Terms : Hide Images
| Group of religious dissidents who came to the New World so they could establish a "purer" church than the one in England | ||
| religious group that opposed the Church of England; they went to Holland; some went on to the Americas | ||
| The first successful settlement in the Virginia colony founded in May, 1607. Harsh conditions nearly destroyed the colony but in 1610 supplies arrived with a new wave of settlers. The settlement became part of the Virginia Company of London in 1620. The population remained low due to lack of supplies until agriculture was solidly established. Jamestown grew to be a prosperous shipping port when John Rolfe introduced tobacco as a major export and cash crop. | ||
| 1629 - King Charles gave the Puritans a right to settle and govern a colony in the Massachusetts Bay area. The colony established political freedom and a representative government; "city upon a hill" | ||
| individuals who served masters for a certain number of years in return for passage to the American colonies | ||
| The Jamestown colonists received help from the powerful _______________ of Native Americans after Smith made an agreement with them. They brought food to help the colonists, and then taught them how to grow corn. | ||
| He founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and State. He believed that the Puritans were too powerful and was ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious beliefs. | ||
| Received a charter from Queen Elizabeth I to explore the American coastline. His ships landed on Roanoke, which became a "lost colony." | ||
| She preached the idea that God communicated directly to individuals instead of through the church elders. She was forced to leave Massachusetts in 1637. Her followers (the Antinomianists) founded the colony of New Hampshire in 1639. | ||
| Who was the founder of the colony of Massachusetts | ||
| A Puritan minister who led about 100 settlers out of Massachusetts Bay to Connecticut because he believed that the governor and other officials had too much power. He wanted to set up a colony in Connecticut with strict limits on government. | ||
| economic system practiced by European powers in the 17th century said that economic self-sufficency was crucial; colonies are important for their raw materials | ||
| (1660) acts passed by British parliament wanted to increase dependence of the colonies on the English for trade; caused resentment for Americans | ||
| between Europe, Africa, and the colonies; molasses to rum to slaves | ||
| the voyage taken by African slaves on the horribly overcrowded ships from Africa to the Americas | ||
| trials in Salem, MA; 19 people executed; might have been caused by class | ||
| early 18th century British policy relaxing the strict enforcement of trade policies in the American colonies | ||
| 1686-The British government combined the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut into a single province headed by a royal governor (Andros). Ended in 1692, when the colonists revolted and drove out Governor Andros | ||
| 1733; tightened British control over the colonies | ||
| 1720s; first religious revival in the colonies; Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield | ||
| the first elected legislative assembly in the New World established in the Colony of Virginia in 1619, representative colony set up by England to make laws and levy taxes but England could veto its legistlative acts. | ||
| Also known the 7 year's war; conflict between British and French; French lose -> British win but incur great debt | ||
| Was an indentured servant that led the rebellion on white masters known as Bacon's Rebellion. Group of young bachelors rebelled for the promise of land in the Americas after working for a specific number of years. | ||
| Jacob Leisler seized control of lower New York from 1689 to 1691. The uprising, which occurred in the midst of Britain's "Glorious Revolution," reflected colonial resentment against the policies of King James II. Royal authority was restored in 1691 by British troop | ||
| The Virginia Company's system in which settlers and the family members who came with them each received 50 acres of land | ||
| A Puritan church document; In 1662, the Halfway Covenant allowed partial membership rights to persons not yet converted into the Puritan church; It lessened the difference between the "elect" members of the church from the regular members; Women soon made up a larger portion of Puritan congregations. | ||
| 1st President of the United States. Ex commander in chief of the continental army during the American Revolution. | ||
| 1754 Intercolonial congress. Urged the crown to take direct control of Indian relations beyond the boundaries of the colonies. Drafted a plan of confederation for the continental colonies. was not ratified by any colony and parliament did not accept it. | ||
| Law forbidding english colonists to settle west of the appalachian mountains | ||
| A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British | ||
| A tax that the British Pariliament placed on newspapers and official documents sold in the American Colonies | ||
| delagates from all colonies except Georgia met to discuss problems with Britain and to promote independence | ||
| American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809) | ||
| Turning point of the American Revolution. It was very important because it convinced the French to give the U.S. military support. It lifted American spirits, ended the British threat in New England by taking control of the Hudson River, and, most importantly, showed the French that the Americans had the potential to beat their enemy, Great Britain. | ||
| the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain | ||
| sound practical judgment | ||
| The government would take the debt of the nations and the states debt, make a national bank, and tax higher (which was the only one that did not pass thru congress) | ||
| Jefferson and Burr each received 73 votes in the Electoral College, so the House of Representatives had to decide the outcome. The House chose Jefferson as President and Burr as Vice President. | ||
