AP US HISTORY REVIEW
“NAME THAT VOCAB TERM!!!”
Row 1 - People
- Anne Hutchinson
- Puritan woman
- Believed that faith, not deeds, is necessary for salvation
- Kicked out of Mass.Bay because of herbal medicine and teachings against puritan beliefs
- Prince Henry the Navigator
- Portuguese explorer
- Opened the first sea route around South Africa
- Opened schools to train new explorers in navigation
- Vasco de Balboa
- First European explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean
- Explorer from Spain
- Crossed the Isthmus of Panama to reach the Pacific Ocean
- Ferdinand Magellan
- First explorer to circumnavigate the world
- Explorer from Spain
- Hernan Cortes
- Conquered the Aztecs and Mayans in Mexico
- Explorer from Spain
- Sir Walter Raleigh
- English explorer
- Failed in his attempt to establish permanent American settlement at Roanoke
- King Henry VIII
- Broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in the 1540s
- Had several wives executed because of inability to bear a son
- King of England until 1547
- William Penn
- Quaker leader and politician
- Founded Pennsylvania in the name of religious freedom
- John Rolfe
- British planter
- Married to Pocahontas
- Developed tobacco cultivation in Jamestown
- Jonathan Edwards
- English preacher who initiated the Great Awakening
- “Rock Star” who was said to be the most inspiring religious speaker ever
- Famous sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of and Angry god”
- Puritans
- Their society functioned as a limited theocracy
- Made their home in Massachusetts Bay Colony/Plymouth
- Wanted to “purify” the Catholic Church
- John Smith
- British businessman
- Chosen by King and Queen to establish and lead Jamestown
- Instituted “No work, No food” program to stimulate work in Jamestown
- Nathaniel Bacon
- English farmer who lived in Virginia
- Led a raid against local Indian villages to protest “unfair” economic and political control
- Significant because he led the first protest against a colonial government
- George Whitefield
- English preacher who traveled throughout the colonies
- Hated in south and loved in the north
- Preached about salvation as a gift for all who openly professed believing in Jesus
- James Oglethorpe
- British general and member of Parliament
- Established the colony of Georgia for prisoners and debtors
- John Winthrop
- A Puritan leader
- Sailed for and founded Boston
- Wrote “City Upon a Hill” encouraging Bostonians to be a model society
- Roger Williams
- Rebelled against popular Puritan teachings
- Kicked out of Mass.Bay
- Went east and founded new colony of Rhode Island
- John Calvin
- French theologian and preacher
- Taught about Predestination and the absence of free will
- Founder of CalvinistChurch
- Martin Luther
- German preacher
- Preached against Catholic Church and the use of indulgences
- Ignited the Protestant Reformation as a result of his hanging of the 95 Theses at Wittenberg
- Cotton Mather
- The most powerful and influential Puritan preacher
- Responsible for kicking Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams out of Mass.Bay
- Responsible for the Salem Witch Trials and following punishments
- Samuel de Champlain
- A French explorer
- Founded Quebec, Canada in 1608
- Establishes fur trade with natives in America
- John Locke
- English philosopher and political theorist
- Wrote the “Two Treatises of Government”
- Stated that government was bound to follow “natural laws” based on the rights of the people
- John Cabot
- English explorer in search of a water route to Asia
- Searched the Americas for the Northwest Passage
- Claims Nova Scotia and Newfoundland for England
Row 1 - Terms
- Great Awakening
- Colonial religious movement of evangelicals
- Emphasized heart and emotion rather than head and religious knowledge
- This religious movement lasted until the 1760s
- Treaty of Tordesillas
- Signed by Spain and Portugal in 1494
- Designated Spanish and Portuguese lands in the Americas
- Portugal claimed Brazil and Spain claimed the rest of the discovered Americas
- Mayflower Compact
- Written by Puritans in 1620
- Document forced Puritans to make decisions by the will of the majority
- Significant as first form of self-government in the New World
- The Enlightenment
- A movement in the colonies towards reason and knowledge
- A movement that demanded explanations to religious beliefs, faith not good enough, PROOF??
