party out of his pocket
Suffolk Resolves - passed by the Continental Congress; no import, no export, no consumption of British goods, also encouraged the colonies to raise militia and learn the art of War
General Thomas Gage - The British General, in charge of North America, sent troops to Concord
Paul Revere - Silversmith, he created a propaganda piece after the Boston Massacre
AP US History Chapter 7 Study Guide 25-26
Prohibitory Act
Ethan Allen
Benedict Arnold
Thomas Paine
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Burgoyne
Horatio Gates
Charles Lee
George Rogers Clark
John Paul Jones
Lord Cornwallis
Lafayette
AP US History Chapter 8 25-26
John Dickinson - Main writer of the Article of Confederation
Ordinance of 1785 - This divided western lands into 36 sections of 640 acres each
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 - This had the process in which a territory could become a state; it outlawed slavery in its territory
James Madison - He was known as the Father of the Constitution - His diaries provided insights into the Constitutional Convention
George Washington - Chairman of the Constitutional Convention
Alexander Hamilton - he “saved’ the Interstate Commerce Convention by calling a meeting in Philadelphia the next year
Benjamin Franklin - He was the oldest person at the Constitutional Convention, Said it wasn’t perfect, but was the best that could be done.
Federalists - Group in favor of the new constitution
Anti-Federalists - They were against the Constitution
Chapter 9 Terms word bank
Election of 1788 - George Washington won
Election of 1792 - George Washington won
Election of 1796 - John Adams won
George Washington - First President under the Constitution
John Adams - First Vice president under the Constitution
Alexander Hamilton - First Secretary of the Treasury - Known as the Father of the National Debt
Thomas Jefferson - First Secretary of State - Vice President under John Adams
Henry Knox - First Secretary of War
John Jay - First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
John Marshall - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for 34 years, known as the “last federalist”
Aaron Burr - He was Thomas Jefferson’s running mate in 1796 - Vice president; killed Alexander Hamilton
Study Guide Chapter 10-11.5 25-26
Terms word bank
Election of 1800 - Thomas Jefferson wins; the one where Hamilton convinced congress to vote Jefferson after deadlocking 35 times.
Election of 1804 - Thomas Jefferson
Election of 1808 - James Madison
Election of 1812 - James Madison
John Adams - The First incumbent vice president to serve a new president.
Alexander Hamilton -
Thomas Jefferson - Winner of the election of 1800 and 1804
John Marshall - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for 34 years, “Last federalist”
Aaron Burr - Vice President of Thomas Jefferson; killed Hamilton
George Clinton -
Robert Livingston - Minister to France in 1801-1804; negotiated louisiana purchase
Toussaint L’ouverture - Led slave rebellion on Santo Domingo
William Clark - Brother of George Rogers Clark, led the corps of discovery
Merriwether Lewis - Jefferson’s personal secretary; led exploration of Louisiana purchase along with William Clark.
Sacajawea - Shoshone woman who served as a guide for Lewis and Clark
Tecumseh - Led a confederation of Native American tribes, his name meant “Shooting Star,” killed at the Battle of Thames
Tenskwatawa - “The prophet”, led Tecumseh's confederation to defeat at Tippecanoe
William Henry Harrison - Hero of Tippecanoe
Oliver Hazard Perry - Hero of the Great lakes, “we have met the enemy and they are ours”
Francis Scott Key - Wrote “Defense of Fort M’Henry”
Andrew Jackson - Hero of New Orleans
AP US History Chapter 11.5 and 12
Word Bank
Election of 1816 - James Monroe
Election of 1820 - James Monroe
Election of 1824 - John Quincy Adams
Election of 1828 - Andrew Jackson
Election of 1832 - Andrew Jackson
Election of 1836 - Martin Van Buren
Andrew Jackson - last revolutionary war veteran to be president
Henry Clay - ran for president in 1832 for the national republicans, his second attempt; speaker of the house, ran for president in 1824, named secretary of state by john quincy adams
John C Calhoun - second and last incumbent vice president to serve a new president
Nicholas Biddle - bank czar
Specie Circular - law that said all public lands had to be paid for with gold or silver
William Wirt - candidate for anti-masonic party
Boston Massacre - March 5, 1770
Boston Tea Party - December 16, 1773
Lexington and Concord - April 19, 1775
Declaration of Independence
Verbal - June 7, 1776
-Adopted - July 4, 1776
-Written - July 2, 1776