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Christopher Columbus set sail to the indies but instead found new the new world . This lead to the columbian Exchange.
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The Columbian Exchange was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas betweene Americas and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries
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Christopher Columbus set sail to the indies but instead found new the new world . This lead to the columbian Exchange.
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signed by Spain and Portugal, dividing the territories of the New World. Spain received the bulk territory in the Americas, compensating Portugal with titles to lands in Africa and Asia.
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The trading system between the Americas, England and Africa; Africa would give slaves and rum to the Americas, including the West Indies; America would offer timber, tobacco, fish, and flour; England would then sell back manufactured goods to the colonies
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Spanish government's policy to "commend", or give, Indians to certain colonists in return for the promise to Christianize them. Part of a broader Spanish effort to subdue Indian tribes in the West Indies and on the North American mainland.
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Sixteenth-century Spaniards who fanned out across the Americas, from Colorado to Argentina, eventually conquering the Aztec and Incan empires. They did this in the service of God, as well as in search of gold and glory. *Vasco Nunez Balboa and Ferdinand Magellan.
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false notion that Spanish conquerors did little but butcher the Indians and steal their gold in the name of Christ. The Spanish invaders did indeed kill, enslave, and infect countless natives, They grafted their culture, laws, religion, and language onto a wide array of native societies, laying the foundations for a score of Spanish-speaking nations.
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it was the first permanent English settlement in Virginia and led through the starving time by John Smith. It was the only successful after tobacco was established as a cash crop
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it was an alliance of Native Americans tribes living in the region of the initial Virginia settlement. Powhatan tried to live in peace with the English settlers and he even helped the colonists learn how to farm.
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Nathaniel Bacon and other western Virginia settlers were angry at Virginia Governor Berkley for trying to appease the Doeg Indians after the Doegs attacked the western settlements. The frontiersmen formed an army, with Bacon as its leader, which defeated the Indians and then marched on Jamestown and burned the city. The rebellion ended suddenly when Bacon died of an illness.
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18th century European intellectual movement that borrowed heavily from ancient philosophy and focused on reason and promoting new forms of government influenced the American Revolution and founding fathers.
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Puritanism had declined by the 1730s, and people were upset about the decline in religious piety. The Great Awakening was a sudden outbreak of religious fervor that swept through the colonies. One of the first events to unify the colonies.
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The Iroquois Confederation developed the political and organization skills to sustain a robust military alliance that menaced its neighbors, Native American and European alike, for well over a century. The Iroquois were one of the greatest empires in North America.
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a document that limited states from holding more power. it was a agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America it was the first constitution
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a compromise that equal representation would exist in the senate. it combined needs of large and small states and formed a sensible resolution to their problems.
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it was a group that disagrees with the constitution. they belief that peoples rights were taken away without a bill of rights.
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it was the foundation of our country national government, power of national government. it established protection for their rights of everyone.
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the first 8 amendments of the constitution officially provided individual rights. it guaranteed certain freedoms and rights.
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the speech was a document saying how the US should not be in a permanent alliance with another country.
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it began in 1790 but got momentum in 1800. it was a religious philosophy of salvation through good deeds and tolerance.
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it was mostly when people from German and Irish came and contributed some of their cultures.
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was when the us doubled in size and was open up for expansion . Thomas Jefferson changed his interpretation from strict to loose.
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a war between Britain and the US. it was caused by american outrage over imperialist of the american sailors by the British.
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it was a post war depression caused by overpopulation and reduced demands for goods after war.
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second wave immigration was when immigrant group s were coming from eastern and southern Europe.
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it was a declaration that Europe should not interfere in a affair of the western hemisphere, any interference would be seen as a threat to the US.
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a 19th century doctrine of belief that the expansion of the US thought out the american constitution was both justified and inevitable.
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it was a movement where the 19th amendment granted women rights to vote.Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide
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it was a constitutional principal that our government has power because people give it power by voting.
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it was a blockade of the south to the Mississippi river.
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it was an executive order by president Lincoln.
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it was an organization effort to end slavery. it wasa major political issue in 1830s.
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it linked the eastern railroads system with California railroads which made transportation in the west better.
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was a period of time between the Civil War and World War I during the US population and economy grew and when business grew but there was lot of political corruption and financial problems.there was many problems going on but under the prosperity.
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it was a federal troop government pulling the last troop of the south and formally ending the reconstruction.
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when Chinese labors were denied to enter the country,american workers felt threatened by job competition.
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it was a religious act for native american to resist US domination. and that lead to the knee massacre.
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populism was the people that supported of the concerns of ordinary people .
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it was a movement in African american culture in the 1920s .it has a big influence on African american literature and music and philosophies.
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it was when america had extra money to spend on consumer goods. there was an economic growth and all the people listened to the same music and danced the same dances .
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it was buying socks and borrowing money from a bank and banks would close if not payed back.
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the process of making Native Americans to assimilate to change themselves to look like americans.
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a secret organization that restricts the overall immigration especially those from southern and eastern Europe.
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when oil was illegally leased government oil field in the west to provide oil to companies.
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the fear that Communism was going to spread over to america.
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FDR, Churchill and Stalin met here. Russia agreed to declare war on Japan after the surrender of Germany and in return FDR and Churchill promised the USSR concession in Manchuria and the territories that it had lost in the Russo-Japanese War. Stalin agreed that Poland, with revised boundaries, should have a representative government based on free elections a pledge he soon broke.
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an impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy aka eastern germany taken over by soviet russia
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the Marshall plan was an US program that economic aid for reconstruction of Europe, it was meant to contain communism
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a policy to provide economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism.
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A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.
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a political theory that where all property is publicly owned and each person and gets paid according to their abilities.
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Ordered by Truman, the first U.S. H-bomb was exploded in 1952. The Soviets exploded their first H-bomb in 1953, and the nuclear arms race entered a dangerously competitive cycle.
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it occurred when the Soviet installed nuclear missals in Cuba . that lead o a serious standoff between the US and the USSR .and that almost brought the world to a nuclear war.
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it was a US labor law that outlawed discrimination based on race,color,religion,sex,and national origin. from 1964-1968
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a secret organization fighting the establishment government for occupation force.
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During president Reagan second term there was a scandal because Reagan was selling weapons in an attempt to free american hostages from Iran .
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seven astronauts were killed with a teacher NASA spaceship exploded after takeoff .
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the reunification of communist -east and capital -west Germany . "Mr.Gorbachev tear down this wall."-reagan said to end sovie control of its satellite nations.
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Gorbachev resigns as leader of the soviet union . the soviet union turns into 15 individual republics. cold war lasted from 1947-1991.
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he worked to reform healthcare and welfare he was our 42nd president.
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the us was linked to a global economy in a was it never could before.
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the terrorist act in September 1 2001 when Al-Qaeda hijacked 4 planes and crashed into the twin towers killing lots and lots of people.
