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Term
Age before man learned to write?
Definition
Prehistory
Term
Age after man learned to write?
Definition
Historic
Term
Two Italian city states that monopolized the trade with western Asia?
Definition
Venice and Genoa
Term
Land bridge from Asia to North America?
Definition
The Bering Strait
Term
Emperor of Constantinople?
Definition
Alexius
Term
Attempt by Christians of Western Europe to take back the holy land from the Seljuk Turks?
Definition
The Crusades
Term
Person who lead first expedition to find an all water route to east Asia?
Definition
Vasco da Gama
Term
People from Scandinavia who possibly came to North America long before Christopher Columbus?
Definition
Vikings
Term
Given credit for coming to conclusion that Columbus discovered a new continent?
Definition
Amerigo Vespucci
Term
Explorer who claimed Brazil for Portugal?
Definition
Pedro Cabral
Term
Line that divided new world claims between Portugal and Spain?
Definition
Line of Demarcation
Term
Treaty that re positioned the Line of Demarcation further to the west?
Definition
Treaty of Tordesillas
Term
1. Leader of the Aztecs?
2. Person who conquered the Aztecs?
Definition
1. Montezuma
2. Hernando Cortez
Term
Person who conquered the Inca?
Definition
Francisco Pizarro
Term
People who came to the new world mainly in search of riches?
Definition
Conquistadores
Term
Person who first saw the pacific ocean?
Definition
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Term
First explorer to enter Alabama?
Definition
Hernando de Soto
Term
Person who gave France its first claim to the new world?
Definition
Jasques Cartier
Term
Period of rebirth and learning?
Definition
The Renaissance
Term
Oldest settlement in what today is the United States?
Definition
St. Augustine
Term
English pirates who attacked Spanish merchants ships?
Who was the most famous?
Definition
Sea Dogs
Francis Drake
Term
Biggest navy on earth?
When was it destroyed?
Definition
Spanish Armada
1588
Term
The main occupation of the French and Dutch in North America?
Definition
Fur trapping
Term
First attempted settlement in the new world?
Definition
Roanoke
Term
First child with English parents born in America?
Definition
Virginia Darr
Term
People who put up money to start a colony?
Definition
Investors
Term
Accepted leader of Jamestown?
Definition
John Smith
Term
Name of the Indians who attacked Jamestown?
Definition
Powhatan
Term
Introduced tobacco to Jamestown and the rest of Virginia?
Definition
John Rolfe
Term
Farmers who grow only enough for their family to eat on?
Definition
Subsistence farmer
Term
Year first Dutch slave ship arrived in North America?
Definition
1619
Term
First written agreement about self government in North America?
Definition
Mayflower Compact
Term
First settlement in Massachusetts?
Definition
Plymouth
Term
People who wanted to purify the church?
Definition
Puritans
Term
First written constitution in America?
Definition
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Term
Colonies being used for the benefit of the mother country?
Definition
Mercantilism
Term
Acts of Parliament that regulated commerce between the colonies?
Definition
Navigation Acts
Term
Not being able to strictly enforce acts or laws?
Definition
Benign Neglect
Term
Ability to change classes?
Definition
Social Mobility
Term
Philosophical movement marked by an interest in science.
Definition
The Enlightenment
Term
Fort that was captured by Edward Braddock at the beginning of the French and Indian war?
Definition
Fort Duquesne
Term
Turning point in the French and Indian war?
Definition
Cape Brenton
Term
Treaty that ended the French and Indian war?
Definition
Treaty of Paris 1763
Term
Ended all settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Definition
Proclamation of 1763
Term
Finance minister who changed British policy toward colonies in America?
Definition
George Grenville
Term
Allowed for general search warrants in the colonies?
Definition
Writs of Assistance
Term
Act that said all debts had to be paid in cash?
Definition
Currency Act
Term
Act that placed a tax on things made from sugar?
Definition
Sugar Acts
Term
First direct tax placed on colonies in North America?
Definition
Stamp Act
Term
Year the Stamp Act was repealed?
Definition
1766
Term
Acts of Parliament that placed taxes on items that are used everyday?
Definition
The Townshed Acts
Term
Taxes on imports?
Definition
Tariffs
Term
First real cooperation between the American Colonies?
Definition
Stamp Act Congress
Term
Groups of people who kept the colonies informed of events taking place in the other colonies?
Definition
Committees of Correspondice
Term
Britain's response to the Intolerable Acts?
