American History
Colonization
1607
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Virginia House of Burgesses
Thomas Hooker
John Locke 
William Blackstone
William Penn
Transatlantic slave trade
Great Britain
Plantation system Was mainly located in the South, used slave labor on very large farms to cultivate cash crops
King of England
Parliament
Salutary neglect
Founded by Roger Williams
Puritans
Puritan leader who founded Connecticut
1620
Plymouth
Pilgrims
Jamestown
First successful British colony in the New World
Believed Government was abusing Power
Founder of Pennsylvania, and leader of Quakers
Wrote Commentaries on English Law
Charles de Montesquieu
13 English colonies
Beliefs aided in self government
Mayflower Compact
Revolution
Country that Americans were revolting against
British economic policies
Quartering Act
People
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Revolutionary War
Battle of Lexington
Battle of Concord
Thomas Jefferson
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Yorktown
Winter at Valley Forge
Abigail Adams
John Adams
Wentworth Cheswell
Declaration of Independence
Stamp Act
Samuel Adams
1776
Sugar Act
Mercy Otis Warren
Intolerable Acts
Rebellion
Sons of Liberty
Boston Tea Party
Tea Act of 1773
Benjamin Franklin
Bernardo De Galvez
Crispus Attucks
George Washington
James Armistead
Constitution
Treaty of Paris of 1783
King George III
Proclamation 1763
Haym Salomon
French and Indian War
Patrick Henry
Continental Congress
Marquis de Layfayette
Thomas Paine
John Paul Jones
Rights of Englishmen
People
Patrick Henry
James Madison
George Mason
Documents
Bill of Rights
Political groups
Federalists
Anti-federalists
Magna Carta
Freedom of the press
English Bill of Rights
Amendments
Federalist Papers
First Amendments
Fourth Amendment
Anti-Federalist writings
Sixth Amendment
Tenth Amendment
Articles of Confederation
Constitution
Plans
New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
New Republic
Land
Conflicts
People
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Louisiana Purchase
Western Hemisphere
South America
Court cases
James Madison
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
James Monroe
John Marshall
Gibbons v. Ogden
Alexander Hamilton
Lewis and Clark Expedition Explored the land West of the states and documented many important things to settling
Whiskey Rebellion
Alien and Sedition Acts
Treaty of Ghent
Monroe Doctrine
Banks
The Bank of the United States
National Bank
Political parties
Federalists
Democratic-Republicans
Washington's Farewell Address
1803
War of 1812
Expanding Nation
People
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
Cherokee Nation/Indians
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Eli Whitney :
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Innovations
John James Audubon
Britain didn't enforce Navigation Acts, so colonists got used to not being disciplined.
Source of slaves for plantation system
First step towards a Constitution
Cotton Gin
Steamboat
Telegraph Line
Branched off from Pilgrims
Transcontinential Railroad
Father of the Constitution
Was the leader of Great Britain at the time of the revolution
One of the suns of liberty and a very big advocate of liberty
Opposed ratification of the Constitution
A founding father, leader, judge, historian, solider, all in all a very big local impact
Patriot spy, and a double agent for the Union, one of Washington's valuable assets
Alexander Hamilton
Proposed the First Bank of the United States
Idea of unalienable rights (Constitution)
Wrote letters to her husband which are a source of information about the revolution for historians, also was a advocate for equal rights
Supported Constitution
Supported Articles of Confederation
Guarantees rights
Wrote the draft for the constitution, also considered author, and responsible for the Louisiana Purchase
First ten Amendments
First form of government over 13 colonies
Spy for USA , one of the sons of liberty, convinced Hessions to join US forces, and financed patriots
States that any other powers not listed in the Constitution belongs to the states
Sided with patriots, supplied the patriots, and governed Louisiana territory
Wrote books supporting Revolution
Main leader of the Revolutionary War
First person to die in Boston Massacre
Delegate to First and Second Continental Congresses
Member of the house of Burgesses, made the phrase "Give me liberty or give me death"
Patriot soldier ,motivated soldiers, and aided in other revolutions
Considered the father of the Navy, defeated British naval ships, and raised patriot spirits
Served in Continental Congress, wrote Poor RIchard's Almanac, and helped write Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
A French Military Officer who had his men help America and fight along with them in the American Revolution.
Wrote Monroe Doctrine
First president of the US and set many precedents for other president
John Adams
3rd President of the United States, Purchased the Louisiana Purchase, and had Lewis and Clark explore it
First vice president and second president
Supreme Court justice who helped establish judicial review and give more power to the Judicial Branch
4th President of the United States, Had the War of 1812 occur in his presidential period, and a founding father
Part of Washington's cabinet and his views were very influential
George Washington's cabinet
Believed in a strong central government and influenced passing the Alien and Sedition Acts
Oppressed by Alien and Sedition Acts
Was when whisky makers were not paying the taxes and rebelling. Stopped when Washington had the army go there.
Ended the War of 1812
Second war with Britain that proved America's strength and established a strong sense of patriotism
Events
Jacksonian Era
Best known for creating the cotton gin, and had the idea for interchangeable parts.
Presidential Election of 1824
Worcester v. Georgia
Trail of Tears
Nullification Crisis
Movements/Acts
U.S. Mexican War
Indian Removal act
Pacific Railway act
American Temperance Movement
Free enterprise system
Women's Right Movement
Bessemer Steel process
Second Great Awakening
Prison Reform
Identity
American way of life
national identity
Transcendentalism
Ralph Waldo Emerson & nature
7th President of the United States, caused the Trail of Tears, created the spoils system and kitchen cabinet, known as and hero of New Orleans
Abolitionist Movement
Labor Reform Movement
Care for the disabled
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Geography
Mexico
Texas
Louisiana Purchase
Oregon Territory
Pacific Ocean
South
North
The "Great Compromiser", made Missouri Compromise
Wrote the Declaration of Rights for Women, fought for equal rights for women, organized first women's rights convention with Lucretia Mott
Twelfth Amendment
Women's rights advocate
Education Reform
Bought Florida from Spain with Adams-Onis treaty
Articles of Confederation
Colonization is where the problems start that cause the Revolution.
Expanding nation and new republic are connected because both of them are about the nation growing into a powerful country.
The new republic unit and the Constitution unit are both connected because they're both about the forming government and politics.
Georgia
Corrupt bargain
Interchangeable Parts
"Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Hudson River
Preserves ideals of Constitution by allowing the people to check the government
Prevents government from restricting the people's voice which
Made life in prison more tolerable and treated them like humans
Made people aware of the effects of alcohol and tried to get people to rally against it
Moved Indians off of the land and onto reservations by Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson was President at the time, bought from the French, Explored by Lewis and Clark, and started the spark of Manifest Destiny
Gave advancements to schooling and promoted the education system
Made people aware of the horrors of slavery in the way of a fictional book about a slave, led to more abolitionists
Had to move to reservations during the Trail of tears from command of Andrew Jackson
People against slavery
Advocated suffrage rights for women
People's religious beliefs starting to reawaken, made people have a more peaceful national identity
Brought to America by Eli Whitney
Invented by Eli Whitney
Lets businesses compete with out interference from states and goverment
Caused by Andrew Jackson
revolutionized communication, let you send a message in and instant
Rail road that spanned across the nation
Against Abolitionist movement
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Disabled people were starting to be integrated into society and not shunned and put into asylums
Essentially questioned whether the states should be able to nullify a federal bill or law
Texas was first owned by Mexico but wanted to get annexed by America, so they revolted against Mexico and became annexed by the U.S