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Apr 23, 1500
Encomienda System
The Encomienda System was created by the Spanish to control and regulate american indian labor. it is significant because it was the first slave labor force in the U.S. and led to many others such as indentured servants and blacks -
Apr 23, 1520
Mercantilism
Mercantilism is the economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances. It's significant because it developed trade routes and brought prosperity to the government. -
Huron Confederacy
The Huron Confederacy was when five Iroquoian-speaking nations united to vsolve group problems. This is significant because it allowed the tribes to come together and resolve issues instead of trying to resolve them on their own with the French. -
Molasses Act
Molasses Act was a british law that imposed a tax on sugar and rum imported from non-british foreign colonies into the north america colonies. this is significant because it created tension between the colonists and Great Britain later leading to conflict. -
Declaration of Independence
The Dec. of Indep. is a document declaring the 13 colonies independent from Britain and part of the new Soverign United States of America. It is significant because it officially broke the long ties with their mother country Britain, and established the U.S. as an independent nation. -
Federalism
Federalism is a political concept in which a group of members are bound togehter by covenant with a governing representative head. Its significance is that it allowed for the sharing of powers between national and state governments instead of just the state governments having power like they did in the Articles of Confederation. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was a document signed between the thurteen colonies that established the U.S. as a confederation and served as its first constitution. it is significant because it was the first step in the U.S. becoming its own independent nation after the American Revolution. -
3/5th Compromise
the 3/5th compromise settled the issue over representstion and taxation of free and enslaved people. its significance is that it increased the number or representatives in the house because their population increased so their number of representatives increased giving them more power in the government -
Virginia Plan
The Virginia Plan stated tha representation should be poplatio based. It is significant because it proposed a bicameral legislature and proposed a strong central government with three branches -
New Jersey Plan
The New Jersey Plan was when William Patterson stated that representation should be one per state. It is significant because it gave every state one vote so that no state could have more power than another state just because they were bigger. -
Connecticut Compromise
The Connecticut Compromise eswtablished the House of Representatives based on population and the Senate upon equal representation. it is significant because it created a bicameral legislature instead of a one house legislature that had been previously established -
Constitution
The Constitution is rules and regulations forming the U.S. government and guarenteeing rights to citizens. it is significant because it established america's national government and fundamental laws and is still used to this day in America. -
Separation of Powers
Separation of Powers is when powers and responsibilities are divided among the legilative, executive, and judicial branches of government. this is significant because it prevented the concentration of power to one branch of government. -
French Revolution
The French Revolution was an influential period of social and political upheaval that lasted from 1789-1803. it is significant because it removed power froma small group of leaders and established a democracy in France. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the first ten Amendments in the Constitution. it is significant because it is a representative of American culture and a way of dealing with constitutional issues -
Proclamation of Neutrality
The Proclamation of Neutrality declares the US stance on the issues between England and France. This is significant because it kept the US from having to choose sides between Britain and France so that they could continue trade with both countries. -
Kentucky Resolution
The Kentucky Resolution argued that the states had the right and the duty to declare unconstitutional any acts of Congress that were not authorized by the Constitution. This is significant because it kept Congress from passing unfair laws and were passed in opposition to the Alien and Sedation acts of 1798 -
Capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system in which trade, industry, and production are largely or entirely privatelt owned and operated for profit. It is significant because products were being produced for consumption or trade instead of exchange value and it allowed the people to control how much things cost and fostered competition. -
American System
The American System was an economic plan that played a prominent role in the early 19th century rooted in the ideas of Alexander Hamilton. This was significant because it allowed the U.S. to become a self sufficent country. -
1820 Missouri Compromise
The 1820 Missouri Compromise is a federal statute in the U.S. that regulated slavery, drew an imaginary line dividing the country into two, the North not allowing slavery while the South did. This was significant because it kept the power in Congress equal so one side didn't have more control than the other. -
Nullification Crisis
The Nullification crisis was a sectional crisis during the Presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance. This is significant because it declared that the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutiona, null, and void in South Carolina -
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty solved North-Eastern border disputes in 1842. It was significant because it prevented serious conflicts like the Aroostook War from happening again. -
Free Soil
Free Soil opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories, argued that free men on free land comprised a morally and economically superior system to slavery. This was significant because it led to a creation of a new party and it continued to split the country over the issue of slavery in new territories -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 admitted California to the Union as a free state and put no federal restrictions on slavery for Utah or New Mexico and passed the Fugitive Slave Law. This is significant because it led to popular soverigenity to all other states that joined the union so they could decide whether or not they wanted to have slav ery in that territory. -
Sectionalism
Sectionalism was loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country rather than to the country as a whole. This is significant because it caused a lot of people in the South to vote for slavery even though they were against it because it was a common thing in the south -
Reservations
Reservations were areas of land operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs that Native American tribes were relocated to. its significance is that under these reservations Natives were able to keep their citizenship in their soverign tribes -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. It's significant because it violated the Missouri Compromise which led to more conflict such as Bleeding Kansas. -
Secession