Definition
The Coercive Acts
Term
Armed citizens who said they would fight the British in a minutes notice?
Definition
Minutemen
Term
Commander of all British forces in North America?
Definition
General Thomas Gage
Term
Group that acted as the colonies government during the revolution?
Definition
Second Continental Congress
Term
President of the Second Continental Congress?
Definition
John Hancock
Term
General of the Continental Army?
Definition
George Washington
Term
General who captured forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point?
Definition
Ethan Allen
Term
First major battle of the American Revolution?
Definition
Battle of Bunker Hill
Term
Soldiers for hire?
Definition
Mercenaries
Term
Pamphlet that encouraged the colonies in America to declare themselves independent of the British Empire?
Definition
Common Sense
Term
General who replaced Thomas Gage as commander of British forces in North America?
Definition
William Howe
Term
Early turning points in the American Revolution?
Definition
Battle of Trenton and Princeton
Term
America's most famous traitor?
Definition
Benedict Arnold
Term
French army officer who came to help train American soldiers during the American Revolution?
Definition
Marquis de Layafette
Term
Paper money printed by the Colonies?
Definition
Continentals
Term
Americas first naval hero?
Definition
John Paul Jones
Term
Overall French commander in North America?
Definition
General Jean Baptiste Rochambeau
Term
America's first naval hero?
Definition
John Paul Jones
Term
Overall French commander in North America?
Definition
General Jean Baptiste Rochambeau
Term
Last major battle of the American Revolution?
Definition
Battle of Yorktown
Term
Spanish military governor who helped in the latter part of the revolution?
Definition
Benardo Galvez
Term
Treaty that ended the American Revolution?
Definition
Treaty of Paris 1783
Term
Person who took excellent notes at the Constitutional Convention?
Definition
James Madison
Term
Settled the question of representation in the legislative branch?
Definition
The Great Compromise
Term
Division of powers between national government and state government?
Definition
Federalism
Term
Nickname given to the constitution of the United States?
Definition
Bundle of Compromises
Term
Powers specifically granted to the federal government?
Definition
Delegated Powers
Term
Powers reserved to the states?
Definition
Reserved Powers
Term
Powers that are shared by the federal government and the states?
Definition
Concurrent Powers
Term
Act that established a court system below the supreme court?
Definition
Judiciary Act of 1789
Term
Gives the government authority that is not specified in the constitution?
Definition
Elastic Clause
Term
System intended to prevent any one branch of government becoming too powerful?
Definition
Checks and Balances
Term
Allowed for the changing of the constitution?
Definition
Ratification
Term
Those in favor of ratifying the Constitution?
Definition
Federalist
Term
Those against ratifying the Constitution?
Definition
Anti Federalist
Term
A series of essays defending the constitution?
Definition
The Federalist Papers
Term
A very literal reading of the constitution?
Definition
Strict Construction
Term
A very loose reading of the constitution?
Definition
Loose Constuction
Term
Tax that led to the "Whiskey Rebellion"?
Definition
Excise Tax
Term
Treaty that gave the United States the right to use the Mississippi river?
Definition
Pinckney's Treaty
Term
Election of 1796?
Definition
John Adams
Term
French demanding a bribe from the United States for freedom of the seas?
Definition
XYZ Affair
Term
Election of 1800?
Definition
Thomas Jefferson
Term
Little government interferance in business?
Definition
Laissez Faire
Term
Huge area of western land purchased from France?
Definition
The Louisiana Purchase
Term
Election of 1812?
Definition
James Madison
Term
Members of Congress who wanted to declare war on Great Britain?
Definition
War Hawks
Term
Main reason the war of 1812 was started?
Definition
Impressment
Term
Indian who formed peace with hostile indians to form an army against the white man?
Definition
Tecumseh
Term
Battle that ended Indian resistance in the southeastern United States?
Definition
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Term
Sense of pride towards ones nation?
Definition
Nationalism
Term
Main author of the Missouri Compromise?
Definition
Henry Clay
Term
Election of 1824?
Definition
John Quincy Adams
Term
Election of 1828?
Definition
Andrew Jackson
Term
Election of 1836?
Definition
Martin Van Buren
Term
Election of 1840?
Definition
William Henry Harrison
Term
The belief that the United States had the God given right to expand its borders?
Definition
Manifest Destiny
Term
Treaty the established the northeastern border between the US and Canada?
