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| 9907346334 | The French and Indian War | 1754-1763 War between French and British in American colonies part of 7 years |  | 0 |
| 9907346335 | The Proclamation of 1763 | Line drawn by British Parliament, colonists not allowed to settle past Appalachian mountains |  | 1 |
| 9907346336 | Stamp Act | 1765 direct tax on a stamp that must be put on paper, office documents, etc. |  | 2 |
| 9907346337 | The Coercive Acts | 1774 intolerable acts |  | 3 |
| 9907346338 | Common Sense | 1776 pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to get people to want independence |  | 4 |
| 9907346339 | The Declaration Of Independence | 1776 document written by colonist elites to British King and Parliament stating independence and what all was wrong with British rule and the King |  | 5 |
| 9907346340 | Battle of Saratoga | Head to head battle between the British and Americans in country side, Americans win by a lot and show they have a chance |  | 6 |
| 9907346341 | French American Alliance | Formed after battle of Saratoga when Americans proved to French they can win and French are allies because they want to damage an age old enemy |  | 7 |
| 9907346342 | Treaty of Paris | 1783 ended the American Revolutionary War Granted the land British gave Indians as American land now American colonies recognized as their own independent country |  | 8 |
| 9907346343 | Articles of confederation | First form of government A lot of weaknesses No strong central government Strong state governments Causes economical problems and failure |  | 9 |
| 9907346344 | The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | Land in Northwest is divided into 5 states (Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana) they are all seen as equal to the 13 original states Reach a certain pop you can apply for statehood and be part of congress and slavery was outlawed |  | 10 |
| 9907346345 | Shay's Rebellion | 1786 farmers debt rebellion agriculture depression, economical failure and 2 out of 3 were being sued |  | 11 |
| 9907346346 | The Constitution | New format of government focuses more on a central national power and less on states 3 branch government that limit each other |  | 12 |
| 9907346347 | Federalism | One central power over all |  | 13 |
| 9907346348 | The Great Compromise | New Jersey and Virginia plans together and create the senate and House of Representatives senate equal vote house of rep by population |  | 14 |
| 9907346349 | The Three-Fifths compromise | Slaves count as population for vote in congress 3 slaves for every 5 white were counted |  | 15 |
| 9907346350 | The Federalists papers | Essays written by Federalists to get people to ratify the constitution plubis |  | 16 |
| 9907346351 | Federalists | Supported the ratification of the constitution one central strong government |  | 17 |
| 9907346352 | Anti federalists | Against ratification of the constitution |  | 18 |
| 9907346353 | The Bill of rights | First ten amendments of the constitution |  | 19 |
| 9907346354 | George Washington's presidency | 1st president formed the cabinets 2nd term strictly followed constitution left office to tell everyone they needed to be unified established framework of Supreme Court and how they will be decided judiciary |  | 20 |
| 9907346355 | Hamilton | Tackle debt- grant money back to people, national bank create national government, manufacturing establish tax revenue |  | 21 |
| 9907346356 | Jefferson | Wanted state governments against Hamilton 3rd president vice under John Adams voting process not fix yet and he got 2nd place |  | 22 |
| 9907346357 | Washington's farewell address | Unity and against foreign policies |  | 23 |
| 9907346358 | XYZ Affair | 3 agents from France try to bribe Americans who came as ambassadors to see the rulers of France common in Europe but Americans took offense and John Adams published what happened for all Americans to see decreasing support of republicans because they are Franco files | 24 | |
| 9907346359 | Alien and Sedition Acts | Sedition- speaking false against congress or president Alien- allow president to prison or deport suspicious foreign during war Cut of increase of republicans |  | 25 |
| 9907346360 | Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | Idea of nullification Legislatures that constitution was written by sovereign states so they could revoke the unconstitutional laws |  | 26 |
