history midterm 2015 Flashcards
People who move from place to place
Nomads
They use this to see how old something was when it was once alive
Radiocarbon dating
Maize
Corn
Underground house built by the Anasazi for worship
Kivas
A system that promises land and protection in return for work and military support
Feudalism
Rebirth in the interest in learning
Renaissance
A new type of ship that was used by early explorers to the Americas that contained the ballas, the lateen sails
Caravel
A navigating device that uses the sun location in relationship to the horizon to determine where they were
Astrolabe
The exchange of goods between the old world and the new world after Columbus discovered the Americas
Colombian exchange
Spanish conqueror
Conquistadors
Separatists who wanted to separate themselves from the English church; founded Plymouth colony
Pilgrims
Wanted to purify the English church if Catholic rituals. They left because they were persecuted. Founded Massachusetts
Puritans
Spanish ranch
Hacienda
Land the conquistadors gave the people they fought for them. Included land, and natives who worked on it
Encomienda
The leg of the triangular trade that brought slaves to America.
Middle Passage
Trade between Old world (Europe), New world (America), Africa
Triangular trade
Person skilled in a creative craft
Artisan
Idea that a country’s power depended on its wealth
Merchantilism
Age of reason. Idea that all problems in the world can be solved by logic and reason
Enlightenment
A person who worked for so many years to get their passage to America
Indentured servant
Search warrant
Writ of assistance
Militia for the American army that could be ready in a minute
Minutemen
Person who was loyal and thought we shouldn’t have a revolution against the king
Loyalist
Someone loyal to the revolution
Patriot
Where people have the power through voting; select their own form of government
Republic
Freeing of slaves
Emancipation
The idea that people should be able to choose their form of government
Popular sovereignty
Change to the constitution; 27 to our constitution
Amendment
People who wanted the constitution to be ratified; wrote 88 papers encouraging the ratification of the constitution
Federalists
People who did not want the constitution to be ratification
Anti-Federalist
Approval of the constitution; 9 of 13 colonies has to agree for it to be passed
Ratification
The steps that government must take to ensure that everyone is treated equally under the law
Due process
First 10 amendments of the constitution
Bill of Rights
The idea that law passed by congress is unconstitutional they can declare a law invalid or not obey it
Nullification
The right of the Supreme Court to declare a law passed by congress to be unconstitutional. The case that established this was Marbury v. Madison
Judicial review
The largest group of the social status; small land holders
Yeoman Farmer
When John Adams gave Clay a cabinet post because he swung his support to him during the election
Corrupt bargain
Conquered the Incas
Fransisco Pizarro
He landed in the Bahamas on San Salvador Island
Christopher Columbus
Means “Ancient ones” lived in the American Southwest; built a city called Pueblo Ponito located in Chaco canyon; later moved to Mesa Verdes
Anasazi
A Portugal prince who set up a school to teach captains how to navigate
Henry the Navigator
First to lead a group that circumnavigated the globe. He didn’t because he died
Ferdinand Magellan
Conquered the Aztec
Hernan Cortez
Explored the St. Lawrence River; claimed all of was it now Canada for France and named it New France
Jacques Cartier
Leader of the Jamestown colony; established relationships with the Powhotan people
John Smith
Daughter of the leader of the Powhotan people; according to him she saved John Smith; married John Rolfe
Pocahontas
He helped the pilgrims survive and celebrated the first Thanksgiving with them; taught them how to grow corn
Squanto
Hid the charter for 4 years to become the head of the Massachusetts Bay colony
John Winthrop
Founded Pennsylvania
William Penn
Led a revolt of the backcountry farmers against the governor of Virginia
Nathaniel Bacon
His ideas were the basis of Thomas Jeffersons writing if the Declaration of Independence; British philosopher; wrote Two Treaties of Government
John Locke
Wrote Common Sense and The Crisis; the Crisis was read at Valley Forge
Thomas Paine
Leader of the sons of liberty in Boston
Sam Adams
Silversmith in Boston; member of the Son of Liberty; wrote pamphlets to encourage revolution; rode to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord
Paul a Revere
3rd President; wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence; interested in the Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson
British General in command of British troops in North America after Gage resigned
William Howe
Swamp-fox; led guerrilla group in South Carolina
Francis Marion
British General in the south; surrender to the Americans at Yorktown
Charles Cornwallis
1st President; leader of the Continental Army
George Washington
Wrote the Virginia Plan; called Father of Our Constitution; wrote constitution for Virginia; also a President
James Madison
Explored the Louisiana Territory
Lewis and Clarke
Went with Lewis and Clarke Mandan port, western to her people to get horses
Sacajawea
Representative in congress from Kentucky; fought for states rights; entered into the Corrupt bargain with Adams
Henry Clay
Called “Old Hickory”; president of the U.S.; General in the American Army; indian fighter; hero in the Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
Invented the telegraph and Morse Code
Samuel Morse
Invented cotton gin and interchangeable parts
Eli Whitney
Invented the Steamboat
Robert Fulton
Led a rebellion against slave holders in Virgina; killed a lot of women and children; tried and executed
Nat Turner
First permanent European settlement in the new world
Santo Domingo
Where Columbus landed in the Bahamas
San Salvador
First permanent Spanish settlement in North America (present day US)
St. Augustine
The oldest permanent French settlement in North America
Quebec
Capital city of the Aztecs; Mexico City is built on this site
Tenochtitlán
Oldest permanent English settlement in North America
Jamestown
The landbridge
Beringia
Where pueblo ponito was built
Chaco Canyon
Found in 1620 by the Pilgrims; in Massachusetts
Plymouth
Battle in which Americans fought the British hard enough that caused them to withdrawal from Boston
Bunker Hill
First shots of the American Revolution
Lexington and Concord
Where Washingtons troops spent the harsh winter
Valley Forge
Last major of the Revolutionary War
Yorktown
Turning point of the war in the north
Saratoga
Where the first and second continental congress met
Philadelphia
First english settlement in North America (not permanent)
Roanoke Island
Turning point for the war in the south
Kings Mountain
Battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought on
Breeds hill
The bring of William and Mary to the throne of English; no blood shed
Glorious Revolution
Fought over the Ohio River Valley
French and Indian War
First direct tax on American colonists
Stamp Act
People who wanted a revolution
Sons of Liberty
A conflict between civilians and Briitish soldier from Boston Common; 4 people died; Forst was Crispus Aticks
Boston Massacre
Agreement sent to King George to avoid war; he rejected it
Olive Branch Petition
Our first government as a country
Articles of Confederation
Plan for a constitution presented by James Madison who wrote it; most was used for our Constitution; one compromise, The Great Compromise (set up the senate to have two reps from each state, the houses reps based on population)
Virginia Plan
Established judicial review
Marbury v. Madison
Bought Louisiana from France; explored by Lewis and Clarke from 1804-1806
Louisiana Purchase
Determined how the land would be divided in North west territory and governed
Northwest Ordinance
When the sons of liberty threw tea into Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
A document stating that countries are no longer open for European civilizations
Monroe Doctrine
Drew a line in the Louisiana Territory. North of the line=slate state. South of the line=free state
The Missouri Compromise
Also known as the Great Compromise which determined representation in the house of the Senate
Connecticut Compromise
founded Plymouth colony
Pilgrims
They left England because they were persecuted.
Puritans
Founded Massachusetts
Puritans
The Anasazi built a city called ____ located in Chaco canyon; later moved to Mesa Verdes
Pueblo Ponito
The Crisis was read at ______
Valley Forge