| critical supreme court decision that established the principle of judicial review, stating that the supreme court had the right to review all federal laws and decisions and declare whether or not they are constitutional. | ||
| massive land purchase from emperor Napoleon of France that virtually doubled the size of the United States. | ||
| 1. Hartford Convention 2. Arguments over nullification and secession were being discussed among southerners. 3. the Era of Good Feelings begins with Monroe's presidency. | ||
| States that any states North of the 36 degree 30 minutes line had to be free states and any state south of the line would be permitted as slave states. | ||
| jackson believed in the idea of America as a nation of independent farmers called yeomen. He also practiced the spoils system, which supporters of him would be permitted into jobs in office. | ||
| Tariff passed by Congress in 1828 that favored manufacturing in the North and was hated by the South | ||
| Jackson proposed that all indians living east of the mississippi river. The trekk that the indians made during this act would be known as the trail of tears. | ||
| caused the panic of 1837, which was a depression that would last all the way into the 1840s. | ||
| uncle tom's cabin moby dick- herman melville narrative of the life of frederick douglass- frederick douglass Emily Dickinson Little Women- Louisa May Alcott Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Edgar Allen Poe Walt Whitman Henry David Thoreau The Scarlet Letter- Nathaniel Hawthorne Washington Irving | ||
| Henry Harrison and John Tyler were examples of leaders who opposed the election of Andrew Jackson. | ||
| reaffirmed the role of religion and in the lives of believers. The movement began in the late 1790s and reached its zenith in the 1830s. | ||
| a nineteenth-century movement in the Romantic tradition, which held that every individual can reach ultimate truths through spiritual intuition, which transcends reason and sensory experience. | ||
| A system of agricultural production based on large-scale land ownership and the exploitation of labor and the environment. This system focused on the production of cash crops and utilized slave labor. | ||
| one of the most famous black abolitionists who wrote the auto-biography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and was also known for his famous speeches. | ||
| Was a woman during the pre-civil war period that was known for her efforts in the abolitionist movement and wrote a famous book on the treatment of slaves known as Uncle Tom's Cabin. | ||
| Texas became part of the United States, this made some people angry because Mexicans believed that Texas should be a part of Mexico. This was one of several factors that led to the Mexican-American War. As a result of this war, Texas was granted into the U.S as a slave state. | ||
| 1. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war. 2. The U.S. acquired the Texas territory north of the Rio Grande, New Mexico, and California. 3. Americans assumed all claims on the Mexican government. 4. The territory of the U.S. nearly tripled as a result of this victory. 5. The Wilmot Proviso stated that slavery could not exist in any territory acquired by Mexico. 6. The Missouri Compromise was continued by president Polk. | ||
| temporarily ending tensions between the north and the south, this measure allowed california to enter the union as a free state but also strengthened the Fugitive Slave Law. | ||
| The conflict on whether Kansas would be admitted into the U.S. as a free or slave state. Violence and confusion took place in Kansas as various types of "settlers" moved into this this territory in the months before the vote in an attempt to influence it. | ||
| critical supreme court ruling that stated that slaves were property and not people; as a result they could not seek a ruling from any court. . The ruling also stated that Congress had not legal right to ban slavery in any territory. | ||
| Lincoln, the Republican candidate, won because the Democratic party was split over slavery. As a result, the South no longer felt like it has a voice in politics and a number of states seceded from the Union. | ||
| Johnson was impeached for the charge of High Crimes and Misdemeanors on February 24, 1868 of which one of the articles of impeachment was violating the Tenure of Office Act. He had removed Edwin M. Stanton, the Secretary of War, from office and replaced him with Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas | ||
| hard money: gold and silver and money that had to be minted and mined. Soft money: greenbacks were dollar bills that had no real value to back it up. | ||
| farmers' movement: government ownership of railroads and telegraphs, a graduated income tax, direct election of U.S. senators, and shorter workdays | ||
| aimed to control the power of trust and monopolies. | ||
| It was a very restricted union labor force that only allowed skilled white workers. National labor union formed by Samuel Gompers in 1886; original goal was to organize skilled workers by craft. | ||
| established in the 1880s, this was the major union of that decade. it was made up of unions of many industries, and accepted unskilled workers. Was eventually disbanded because of the Heymarket Square riot. People lost trust in them. | ||
| Considered the father of the tobacco industry in the New World | ||
| Helped found and govern Jamestown. His leadership and strict discipline helped the Virginia colony get through the difficult first winter. "He who shall not work shall not eat" | ||
| A new method of financing voyages, when private investors pooled their money as capital. The largest one in England was the British East India Company, est. in the early 1600's | ||
| The first colonial assembly, which begins the idea of representative government in the New World | ||
| He founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and State. He believed that the Puritans were too powerful and was ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious beliefs. | ||
| A Quaker that founded Pennsylvania to establish a place where his people and others could live in peace and be free from persecution. |
