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Treaty of Tordesillas
An agreement between Portugal and Spain which declared that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to Portugal. -
Jamestown
It is commonly regarded as the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States, following several earlier failed attempts. -
Mayflower Compact
The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony. -
Maryland colony
Founded by Lord Baltimore, to be a place for persecuted Catholics to find refuge -
Bacon's rebellion
Angered by the lack of response and protection of their government towards Indian attacks. -
Seven Years War
fought by French and English on American soil over control of the Ohio River Valley- -
Pontiac’s Rebellion
During the French and Indian War Chief Pontiac gathered up Native American groups and captured British posts, primitive use of biological warfare on blankets, weakened Indian alliance and British won, Indians came to a peace agreement and British took control of the land. -
Sugar Act of 1764
raised tax revenues in the colonies for the crown. It increased duty on foreign sugar imported from the West Indies. -
Quartering Act
Measure required that certain colonies provide food and quarters to the British troops. -
Declaratory Act
Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and passed this act which reaffirmed Parliament's right to "bind" the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
Bostonians, disguised as Indians, boarded the ships and dumped the tea into the sea. -
First Continental Congress
Met in Philadelphia in order to redress colonial grievances over the Intolerable Acts. -
Quebec Act
Gave Catholic French Canadians religious freedom and restored the French form of civil law; this law nullified many of the Western claims -
Articles of Confederation
the nations first constitution, was adopted by the second continental congress in 1781during the revolution. the document was limited because states held most of the power, and congress lacked the power to tax, regulate trade, or control coinage -
Jay's Treaty
Britain was to pay for American ships that were seized in 1793. Americans had to pay British merchants' debts owed from before the revolution and Britain agreed to remove their troops from the Ohio Valley -
Washington's Farewell Address
stressed maintaining commercial but not political ties to other nations; stressed not entering permanent alliances; America's uniqueness depended on being independent action on foreign affairs -
Gabriel's Rebellion
Plan to attack Richmond and set fire to city( did not happen) but lead to increased severity of state laws regarding slavery; society with slaves to a society based on slaves -
the XYZ Affair
the XYZ Affair attempted bribery of US diplomats by French officials -
Barbary War
The Barbary Wars (or Tripolitan Wars) were two wars between the United States of America and Barbary States in North Africa in the early 19th century. At issue was the pirates' demand of tribute from American merchant vessels in the Mediterranean Sea. -
Louisiana Purchase
U.S. acquisition of the Louisiana territory from France in 1803 for $15 million. The purchase secured American control of the Mississippi river and doubled the size of the nation. -
Hartford Convention
Hartford Convention An assembly of New England Federalists who met in Hartforf, conneticut in 1814 to protest Madison's foreign policy in the war of 1812, -
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Grew out of an attempt of New York to grant to a private concern a monopoly of waterborne commerce between New York and New Jersey. Marshall, not surprisingly, stated that the Constitution declared that Congress alone had the control of interstate commerce -
Eerie Canal
Construction began in 1818, went from the Atlantic to the Great lakes through Buffalo and Albany. Longest and most successful canal and lowered costs of western goods -
Trail of Tears
In the winter of 1838-1839, the Cherokee were force to evacuate their lands in Georgia and travel under military guard to present day Oklahoma. Due to exposure and disease about 1/4 of the 16,00 indians died en route.
