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| 7359891892 | Mercantilism | European government policies of the 16th-18th centuries designed to promote overseas trade between a country & its colonies and accumulate precious metals by requiring colonies to trade only with their motherland country. | 0 | |
| 7359891893 | Jamestown (1607) | First permanent English settlement in the New World located in Virginia | 1 | |
| 7359891894 | Bacon's Rebellion | Colonial rebellion against the governor of Virginia and Native Americans; rebels were backcountry settlers | 2 | |
| 7359891895 | Plymouth (1620) | The first permanent English settlement in New England; established by religious separatists seeking autonomy from the church of England. | 3 | |
| 7359891896 | Pilgrims | Group of separatists who established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts | 4 | |
| 7359891897 | Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630) | Home to many Puritans who left England because of the persecution they faced from the Anglican Church. | 5 | |
| 7359891898 | John Winthrop | Envisioned the colony as a "city upon a hill" from which Puritans would spread religious righteousness throughout the world. | 6 | |
| 7359891899 | Maryland Toleration Act (1649) | The first law on religious tolerance in the British North America; allowed freedom of worship for all Christians - including Catholics - in Maryland, but sentenced to death anyone who denied the divinity of Jesus. | 7 | |
| 7359891900 | First Great Awakening | Religious revival movement during the 1730s and 1740s; stressed the need for individuals to repent and urged a personal understanding of truth. | 8 | |
| 7359891901 | Peace of Paris (1763) | Ended French and Indian War | 9 | |
| 7359891902 | Proclamation of 1763 | Forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalacian Mountains & required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east. | 10 | |
| 7359891903 | Writs of Assistance (1767) | Special search warrants that allowed tax collectors to enter homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods. | 11 | |
| 7359891904 | First Continental Congress (1774) | Met to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts; Recommended a boycott of British imports. | 12 | |
| 7359891905 | Lexington and Concord (1775) | Site of the first shots of the American Revolution. | 13 | |
| 7359891906 | Thomas Paine | Patriot and writer whose pamphlet *Common Sense* convinced many Americans that it was time to declare independence from Britain. | 14 | |
| 7359891907 | Battle of Saratoga (1777) | Caused France to openly support the colonies with military forces in addition to the supplies and money already being sent. | 15 | |
| 7359891908 | Treaty of Paris (1783) | Ended the American Revolution | 16 | |
| 7359891909 | Shays' Rebellion (1786-87) | An armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts protesting mortgage foreclosures. | 17 | |
| 7359891910 | Achievements of the Articles of Confederation | Land Ordinance of 1785 Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | 18 | |
| 7359891911 | Federalist Papers | Series of 85 essays written by James Madison, John Jay and Alexander Hamilton supporting the ratification of the Constitution. | 19 | |
| 7359891912 | Federalism | The division of power between the state and national governments. | 20 | |
| 7359891913 | Whiskey Rebellion (1791) | American uprising over the establishment of a federal tax on liquor; was quickly ended by George Washington and 13,000 troops. | 21 | |
| 7359891914 | Washington's Farewell Address (1796) | Warned against permanent foreign alliances and political parties, called for unity of the country, established precedent of two-term presidency | 22 | |
| 7359891915 | XYZ Affair (1797) | Three French officials demanded that American emissaries pay a bribe before negotiating disputes between the two countries. | 23 | |
| 7359891916 | Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (1799) | Jefferson and Madison's response to the Alien and Sedition Acts; promoted the states' right to nullify federal laws they considered to be unconstitutional. | 24 | |
| 7359891917 | Louisiana Purchase (1803) | A territory in the west central U.S. purchased from France for $15 million; extended from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada. | 25 | |
| 7359891918 | Embargo Act (1807) | Prohibited all foreign trade. *Historical Significance:* Devastated the New England economy | 26 | |
| 7359891919 | Nonintercourse Act (1809) | Opened trade with all nations except Britain and France. | 27 | |
| 7359891920 | Macon's Bill No. 2 (1810) | Reopened trade with both Britain and France but held that if either agreed to respect America's neutrality in their conflict, the U.S. would end trade with the other. | 28 | |
| 7359891921 | War Hawks | Primarily from southern and western states - strongly supported war with Great Britain on the eve of the War of 1812. | 29 | |
| 7359891922 | Treaty of Ghent (1814) | Ended the War of 1812 | 30 | |
| 7359891923 | Hartford Convention (1814-1815) | New England Federalists met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 - Led to the collapse of the Federalist Party. | 31 | |
| 7359891924 | American System | Henry Clay's plan - a high tariff to protect American industries; Bank of the United States to stabilize the currency; a system of internal improvements (such as roads and canals) which would knit the nation together | 32 | |
| 7359891925 | Erie Canal | An artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo | 33 | |
| 7359891926 | Adams-Onis Treaty (1819) | The U.S. paid Spain $5 million for Florida | 34 | |
| 7359891931 | Eli Whitney | Best known for inventing the cotton gin; pioneered the use of interchangeable parts in the manufacture of muskets. | 35 | |
| 7359891934 | William Lloyd Garrison | Prominent white abolitionist; editor of *"The Liberator"*; founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society. | 36 | |
| 7359891937 | Missouri Compromise (1820) | Missouri entered the union as a slave state, Maine entered the union as a free state, prohibited slavery north of latitude 36˚ 30' within the Louisiana Territory. | 37 |