| 9907346361 | The Protestant Reformation | Protestant religions had... - more emphasis on the bible -All should be able to read bible -"Priesthood" of all believers Resulting religions include... -Lutherans -Quakers -Anglican -Calvin-Puritains-Congregational church | 27 | |
| 9907346362 | Triangular trade | Econamic system that comes after the Columbian Exchange -Navigation laws where created to control this. |  | 28 |
| 9907346363 | Mercantilism, Navigation acts and Salutary Neglect | -Enforce of neglect Attempts to enforce mercantilism are navigation acts "trade laws" -Salutary Neglect-let countries run themselves why?- might make money anyway -too many problems on their own -costly Impact of this? used to note being taxed and then when the are they get upset. | 29 | |
| 9907346364 | The great awakening | -1730's Jonathan Edward -"sinners in the hands of an angry god." -put fear of religion in people George Whitefield-Enlightment -Evangelicalism -Emotionalism -open air preaching Colonial unity in the way that all the colonies brought emotionalism in religion. |  | 30 |
| 9907346365 | The Zenger Trial | John Peter Zenger was put in jail for saying negative things about the government and his lawyer argued that what he said was okay because it was all true. Established the freedom of press and speech. | 31 | |
| 9907346366 | Women in colonial America (differences between Northern and Southern colonies) | -A vast majority of woman worked at home doing housework and tending to the children. -Some also helped with farming -Some southern aristocrats had slaves | 32 | |
| 9907346367 | American indian practices, colonial interactions with Indians | -When the Colonists started moving west they got closer to the Indians and killed them off with the new illnesses that they brought also with their European weapons. | 33 | |
| 9907346368 | Role of disease | Killed most new settlers at Jamestown Killed Indians once colonists moved west | 34 | |
| 9907346369 | Cash Crops | crops, such as tobacco, rice, sugar, and indigo, raised in large quantities in order to be sold for profit This was the #1 reason for slavery in the south. |  | 35 |
| 9907346370 | The Enlightenment | 1650-1790 Scientific revolution -from Europe -Emphasis on reason and progress Religion -deism -skeptism Politics -More Republics and Democracy (Franklin, Jefferson) | 36 | |
| 9907346371 | Early signs of colonial democracy(6) | House of Burgesses -Chesapeake -white landowning men can vote Town Hall -Mass. -white male members of church can vote Mayflower compact 1620 -ruled by majority -established first town meeting Fundamental orders of Conn. -first Constitution Maryland act of Toleration -1649 act of religious toleration to Christians only in MD Rhode Island and separation of church and state in 1644 | 37 | |
| 9907346372 | Early signs of colonial unity | -The New England Confederation (1643-) (Plymouth, MA bay, CT) not RI Created to deal with the Pequot war, King Philips war and the Anglo Dutch war -Emotionalism- part of great awakening | 38 | |
| 9907346373 | Geography, economics and climate of NE colonies | -Rocky soil not fit for plantations -Short growing seasons -More trade and commerce | 39 | |
| 9907346374 | Emphasis on shipbuilding | -Trade and commerce | 40 | |
| 9907346375 | Mayflower compact | 1620 -rule by majority -established first town meeting | 41 | |
| 9907346376 | Mass. Bay Colony | Established 1620 by Puritans -1630 11 vesels -Winthrop's "city on a hill" -Religious -Goal: create a model community for christians to copy -"blue laws"-silly religious laws -"Freedmen" where free white men part of church elected representation and had right to vote -NE way: relationship btwn church and state -Emphasis on education-1636 Harvard College Established | 42 | |
| 9907346377 | Puritans-congregational church | -self governing puritan without hierarchy of the anglican church -lead to democracy | 43 | |
| 9907346378 | "City upon a hill"-Winthrop | Basically said that their society would be a model for all others in the future -shows how religious they where | 44 | |
| 9907346379 | Salem Witch trials | 1692 Salem part of Mass. Puritanical town (belief in God and devil) Droughts and floods common 150 imprisoned 19 hanged, 5 died in prison Ended because governor and his wife where accused. |  | 45 |