Secession is the withdrawal of one or more states from the Union that constitutes the United States. It is significant because it showed how serious the issue of slavery was to the point that country's were willing to seceed in order to be able to maintain slavery. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion. This is significant because it led the way to total abolition of slaves in the United States. -
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment abloished slavery in the United States. this is significant because slavery had been an issue in the US for centuries and it was now officially banned after many fights and events to try and stop and get rid of it. -
Reconstruction
Reconstruction was between 1865 and 1877 to repair the country after the Civil War. This is significantr because a lot of amendments were ratified and acts put into place such as the 13th, 14th, and 15th, amendment to try and repair the ecconomy. -
Black Codes
Black Codes were laws passed by southern states after the Civil War to restrict African Americans' freedom and compel them to work in a labor economy. The significance of this is that it kept blacks from receiving what the 14th and 15th amendments were supposed to give them -
14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment gave all citizes equal rights. this is significant because before this amedment, blacks did not have the same rights as others. -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment granted all African American men the right to vote. It was significant because before this amendment, african americans were prohibited the right to vote. -
Laissez Faire
Laissez faire is an economic system in which transactions beteen private and parties are free from intrusive government restrictions, tariffs, and subsidies, with only enough to protect property rights. this is significant because it heavily impacted economic policy during the industrial revolution -
Assimilation policies
Assimilation policies were an effort by the U.S. t otransform Native American culture to European-American culture. This is significant because Europeans treated natives harshly and unfairly to try and make the Natives more "American" -
Spanish-American War
The Spanish American War was a result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. This was significant because the US gained the territories of Guam, Cuba, and Puerto Rico -
Philippines
Philippines was purchased from the Spanish for $20 million and was annexed in 1899. This was significant because their was debate in the US over whether or not the US should annex the country or not -
Big Stick Diplomacy
Big Stick Diplomacy was Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy of negotiating peacefully while simultaneously threatening with the military. This is significant because leaders were able to strive for peace but let other nations be aware of their military power -
Dollar Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy was Taft's foreign policy of increasing American influence abroad through use of economic power by guarenteeing loans made to foreign countries. It was significant because it allowed the US to "buy" countries to follow what they were doing -
Communism
Communism was a socioeconomic systemstructured upon the common ownership of the means of production and characterized by the absence of social classes. it is significant because the U.S. later went to war to try and contain this policy. -
Red Scare
The Red Scare was the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism. This was significant because it showed how afraid of communism the people living in the US were and caused havoc in the country -
Limited Welfare State
Limited Welfare State was when the government played a role in the protection and promotion of the economic and social well being of its citizens. This was significant because it allowed for equal opprtunity among citizens of the US -
Defense Spending
Defense Spending was the rapid increase in military spending post WWII. This is significant because it led to a build up of the U.S. military and eventually led to the Cold War. -
Containment
Containment was the US policy to prevent communism from spreading. This is significant because it caused the US to get involved with wars and other conflicts that the public didn't necesarrily want to get involved with. -
Korean War
The Korean War lasted from 1950-1952. the U.S. fought for democratic south and China fought for communist North. This war was significant because it showed that the U.S. was willing to go to war in order to contain communism in the world -
International Security System
The International Security System was the measures taken by nations and international organizations such as the United Nations to ensure mutual survival and safety. This was significant because it helped to create stronger protection over the citizens of America so that nothing bad would happen to them again. -
Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis was an ivasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel followed by Britain and France to rmeove Egyptian president Nasser from power. This was significant because it got the US involved and the people did not want to get involved in the crisis. -
Military Industrial Complex
The Military Industrial Complex was the policy and monetary relationship which existed between legislators, national and armed forces, and the arms industry that supports them. This was significant because it caused the US to keep an eye for these industries in case things started to go wrong -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, required equal access to public places and employment and enforced desegregation of schools. it was significant because it finally gave all people regardless of race or ethnicity equal rights -
Detente
Detente is the general easing of the geo-political tensions between the Soviet Union and the US. This is significant because one wrong move could have resulted in a nuclear war between the two countries. -
Watergate
The Watergat Scandal was a result of the break in at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters and the attempted cover up of its involvement. this was significant because it caused the public to stop trusting the government as much as they used to. -
Deregulation
Deregulation is the process of removing or reducing state regulations beginning in the 1970s. This was significant because it allowed for a free and efficent marketplace -
Conservatism
Conservatism was the political and social philosophy that promoted retaining traditional social institutions in the context of the culture and civilization. This is significant because it caseud a lot of conflict with liberalists specifically over gender equality and equality with gays and lesbians. -
Liberalism
Liberalism was a political doctrinethat takes place protecting and enhancing the freedom of the individual to be the central problem of politics. This was significant because they fought hard for equal rights among gays and lesbians as well as other ethnic groups. -
Free Trade Agreements
Free Trade Agreements removed tariffs between countries in order to increase trade. This was significant because it cut back spending and it allowed the US to gain new products because they were able to trade with different countries without paying. -
National Energy Policy
The National Energy Policy was determined by the federal,states, and local entities in the US and address energy production, distribution, and consumption. This was significant because it allowed the US to control the amount of energy and power people in the country consumed
