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Apr 23, 1553
Encomienda System
The encomienda system started in Spain during the Roman Empire, where the stronger people protected the weakest in exchange for a service. It was later used during the Spanish colonization of the Americas and the Philippines. The Spanish monarch would assign a Spaniard with the task of "protecting" a specific group of Native Americans. This is significant because it was the first slave labor force in the US. -
Mercantilism
Mercantilism was an economic theory and practice, dominant in modernized parts of Europe during the 16th to the 18th century, that promoted governmental regulation of a nation's economy for the purpose of augmenting state power at the expense of rival national powers. It was the economic counterpart of political absolutism or absolute monarchies. This is significant because it established trade routes. -
Huron Confederacy
The Huron were a confederacy of Northern Iroquoian-speaking American Indians who in the early seventeenth Century were located southeast of Georgian Bay in present-day Ontario, Canada. It was significant because the tribes came together to resolve their issues. -
Molasses Act
The Molasses Act of March 1733 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a tax of six pence per gallon on imports of molasses from non-English colonies. Parliament created the act largely at the insistence of large plantation owners in the British West Indies. This is significant because it created tension between the colonies and Great Britain. -
Federalism
Federalism in the United States is the constitutional relationship between U.S. state governments and the federal government of the United States. Since the founding of the country, and particularly with the end of the American Civil War, power shifted away from the states and towards the national government. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence states that the 13 colonies are free from Britain. This is important because it was the first step for America to become America -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first written constitution of the United States. Stemming from wartime urgency, its progress was slowed by fears of central authority and extensive land claims by states before was it was ratified on March 1, 1781. Under these articles, the states remained sovereign and independent, with Congress serving as the last resort on appeal of disputes. This was another step towards US independence. -
American System
The American system was an economic plan that played a prominent role in the early 19th century based off the ideas of Alexander Hamilton. -
Capitalism
A system of economic production based on the private ownership of property and the contractual exchange for profit of goods, labor, ad money. -
Connecticuit Compromise
The Connecticut Compromise, also known as the Great Compromise of 1787 or Sherman's Compromise, was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. It retained the bicameral legislature as proposed by Roger Sherman, along with proportional representation in the lower house, but required the upper house to be weighted equa -
Virginia Plan
The Virginia Plan (also known as the Randolph Plan, after its sponsor, or the Large-State Plan) was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. -
New Jersey Plan
The New Jersey Plan (also widely known as the Small State Plan or the Paterson Plan) was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787.[1] The plan was created in response to the Virginia Plan, which called for two houses of Congress, both elected with apportionment according to population.[2] The less populous states were adamantly opposed to giving most of the control -
3/5 Compromise
The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. The debate was over whether, and if so, how, slaves would be counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxing purposes. The issue was important, as this population number would then be used to determine the number of seats that the state would have in the United States House -
Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America.[1] The Constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government -
Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. Written by James Madison in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties, the Bill of Rights lists specific prohibitions on governmental power. The Virginia Declaration of Rights, written by George Mason, strongly influenced Madison. -
Proclamation of Neutrality
The Proclamation of Neutrality was a formal announcement issued by U.S. President George Washington in May 1793, declaring the nation neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain. It threatened legal proceedings against any American providing assistance to any country at war. -
American System
The American System was an economic plan that played a prominent role in the early 19th century rooted in the ideas of Alexander Hamilton. -
Missouri Compromise
In the years leading up to the Missouri Compromise of 1820, tensions began to rise between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions within the U.S. Congress and across the country. They reached a boiling point after Missouri’s 1819 request for admission to the Union as a slave state, which threatened to upset the delicate balance between slave states and free states. To keep the peace, Congress orchestrated a two-part compromise, granting Missouri’s request but also admitting Maine as a free state. -
Nullification Crisis
The Nullification crisis was a sectional crisis during the Presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance. This is significant because it declared that the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutiona in South Carolina -
Free Soil
Free Soil thought that slavery was fine in the states that it was in, but they didn't want it to expand. This was significant because it led to the creation of a new political party. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 admitted California to the Union as a free state and put no federal restrictions on slavery for Utah or New Mexico and passed the Fugitive Slave Law. -
Sectionalism
Sectionalism was loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country rather than to the country as a whole. -
Reservations
Reservations were areas of land that Native American tribes were relocated to. The significance is that under these reservations Natives were able to keep their citizenship, but this also continues to show the abuse that America put on the Natives. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. It's significant because it violated the Missouri Compromise which led to more conflict like Bleeding Kansas. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion. This is significant because it led the way to total abolition of slaves in the United States, and the victory of the Union. -
Reconstruction
Reconstruction was between 1865 and 1877 to repair the south after the Civil War. This is significant because a lot of amendments were ratified and acts put into place such as the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to try and repair the ecconomy. -
Black Codes
Black Codes were laws passed by southern states after the Civil War to restrict African Americans' freedom and compel them to work in a labor economy. -
13th Amendment
The 13th amendment, which formally abolished slavery in the United States, passed the Senate on April 8, 1864, and the House on January 31, 1865. On February 1, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln approved the Joint Resolution of Congress submitting the proposed amendment to the state legislatures. -
14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed. -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment, granting African-American men the right to vote, was formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution on March 30, 1870. Passed by Congress the year before, the amendment reads: “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” -
Assimilation Policies
Assimilation policies were an effort by the U.S. to transform Native American culture to European-American culture. -
Laissez Faire
Laissez faire is an economic system where transactions between private and parties are free from government restrictions and tarrifs. This is significant because it heavily impacted economic policy during the industrial revolution -
Spanish American War
The Spanish American War was a result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. This was important because the US gained Guam, Cuba, and Puerto Rico -
Philippines
Philippines was purchased from the Spanish for $20 million and was annexed in 1899. This was significant because there was a massive debate in the US over whether or not the US should annex the country or not. -
Big Stick Diplomacy
Big Stick Diplomacy was Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy of negotiating peacefully while simultaneously threatening with the military. This is significant because it let other nations be aware of their military power. -
Communisim
Communism was a socioeconomic systemstructured upon the common ownership of the means of production and characterized by the absence of social classes. it is significant because the U.S. later went to war to try and contain this policy. -
Red Scare
The Red Scare was the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism.This was significant because it showed how afraid of communism the people in the US were. -
Containment
Containment was the US policy that was meant to prevent communism from spreading. This is significant becasue this policy influenced many decisions and actions that the US made during this time. -
Korean War
The Korean War lasted from 1950-1952. the U.S. fought for democratic South and China fought for communist North. This war was significant because it showed that the U.S. was willing to go to war in order to contain communism in the world -
Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis was an ivasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel followed by Britain and France to remove Egyptian president Nasser from power. This was significant because it got the US involved. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin and enforced desegregation of schools. It was significant because it finally gave all people equal rights. -
Detente
Detente is the easing of the tensions between the USSR and the US. This is significant because it shows the fluctuation of direct and indirect military confrontation. -
Watergate
The Watergate scandal was a result of the break in at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters and the attempted cover up of its involvement. this was significant because it caused the public to stop trusting the government. -
Conservatism
Conservatism was the political and social philosophy that promoted keeping tradition and social institutions in the context of the culture and civilization. This is significant because it caseud a lot of conflict with liberalists specifically over gender equality and equality with gays and lesbians -
Liberalism
Liberalism is a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality. This was significant because it showed thst the world's views were changing.
