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Apr 21, 1450
Colombian exchange
he widespread exchange of crops, animals, diseases, culture, and ideas between the old world and new world -
Apr 21, 1503
Ecomienda system
The Spanish crown granted land and indegenous people living there land -
Apr 21, 1525
Atlantic Slave Trade
The trade of African Slaves in Exchange for european goods -
Apr 21, 1555
Tobacco Trade
Aa a major cash crop in the New World it brought a new demand for cheap labor(slaves and indentured servants) -
James Town
The first colony in the new world established by people seeking gold and silver -
Mayflower Compact
Was the first written frame work of goverment in the U.S -
Halfway Covenant
Allowed for children to be baptized and librialized church rules. -
King philip`s War
Metecomet led a war to rid the American settlers out of Wampanoag lands -
Bacon`s Rebellion
A response of Governor Berkeley`s refusal to protect backcountry farmers and indentured servants from Natives Attack -
Pueblo Revolt
Pueblo Nativist revolted against the spanish missionaries and settlers. -
Salem Witch Hysteria
Young girls claimed to be bewitched by older women: This put 20 women to deathand had to be ended by Governor of Massachusetts -
Seven Year`s War
A war over the ownership of the Ohio River valley. The British empire won but settlers were not allowed to settle on the lands thus causing tension with the crown -
Proclamation of 1763
Stated that the Americans were not permitted to pass the Appalachian Mountains -
Sugar Act
Placed duties on foreign wines, coffee, textiles, and indigo imports into the colonies. -
Coercive(Intolerable) Acts
Closed the port of Boston were part of terms passed by British Parliment after Boston Tea Party -
Thomas Paine`s Common Sense
Persuasive pamplet to convience Americans to rise up, ditch the British government and establish new government on Enlightenment ideals -
Article of Confederation
It defined relationship among the thirteen colonies and favored state sovereignty over strong central government -
Judiciary Act
Reduced the size of the Supreme court to six justices and created sixteen judgeships -
Louisiana Purchase
The french territory was bought for $10 million and doubled the size of the united Stated -
war of 1812
Established the united states power against the British. Goal was to end the seizure of American ships -
Tariff of 1816
high tax on foreign goods in order to protect U.S manufactering -
Indian Removal Act
Native Americans were removed from their land given compensation in order to give land to male citizens -
nullification crisis
South Carolina adopted an Ordinance of Nullification declaring the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void in the state. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
US acquired California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and parts of Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, and Wyoming for millions and maintained their claims to Texas -
Fugitive slave law
forced northerners to cooperate in returning runaway slaves to the South. -
Bleedng Kansas
Rival governments of anti-slavery settlers and pro-slavery Missouri transplants battled it out to claim popular sovereignty -
Dred Scott case
Dred Scott had no right to sue in federal court because African Americans were not citizens and the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional -
Thirteenth Amendment
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction -
Purchasing Canada
Seward purchased Canada fron Russia for 7.2million. Also Known as “Seward’s Follly” -
Indian Appropriation Act
Ended practice of treating tribes as being independent. -
Yellowstone National Park Act
ensured that 35 parks and monuments -
Panic of 1873
International economic problems and led to a major national depression -
Whiskey Ring scandal
Ring of distillers and federal officials were discovered in tax evasion. -
Pendleton Act
introduced federal exams and merit as things needed to hire people in civil service -
Open Door Policy
Allow China to have trade with all countries -
Roosevelt Corollary
Extended the Monroe Doctrine to include military action as reinforcemet -
16th Amendment
allows the federal government to lay and collect taxes on incomes -
Federal Reserve Act
Created the Federal Reserve System to serve as the nation’s central bank. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
German u boat sunk a ship cotaining America citizen thus ensuring the U.S would enter world war one -
19th Amendment
Granting suffrage to women. -
Truman Doctrine
Provide economic and military aid to nations fighting communism -
Korean War
Left the Korean state divided at 38th parallel lineand stopped the spread of communism -
Internal Security Act
Allowed investigation and deportation of immigrants who were suspected of subversive activities and limitation of free speech for national security reasons. -
Brown vs Board of Education
court case ruled the verdict "seperate but equal" to be unconstitution. Helped to desegregate public schools. -
Civil Right Act of 1964
Banned discrimination based on sex, race, color, religion, or national origin