- Helped establish political principles existing in Declaration and US Constitution
- Mercantilism
- Political and economic structure of most European countries in the 1600s and 1700s
- A country should export its goods to enhance economic success
- Raw materials and finished goods are key
- Salutary Neglect
- British policy towards the colonies until the mid 1700s
- Relaxed British control towards colonies because they wanted colonies to grow and thrive
- Ended in the mid 1700s because the British saw a need to assert control over colonies
- House of Burgesses
- Established in Virginia in 1619
- First governmental structure and/or representative assembly in America
- One primary role was to make laws on issues like trade and slavery
- Halfway Covenant
- Effort by the Puritan church to increase membership
- Plan that offered partial membership for limited religious commitment
- Allowed people to take part in church services without being fully committed to Christ
- Navigation Acts
- Law that stated trade goods from the colonies could only be carried in British ships
- Law stated that all goods coming into the colonies had to stop in Britain first
- Law stated that all goods exported from the colonies could go to England ONLY
- Albany Plan
- Plan developed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754
- Formed an inter-colonial government in the colonies to show colonial unity
- This new developed government would have the power to recruit troop and to tax
- Great Migration
- Caused by a Civil War in England in the 1630s
- 15,000 English settlers moved to Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Maryland Act of Toleration
- Act was passed in Maryland in 1639
- Established the colony of Maryland to be 100% religiously free
- Also established Maryland as a haven for Catholics
- Headright System
- An attempt by Virginia to encourage settlers to come
- 50 acres of land given to each immigrant who paid for his passage
- 50 more acres for every indentured servant brought over as well
- Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
- Document that was the first written Constitution in American history
- Established a representative government and legislature chosen by popular majority
ROW 2 - People
- Samuel Adams
- Radical activist against British authority in Massachusetts
- Founded and led the Sons and Daughters of Liberty
- One of the organizers involved in the Boston Tea Party
- Thomas Paine
- A British author and immigrant to the colonies
- Argued for full independence from Britain and to break all ties
- Wrote and published Common Sense in 1776
- Benedict Arnold
- At one time a Colonial Army commander
- Committed treason against the colonies by giving Colonial military secrets to British
- John Dickinson
- Delegate of Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention
- Argued that Parliament could not tax colonies solely for the purpose of “generating revenue”
- Letters of a Pennsylvania Farmer
- Paxton Boys
- A group of Scots-Irishmen in Pennsylvania
- Murdered 20 natives in an event called the Conestoga Massacre
- Acted out violently against natives after hostilities during the French and Indian War
- Patrick Henry
- Virginia lawyer who Stood in the House of Burgesses in protest to unfair British rule
- Spoke out in favor of “No taxation without representation”.
- “Give me Liberty, or Give me Death”
- Crispus Attucks
- A black servant in Massachusetts before the American Revolution
- Died at the hand of British soldiers during the Boston Massacre
- King George III
- Worked in Parliament with the Whigs to force colonists to pay for “protection” from Britain
- King of England during the American Revolution
- Thomas Jefferson
- Leader of the 1790s Democratic Republican Party
- Advocate of state’s rights and author of the Declaration of Independence
- 3rd President of the US, elected in 1800
- John Adams
- A Mass. Lawyer who defended British soldiers on trial for murder during Boston Massacre
- Staunch Federalist
- 2nd President of US, elected in 1896
- Sons and Daughters of Liberty
- Violent militia group created to protest British rule in the colonies
- Group was organized by Samuel Adams
- Known for mob rules and tarring and feathering British ship owners and workers
- George Washington
- Commander of the Continental Army
- President of the Constitutional convention
- 1stUS President, APPOINTED in 1789, Federalist
- Democratic Republicans
- Political party that came to power in the 1790’s
- Organized to reject the ideas of the Federalists
- Leader was Thomas Jefferson
ROW 3
- Deism
- a religious belief
- can determine that the universe is the product of an all-powerful creator
