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he set sail with three small ships and discovered the new world on august 3rd
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trading of plants, animal, culture, ideas etc between the Americas, West Africa and the Old World
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a time where European ships traveled around the world to search for new trading routes and partners
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Spain began the Encomienda System which was a Spanish labor system.
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This system had many different racial groups according to their Spanish blood.
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routes slaves took to go places
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small pox was a disease that arrived in the Americas in 1520 on a Spanish hip sailing from Cuba carried by an infected African slave
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Hernan Cortez invaded Mexico in 1519 and conquered the Aztec Empire in 1521 and claimed Mexico for Spain
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Pope Clement did not like Henry's idea of living his life with his wife so Henry decided to split the country of England from the church
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an English joint stock company that established colonial settlements in North America
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engaged in fur trading and it helped shape and develop French colonial experience in many diverse ways.
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John brought tobacco to Jamestown which stabilized the economy because it is a crash crop.
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the first legislative assembly elected representatives in North America
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first document to establish self-government in America
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Dutch governor surrenders New Amsterdam, capital of Netherland to an English naval
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limited power of the government and extended voting rights (first constitution)
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the war marked the last major effort by the Indians and gave the colonists control of southern New England and cleared the way of English expansion in the area
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a type of war dealing with slavery that involved both white and black indentured slaves which worried the ruling class
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many indigenous pueblo people that lived there were against the Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico also known as Pope's Rebellion
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protestant religious revival that swept colonies
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a law that forbid colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
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tax on sugar
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colonists were forced to give soldiers shelter and feed them food.
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law to pay war debt
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Townshend Acts were passed to put taxes on variety of goods.
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fight between British soldiers and American colonists
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tax on tea
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protest against British taxes in which the on of Liberty boarded British ships and dumped tea into Boston Harbor in 1773
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a series of laws set up by parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protest against the British
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first battle of the Revolutionary War
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document that declared independence from Britain and the formation of America
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Smith published The Theory of Moral Sentiments
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turning point in American Revolution resulting in the French alliance
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General George Washington took the Continental Army to their winter quarters at Valley Forge to escape the British capture of the city
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agreement among the 13 original states of the US that served as its first Constitution
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last battle of the Revolutionary War and surrender of British
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America became it's own country and gained independence
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violent attacks on government properties in Massachusetts
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the supreme law of the U.S.A
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85 articles written by Alexander Hamilton
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an event held to decide how America should be governed
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each state would have representation under the United States Constitution
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an agreement that 3/5ths of the slave population would be counted for taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
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rioted the Bastille Fortress to try to secure gunpowder and weapons
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meeting that Washington would be control of
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first presidential election
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first 10 amendments to the Constitution
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on July 16, 1790 the American Congress declares Washington D.C will be the nation's permanent capital
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convinced that he National Bank could lend the government money and pay state debts.
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a tax protest in the U.S during the presidency of George Washington
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a warning to be wary of attachments and entanglements with other nations
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competition for control of the presidency created by Alexander Hamilton
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was a diplomatic incident that resulted an undeclared war
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second president of the U.S and was vice president during Washington's presidency
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four laws passed by the U.S Congress
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political statements that the Federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional
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marked the first times that power in America passed from one party to another
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3rd president of the U.S
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the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana
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a landmark in U.S supreme court case which meant American courts have the power to strike down laws
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4th president of the U.S
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recruitment by force
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President James Madison declared war against Britain
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members of congress who were forcing President James Madison to declare war against Britain
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the national anthem for America
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western states demands that squatters be allowed to preempt lands
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half a million immigrants came to the United States
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Texas was admitted into the United States on December 29
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bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the war with Mexico
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land won by the US in the Mexican American War
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a political party that was focused on opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories of the U.S
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it ended the US Mexican War and transferred 500,000 square miles of land from Mexico to United States ownership
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when gold was found by James Marshall over 300,000 people came to California
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slaves had to be returned to their owners even if they were in a free state; federal gov. was also responsible for escaped slaves
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5 separate bills passed by The U.S Congress
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an agreement that the U.S made with Mexico; they agreed to pay Mexico10 million for a portion of Mexico
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a bill that gave settlers a choice to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a new state's borders.
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time period when there was violence happening during the settling of the Kansas territory
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two major contemporary political parties in the United States
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democrat used a can to attack senator sumner
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landmark decision of the U.S supreme court
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gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army, that started the American Civil War
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congress passed the homestead act offering 160 acres of free land to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of the household
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was a decisive Union victory during the American Civil War that divided the confederacy and cemented the reputation of Union General Ulysses S. Grant
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vice president Andrew Jackson becomes 17th US president
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an agency created by the government that helped and protected newly freed African American find jobs, homes, and education
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racist anti-semitic committed to extreme violence to achieve its goals of racial segregation and whit supremacy
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abolition of slavery is not allowed in any state or territory under the government of the US
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congress passed thee 14th amendment which declared that all persons born naturalized in the US were citizens rights
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radical republicans in congress attempted to impeach and remove johnson from office using the tenure of office act in 1868
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political policy of protecting the interests of native-born against those of immigrants
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Jim Crows laws were state and local statues that legalized racial segregation
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black suffrage citizens cannot be denied their right to vote because of their race, color or being once slaves
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the invention of the light bulb created by Alexander Graham Bell
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the period in American history that lasted from 1863 to 1877
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the invention of the light bulb created by Thomas Edison changed our lives
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the first major act restricting immigration to the U.S
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federal employees were chosen based upon competitive exams
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strike in Chicago in favor of eight hour days where a bomb was thrown into a crowd killing one person and ended the Knight of Labor
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to lift the Native Americans out of poverty and to stimulate assimilation of them into mainstream American society
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established the federal governments right to oversee railroad activities and required railroads to public their rate schedules and file them with the government
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act was supposed to prohibit trusts and monopolies; was used to halt RR strike which threatened to restrain the nations mail delivery
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Camegie steel company against the nations strongest trade union, the amalgamated association of iron and steel workers
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a nationwide conflict between labor unions and railroads that began in 1894 when employees of the Pullman palace car company began by the company reducing wages
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landmark decision of the U.S supreme court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation
