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Fall Midterm Ch 2-9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Christopher Columbus | A Spanish explorer searching for a route to India who landed in North America in 1492. This is important because it was the being of Colonial America and devastating for the Indian population. |
| House of Burgesses | Elected legislature of Virginia during colonial times. Important because it was the first direct democracy in the colonies. |
| Indentured Servants | People treated as slave labor during 2-7 year contracts in exchange for passage to Colonial America. Important because they made up most of the population and contributed to historical events. |
| Mayflower Compact | Self-governing rules for the English settlers aboard the Mayflower. Important because it later influenced important America documents and politics. |
| Bacon's Rebellion | Nathaniel Bacon led a rebellion in Virginia after England denied a land grab for Native land. Important because it expanded Colonial land. |
| Triangle Trade | Trade between Colonial America, Europe, and Africa. Important because it was the center of mass slave trade. |
| Enlightenment | The period of applying science and reasoning to political and religious thinking. Important because it opposed traditional ways of thinking. |
| Great Awakenings | The period of applying religion to political thinking. Important because it added importance to individual rights and nationalism. |
| French Indian War | War between Britain and France and Indians over land rights. Important because it created massive debt and weakened Britain. |
| Proclamation Line of 1763 | Proclamation that declared land west of the Appalachian Mountains as Indian land. Important because protected the Indians throughout British rule. |
| Boston Massacre | British soldiers shot into a Patriot mob killing several colonists. Important because it was the turning point in conflict between the Colonists and British becoming deadly. |
| Boston Tea Party | Colonists destroyed tea from the East India Trading Company in protest of the new British taxes. Important because it was the first major rebellion against British rule. |
| Thomas Paine | Author of Common Sense which advocated for independence from British rule. Important because it reached a wide audience and convinced many to defy British rule. |
| Lexington and Concord | The sites of the Colonist and British conflict which led to the 'shot heard around the world'. Important because it was the catalyst for the Revolutionary War. |
| Valley Forge | Where the Continental Army stayed during the winter. Important because it unified the troops. |
| Patriots | Colonists who wanted to be independent from Britain. Important because they were the driving force behind the Revolutionary War. |
| Loyalists | Colonists who remained loyal to Britain. Important because they aided Britain and fought against the Patriots. |
| Battle of Trenton | George Washington fought Hessian Mercenaries at Trenton. Important because it reestablished American control in New Jersey. |
| Articles of Conferderation | America's first form of national government primarily written by Benjamin Franklin. Important because it unified the 13 colonies. |
| Phyllis Wheatley | Former slave and poet during the Revolutionary War. She's important because she wrote poems advocating against slavery and her poems had a great influence. |
| Thomas Jefferson | Served in Virginia legislature, was an ambassador of France, and was the main author of the Declaration of Independence. Important because he was a key figure in the Revolutionary War. |
| James Madison | Ratified the Constitution and wrote the Federalist papers. Important because he helped form America's government. |
| Marbury v. Madison | Court case which gave federal courts the power to declare something as unconstitutional and it established judicial review. Important because it set a precedent which allowed the Supreme Court to ratify the Constitution. |
| Tecumseh | Shawnee chief who formed a pan-Indian confederacy. Important because he allied with the British and fought against the Colonists. |
| Treaty of Ghent | Treaty between the Indians and Americans after the War of 1812. Important because it was the first war Americans won as a full country and defeated the Indians. |
| Missouri Compromise | Outlawed slavery above the 36*30 latitude line. It made Missouri a slave state and Maine a non-slavery state. Important because it compromised with both the North and South on slavery |
| Era of Good Feelings | A period of national pride after the War of 1812. Important because it created a sense of nationalism and unity. |
| Essay #1: American Freedom | -Political parties & Democracy (political) -Enlightenment vs. Traditional views (social) -Trade & Taxes (economic) -Immigration, slavery, Indians (racial) -Christianity (religious) |
| Essay #2: Who got it right? | -British were right -Colonists were terrorists (property damage) -Cruel to Loyalists (forced from homes, tar, death, lost land) -Wanted support from Britain but refused taxes (French-Indian War) |
| Potential Essay #3A: Protesting the Stamp Act | -Loyalists peacefully refused to buy stamp -Sons of Liberty petitioning and pamphlets -Mobs protesting and vandalizing stamp distributors causing them to resign (most effective) -Boston Tea Part |
| Potential Essay #3B: Enlightenment and Great Awakening | -Rational thought and order -Rights to life, liberty, and property -Great Awakening response -Religious thinking -Converting slaves to Christianity |
| Potential Essay #3C: Atlantic Seaports | -Baltimore (tobacco, slave trade) -Boston (ship building, artisan, wealthy merchants) -New York (British auction system, 25% of all ships) -Philadelphia (farm products, bankers) -Easier for merchants to trade outside of US than inside |
| Potential Essay #3D: Era of Good Feelings | -James Monroe elected president after War 1812 -Federalists beat by Jefferson’s Democratic-Republicans -One party no politics -Worry about new nation, not international nations -Valid because they felt good about the US (nationalism, working together) |
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