- a religious philosophy which holds that reason and observation of the natural world
- Marbury VS Madison
- Supreme court case held in 1803
- Established judicial review
- Brought up by William Marbury who had been appointed by John Adams as Justice of the Peace
- Zebulon Pike
- American officer and explorer
- explored and documented the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase
- Pikes Peak in Colorado was named after him
54. Nullification Crisis
- Sectional crisis during Andrew Jackson’s presidency
- Controversy concerning protective tariff of 1828
- South Carolina declared “Tariff of Abominations” unconstitutional and void within their state
- Aaron Burr
- This man was Democratic Republican
- Vice president to Thomas Jefferson
- Killed his political rival, Alexander Hamilton in a duel
- Treaty of Ghent
- signed in Ghent or modern day Belgium
- treaty that restored relations between the United States and Great Britain
- treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain
- Hartford Convention
- Federalists meeting in 1814-1815
- discussed removing the three-fifths compromise
- discussed the grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812
- McCullough VS Maryland
- Supreme court case held in 1819
- Stated Maryland attempted to control a branch of the Second Bank of the United States
- Court ruled that state action may not interfere with constitutional power of Federal Government
- Gibbons VS Ogden
- Supreme court case held in 1824
- Concerning the rights to operate ferries in New York Waters
- Congress ruled that they had the power to regulate Interstate Commerce
- Alexander Hamilton
- First ever Secretary of Treasury, to George Washington
- Became leader of Federalists Party
- Established and greatly supported the National Bank
- Judicial Review
- example of separation of powers
- review by a court of law of actions of a government official
- doctrine under which legislative and executive actions are subject to review by the judiciary
- “Era of Good Feelings”
- period of history after the Napoleonic War
- the United States reflected a sense of national purpose and a desire for unity
- This time period was brought on by the US victory after the War of 1812
- Cumberland Road
- America’s first federally funded interstate highway
- Authorized on March 29, 1806, by Thomas Jefferson
- Replaced the Braddock Road for travel between the Potomac and OhioRivers
- Whigs
- Destroyed by the know nothings
- Built on era of Jacksonian Democracy
- Considered integral to Second Party System
- Cherokee VS Georgia
- Supreme Court case regarding Natives and their land rights
- Supreme Court ruled Indian tribe were tenants on American land
- Supreme Court found in favor of Georgia, Cherokee had no right to sue in federal court
- Maysville Road
- Andrew Jackson vetoed
- A bill which would allow the Federal government to purchase stock in various areas
- Thought to be abuse of government power, government and business mixing
- Specie Circular
- Executive order by Andrew Jackson
- Gold and silver for payment for land, No bank notes
- Started the Panic of 1837, split the Democratic Party
- Panic of 1837
- A crisis that began as a result of land sales and speculation
- Government refused to allow people to buy land using bank notes
- “Specie Circular”
- Clay and Calhoun
- Southerners who were pro-war, ardent nationalists
- Pro-slavery southerners who advocated for the removal of Natives from US lands
- War Hawks
- John Marshall
- Appointed by John Adams in 1801
- Served as a Supreme Court Judge and Chief Justice
- His appointment sparked the Marbury VS Madison case
- Dorr Rebellion
- Armed protest in Rhode Island in 1841
- Protesters wrote a new state constitution for RI and established new government
- Thomas Dorr attempted to take over a RI arsenal and quickly surrendered, unsuccessful
- Tariff of 1828 (Abominations)
- Federal legislation taxing southern exported goods, tobacco and cotton
- Angered southerners due to economic losses
- Eventually caused a Nullification Crisis started in NC
- Missouri Compromise
- Agreement between south and north in 1820
- Estab. 36’ 30’ line and maintained a sectional balance between free and slave states
- Missouri came into Union as slave state, Maine came in as free state
- Election of 1828, Corrupt Bargain
- Nickname given to the Election of 1828
- John Quincy Adams VS Andrew Jackson
- John Q. Adams wins after Congressional tie breaker, Henry Clay wins Sec. of State
- Embargo Act of 1807
- Legislation handed down by President Jefferson
- Stopped ALL trade with European nations in attempt to protect American sailors
- Destroyed US economy and was quickly repealed