| 9907346380 | Pequot wars-King Philip's war, 1675 | Issues with the Natives -Colonists win because of new illnesses and European weapons (The colonists increase of land lead to more conflict with natives.) | 46 | |
| 9907346381 | The NE confederation | (1643-) (Plymouth, MA bay, CT) not RI Created to deal with the Pequot war, King Philips war and the Anglo Dutch war -First sign of colonial unity | 47 | |
| 9907346382 | Boston | major city | 48 | |
| 9907346383 | Middle colonies | -"bread basket" -Wheat -Corn -Diverse cities | 49 | |
| 9907346384 | Philadelphia, NYC | Major cities | 50 | |
| 9907346385 | William Penn and Pennsylvania | -Formed by quakers -Good relations with Indians | 51 | |
| 9907346386 | Chesapeake Colonies | First indentured servants came here but that changed because of bacon's rebellion and there was a lot of money to be made in tobacco (1680's) | 52 | |
| 9907346387 | Indentured servitude-Slavery | Indentured servitude- White males that did work for 1 to 7 years and in return they received a journey to America. -Ended because of Bacon's rebellion (1676) -So they needed a source of labor that wouldn't fight back they looked to Africa. | 53 | |
| 9907346388 | Maryland Act of Toleration | (1649) Granted freedom of religion to all christians so no Jewish people ect. | 54 | |
| 9907346389 | Virginia House of Burgesses | The first elected assembly in the New World, established in 1619 | 55 | |
| 9907346390 | Tobacco | Cash crop that made a profit and saved Jamestown | 56 | |
| 9907346391 | Anglo-Powhatan wars | Conflict with Indians | 57 | |
| 9907346392 | Bacon's rebellion | (1676) Virginia backcountry farmers and indentured servants revolt against Governor William Berkley's refusal to defend them against Indian attacks. However it eventually became a boxer conflict between the impoverished and the planter elite. -basically rich V.S. poor | 58 | |
| 9907346393 | rice, indigo | South's economy is based on these crops | 59 | |
| 9907346394 | Southern colonies | -relation with West indies | 60 | |
| 9907346395 | Institutional, Plantation slavery | Legalize slavery | 61 | |
| 9907346396 | Barbados slave code | (1661)-racism -first thing that says what slave owners can do to slaves -children of slaves are your slaves too -brought to southern colonies by immigrants from west indies. | 62 | |
| 9907346397 | Charleston | major city | 63 | |
| 9907346398 | Slave culture | mixing of American and African cultures They tried to hold on to their old African culture -No major slave revlolts -Language: Gullah (spoke in SC) -Religion: Many adopted Christianity with African elements Music: The development of Jazz | 64 | |
| 9907346399 | A land bridge from Asia | How early Americans reached North and South America | 65 | |
| 9907346400 | Nomadic; following food and herds | The lifestyle that encouraged Indians to cross the land bridge | 66 | |
| 9907346401 | Mayan, Inca and Aztecs | The most complex Indian communities living in South America | 67 | |
| 9907346402 | Maize | This crop transformed nomadic hunter-gatherer societies into settled farm communities | 68 | |
| 9907346403 | Silk, Spices, Oils/Perfumes | Items desired from Persia & China | 69 | |
| 9907346404 | God, Gold & Glory | 3 motives for Spanish Exploration | 70 | |
| 9907346405 | Hispaniola | The area in which Columbus landed | 71 | |
| 9907346406 | Treaty of Tordesillas | The agreement settling the dispute between Spain & Portugal for land in the Americas. | 72 | |
| 9907346407 | Semi-permanent settlements | Most people in the Americas lived in this type of settlement by the time of Christopher Columbus. | 73 | |
| 9907346408 | Anasazi; Pueblo | Tribes that settled in the Southwest; had culture based on farming & irrigation systems with permanent buildings | 74 | |
| 9907346409 | Northwest Indians | Lived in permanent longhouses that had a rich diet based on hunting & fishing | 75 | |
| 9907346410 | Great Plains Indians | Tribe that was nomadic OR farmers/traders; hunted buffalo, raised maize, beans & squash | 76 | |
| 9907346411 | What did the Treaty of Tordesillas say? | Divided the trade routes to Asia: Spain gets the route across the Atlantic and Portugal gets the route around Africa. Also, Spain got a lot of land in the New World and Portugal got present-day Brazil. | 77 | |
| 9907346412 | Cortes | Conquered the Aztecs | 78 | |
| 9907346413 | Pizzaro | Conquered the Incas | 79 | |
| 9907346414 | Bartolome de las Casas | Man who stood up for the rights on the natives. | 80 | |
