Term | Definition |
Separatists | Pilgrims escaping persecution in England |
Puritans | wanted to purify the Protestant Church |
Ponce De Leon | Explorer who named Florida |
Hernando Cortez | Led forces to conquer the Aztecs. |
Jamestown | First American settlement |
Enlightenment | Age of Reason |
French and Indian War | War against colonists and British by French and Indians. |
Proclamation of 1763 | Attempt by British to stop settlement west of Appalachians. |
Sugar Act | Tries to reduce Colonial smuggling. |
Boston Tea Party | An example of colonist’s rebellion to British rule |
Battle of Lexington | First battle of Minutemen. |
France | Ally of America in Revolution. |
Intolerable Acts | Petition sent to the king by the Continental Congress. |
John Locke | Influence on Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. |
Separation of Powers | Checks and Balances |
James Madison | Exception to authors of the Federalist |
Jonathan Edwards | Leader of the Great Awakening |
Vice-President | Also President of the Senate. |
Senator | 6 year term |
President | Citizen since birth, 4 year terms |
Constitution | Supreme Law of the Land. |
1st Amendment | Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion, Assembly. |
Thomas Jefferson | 3rd President and purchased the Louisiana Territory |
War of 1812 | Trade dispute. |
Lyman Beecher | Leader of the Temperance Movement |
Trail of Tears | Forced march of the Cherokees |
Battle of San Jacinto | Guaranteed Texas Independence. |
Harriett Beecher Stowe | Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. |
Horace Greeley | One of the Founders of the Republican Party. |
Dred Scott Decision | Did not guarantee that slavery would spread. |
Abraham Lincoln | Won the election of 1860, upset many southerners, one of the factors in the Civil War |
Robert E. Lee | Confederate commander |
Ulysses S. Grant | Won the battle of Vicksburg, later commander of all U.S. forces, President of the U.S. from 1868-1876. |
Seneca Falls Convention | A convention to discuss the rights of women |
Scalawags | White southerners who joined the Republican Party. |
Carpetbaggers | Northerners who moved south as unscrupulous businessmen. |
Wounded Knee | Last battle to end the Plains Indian Wars. |
William McKinley | His election led to the demise of the Populist Party. |
Andrew Carnegie | Scottish Immigrant who made a fortune in Steel. |
Laissez Faire | the idea that government should leave the economy alone and allow supply/demand to determine price |
John D. Rockefeller | Head of Standard Oil. |
Alexander Graham Bell | Invented the Telephone. |
Eugene Debbs | President of the American Railway Union |
Chinese Exclusion Act | Policy to decrease Chinese Immigration. |
Thomas Edison | Invented the Light Bulb. |
Graft | Illegal use of Political influence. |
Tamany Hall | Name of New York Political Machine. |
Muckrakers | Progressive Era journalists who liked to investigate and report corruption |
Fourteen Points | President Wilson’s plan for peace after WWI |
The Versailles Treaty | the treaty decided upon after the war, which provided the Central Powers with massive reparations |