Definition
The Webster and Ashburton Treaty
Term
What year did Mexico gain its independence from Spain?
Definition
1821
Term
Commander of the Army of Texas?
Definition
Sam Houston
Term
Elected president of Mexico, military dictator?
Definition
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Term
Commander of the defenders at the Alamo?
Definition
William Travis
Term
Battle where Sam Houston's army defeats Santa Anna's army, ending the revolution?
Definition
Battle of San Jacinto
Term
Election of 1844?
Definition
James K Polk
Term
The Us claimed southern border of Texas?
Definition
The Rio Grande
Term
The Mexican claim to what the southern border of Texas was?
Definition
The Nueces River
Term
Commander that captured Mexico City?
Definition
Winfield Scott
Term
Commander that captured Santa Fe?
Definition
Stephen Kearney
Term
Treaty that officially ended the Mexican war?
Definition
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Term
Land Purchased by the US from Mexico for the purpose of building a transcontinental railroad?
Definition
The Gadsden Purchase
Term
Person who attempted to organize revolts of Spanish Rule in Cuba?
Definition
Narcisco Lopez
Term
Statement by American diplomats that the US would be justified in taking Cuba by force?
Definition
The Ostend Manifesto
Term
People who came to California looking for gold in 1849?
Definition
49ers
Term
An agreement between the US and Great Britain to discuss the possibility of building a canal through Panama?
Definition
The Clayton Bulwer Treaty
Term
Person who opened trade with Japan?
Definition
Matthew C Perry
Term
A proposed act of congress that said slavery would be illegal in the lands acquired from Mexico?
Definition
The Wilmont Proviso
Term
Year California petitions to become a free state?
Definition
1850
Term
Election of 1848?
Definition
Zachary Taylor
Term
Let the people of territories decide for themselves on the issue of slavery?
Definition
Popular Sovereignty
Term
Election of 1852?
Definition
Franklin Pierce
Term
Tall sleek sailing ships that were mainly produced in America?
Definition
Clipper Ships
Term
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Definition
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Term
Act that created two new territories called Kansas and Nebraska?
Definition
Kansas and Nebraska Act
Term
Election of 1856?
Definition
James Buchanan
Term
Supreme court decision that said slavery was legal no matter where it was? (Property was property)
Definition
Dred Scott Decision
Term
Laws passed by southern states to keep slavery under control?
Definition
Slave Codes
Term
Election of 1860?
Definition
Abraham Lincoln
Term
First southern state to secede from the union?
Definition
South Carolina
Term
First seven states to secede from the Union?
Definition
South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, and Texas
Term
President of The Confederate States of America?
Definition
Jefferson Davis
Term
First fort that was fired on by the Confederates?
Definition
Fort Sumter
Term
First commander of the Army of the Potomac?
Definition
Irvin McDowell
Term
Commander of army defending Richmond?
Definition
P.G.T. Beauregard
Term
First major battle of the American Civil War?
Definition
First Battle of Bull Run
Term
Second commander of the Army of the Potomac?
Definition
George McClellan
Term
Battle where Albert Sydney Johnston died on the first day?
Definition
Battle of Shiloh
Term
An incident that nearly lead to a war with Great Britain?
Definition
The Trent Affair
Term
Requires that a person must be charged before being put into jail?
Definition
Habeus Corpus
Term
Act of Congress that required male human beings to be drafted into the military?
Definition
The Conscription Act
Term
Lump sum of money paid to someone who volunteered to join the military?
Definition
Bounty
Term
Robert E. Lee's Calvary Officer?
Definition
Jeb Stewart
Term
Fourth Commander of the Army of the Potomac?
Definition
George Meade
Term
Third Commander of the Army of the Potomac?
Definition
Ambrosse Burnside
Term
Turning point in the American Civil War. Lee failed in his attempt to invade the north?
Definition
Battle of Gettysburg
Term
Admiral that captured New Orleans?
Definition
David Farragut
Term
Confederate ships that attacked Union merchant ships?
Definition
Commerce Raiders
Term
Most successful commerce raider?
Definition
C.S.S. Alabama
Term
Small fast Confederate ships that traded with other nations?
Definition
Blockade Runners
Term
Commander who took control of the Union army in the western theatre?
Definition
William T Sherman
Term
Election of 1864?
Definition
Abraham Lincoln
Term
Commander defending Selma?
Definition
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Term
Place where the treaty to end the civil war was signed?
Definition
Appomattox Court House
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