| 9907346415 | Renaissance | Time period that allowed for the invention of gunpowder, the compass and advanced shipbuilding and mapmaking | 81 | |
| 9907346416 | Vasco de Gama | First European to reach India using the route around South Africa's Cape of Good Hope. | 82 | |
| 9907346417 | John Cabot | First explorer sent by England to the New World; explored the North American coast | 83 | |
| 9907346418 | Christopher Columbus | Explorer who won the backing of Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand of Spain to sail west from Europe to the "Indies." | 84 | |
| 9907346419 | Ferdinand Magellan | Explorer who is credited with the 1st circumnavigation of the earth | 85 | |
| 9907346420 | Henry Hudson | While searching for the northwest passage, this explorer sailed up a a broad river to give the Dutch claim | 86 | |
| 9907346421 | Columbian Exchange | Exchange of plants, animals, and diseases (beans, corn, potatoes, tomatoes & tobacco) between Old World and New World after the time of Columbus. | 87 | |
| 9907346422 | Corn, beans, squash (3 sister farming) | 3 crops from the Americas ended up being staple crops in Europe? | 88 | |
| 9907346423 | Horses | Animal introduced by the Spanish that changed the lifestyle of the Native American | 89 | |
| 9907346424 | Smallpox, malaria, yellow fever, influenza | Diseases from the Old World and went to the New World | 90 | |
| 9907346425 | Syphillis | Disease from the New World to the Old World | 91 | |
| 9907346426 | Valladolid Debate | The argument between Bartolome de Las Casas and Juan Gines de Sepulveda over treatment of Indians by the Spanish. | 92 | |
| 9907346427 | Encomienda | A grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it; essentially set up slavery for Native Americans | 93 | |
| 9907346428 | Atlantic slave trade | Lasted from 16th century until the 19th century. Trade of African peoples from Western Africa to the Americas. 98% of Africans were sent to the Caribbean, South and Central America. | 94 | |
| 9907346429 | Iroquois | A later native group to the eastern woodlands. They blended agriculture and hunting living in common villages constructed from the trees and bark of the forests | 95 | |
| 9907346430 | Cherokee | Are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States (principally Georgia, the Carolinas and Eastern Tennessee). Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian-language family. | 96 | |
| 9907346431 | Inuit | A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia) |  | 97 |
| 9907346432 | Maya | Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar. | 98 | |
| 9907346433 | Aztec | (1200-1521) 1300, they settled in the valley of Mexico. Grew corn. Engaged in frequent warfare to conquer others of the region. Worshipped many gods (polytheistic). Believed the sun god needed human blood to continue his journeys across the sky. | 99 | |
| 9907346434 | Inca | Their empire stretched from what is today Ecuador to central Chili in the Andes Mountain region of South America. Called the Children of the Sun. | 100 | |
| 9907346435 | Tenochtitlan | Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins. | 101 | |
| 9907346436 | Nomad | Early, simplistic man that migrated across the land bridge. | 102 | |
| 9907346437 | Martin Luther | Broke away from the Catholic Church because of his 95 problems with the Catholic Church. | 103 | |
| 9907346438 | King Henry VIII | Broke away from the Catholic Church because of his disagreement with his inability to get divorced; which eventually led to civil unrest in his country. | 104 | |
| 9907346439 | New France | Established in Canada and along the Mississippi River, focused on fur trade. | 105 | |
| 9907346440 | Animism | Belief that non-human things possess a spiritual essence | 106 | |
| 9907346441 | Mestizo | People with mixed Indian & European heritage | 107 | |
| 9907346442 | Mulatto | People of mixed white and black ancestry | 108 | |
| 9907346443 | Pope's Rebellion/Pueblo Revolt | 1680 conflict that lead to death of hundreds of Spanish colonists and destruction of Catholic churches in the area | 109 | |
| 9907346444 | Cultural autonomy | Conflicts between Natives and Europeans were for the Natives to maintain this | 110 | |
| 9907346445 | Mercantilism | Economic system in which the colonies exist to enrich the Mother country; attempt to export to colonies more than they import | 111 |
