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Disease was one of the things introduced to the Americas. It resulted in the wipe out of nearly all native Americans.
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The Encomienda System was a labor system created by the Spanish Empire. It shifted the way people and race was seen. It was established in 1512.
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The introduction of horses also resulted as a change to the Americas. It changed the way Native Americans hunted buffalo.
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Dutch and French colonization differed from English and Spanish. They only wanted to focus on trade and fur. They had different motives and fewer inhabitants than English and Spanish. They colonized the Americas throughout the 1500's and 1600's.
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The Trans-Atlantic Slave trade was practically the bedrock for the colonies thrived. From labor work to trade, it all involved slavery. It existed from the 16th to the 19th century.
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The Middle Passage was a voyage across the Atlantic ocean. Conditions on the ships were horrific. Slaves were crammed together and treated as cargo. It lasted from the 16th century to the 19th.
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Jamestown was the first successful New England colony. It was saved because of the cultivation of tobacco.
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Tobacco was one of the reasons why one of the first established colonies was successful. Without it , the colony would have never been saved, and it wouldn't have thrived.
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Boston Harbor was used to import tea and trade other goods with other countries. It impacted Massachusetts economically by allowing shipbuilding. In 1630 John Winthrop established and created the shipbuilding industry.
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The Beaver wars were fought between the Iroquois and Algonquian. The Iroquois were supported by the Dutch and the Algonquian by the French. It lasted from the 1640 until 1701.
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The Pueblo Revolt was a social change for the Native Americans.They were being forced to convert to Catholicism by Europeans . It eventually led to a revolt against them.
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The Chickasaw Wars was an outcome of the alliances between the tribes and European alliances.The Chickasaw tribe was allied with the British. The Choctaws and the Illini allied with the French.
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The French and Indian fought against the British over fur. This led to the French and Indian War. It lasted from 1754 until 1763.
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The Seven Years War was fought against the Chickasaw - which were allied with the British, over land disputes with the Choctaws and the Illinini which were allied with the French. It lasted from 1756 until 1763.
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The Treaty of Paris dates back to 1763. Its a document signed by John Jay. The treaty ended the Seven Year War.
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The Intolerable laws were a series of passed by British Parliament in 1774. They're also referred to as the coercive acts.
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Shays' Rebellion took place in 1786 where an army of 1,500 angry farmers led by Daniel Shays marched to Springfield, Massachusetts and forcibly restrained the state court from foreclosing mortgage on their farms.
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The Great Compromise was a compromise between large and small states of the colonies. It was resolved by being represented by population.
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The Whiskey Rebellion was a rebellion where farmers rebelled against Hamilton's tax on Whiskey in Pennsylvania. It lasted from 1791 until 1794.
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Washington's Farewell Address was a document-but was given orally- when he retired from office. In 1796 he stressed that the U.S should stay away from foreign affairs and alliances and also spoke out against partisan bitterness.
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The Casa System was a social structure made by the spanish. It was based off race. It was created in the 1800's.
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The Louisiana Purchase was bought from Napoleon by Thomas Jefferson. In that purchase the U.S gained more than five states and some.
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The War of 1812 was a war between the U.S and Great Britain. Four causes that led to the war was the invasion of Canada, impressment, American resentment of Britain and 500 British vessels were captured.
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The Era of Good Feelings was the political cooperation from the parties and american high morale after the war of 1812. It was an era of "political peace". It lasted from 1817 to 1825.
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The Missouri Compromise was the effort to preserve balance of power of between the slave states and free states. It was passed in 1820.
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The Nullification Crisis was the outcome of angry southerners when the tariff of 1828 raised the costs goods. Southerners started favoring sectionalism. This political crisis started in 1832 and ended one year later.
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The Hudson River School was inspired by romanticism, emphasized beauty of the american landscape. The paintings related to the Manifest Destiny because they were a response to it. It began around 1825.
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The Trial of Tears was a journey Native Americans had to endure from their homeland to Oklahoma. They were removed from their homelands to reservations.
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The Manifest Destiny was a belief that american had the "god-given" right to colonize the Americas to the west. The term "Manifest Destiny" was first mentioned in 1845.
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was a treaty that ended the Mexican-American war. It was signed on February 2th,1846.
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The Anaconda Plan was Union plan by Winfield Scott - called for blockade of southern coast- called for blockade of southern coast, capture of Richmond and Mississippi and to take an army through the heart of the south.
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The Bull Run was the first Civil War battle. Before this battle, the Union and Confederates were expecting a short war.
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The Emancipation Proclamation changed the purpose of the civil, it allowed African Americans to fight in the Union Army.
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The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single-day battle.It resulted in the north succeeding from Lee's confederate forces in Maryland.
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A unified domestic market created a national market for goods.The two came together at Promontary Point.
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The Gettysburg Address was a speech given by Lincoln. It took place during the dedication of the cemetery at Gettysburg and emphasized sacrifice of the fallen as a means to preserve the Union.It was delivered on March 4, 1865.
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The Second Inaugural Address was the beginning of Reconstruction Era, it was meant to help and restore the century after four years of the Civil War.
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Set up Interstate Commece Act Commission. Federal government oversaw and banned poolin, rebates and rate fixing.
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Established by Jane Addams, that provided social services in community and helped immigrants adapt to the new society.
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The Sherman-Antitrust outlawed trusts and monopolies that fixed prices and restrained trade.
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More of a massacre then a “battle” because the U.S. army went into the Dakotas and killed over 200 people. This event marked the end of the Native Wars.
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Sought to secure the right to vote for women (suffrage).
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Jacob Riis' "How the other half live" exposed the horrors of life in the slums of New York.
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It was the idea that American Frontier was essential to the success of democracy. Lack of the frontier would lead to social conflict.
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A war fought between the U.S. and Spain. U.S. declared war on Spain after the U.S. Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba was exploded.
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A policy referring to president Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy. "Speak softly, carry a big stick"
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the immediate cause of World War i in June 1914.
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It limited freedom of speech and other perceived anti war attitudes during WWI.
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Ratified in 1919: Prohibited manufacturing and sale of alcoholic beverages . Bootleg liquor was served at speakeasies.
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Crash of 1929 was also called black Tuesday, great crash, or stock market crash. It was a devastating stock market crash in all of US history.
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