History of the Americas Questions
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Declaration of Independence - Document that explains the colonists' right to revolution, rallied troops
War of 1812 - War between Britain and the United States over impressment of American seamen, ended inconclusively
Sectionalism - Tension that eventually led to conflict between Southern slave states and Northern free states
Treaty of Paris - Ended the American Revolution
Monroe Doctrine - Stated that the United States would protect other countries from European imperialism
Constitutional Convention - Decided to get rid of the Articles of Confederation and draft a new constitution
Washington's election - Washington unanimously elected president for United States
Stamp Act - First direct tax on American colonies to pay for the French and Indian War, taxed paper goods such as newspapers and documents
Shay's Rebellion - Armed rebellion in Massachusetts as a response to taxes, showed that the United States needed to revise the Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights - Compromise with the Anti-Federalists that limited state power and established a set of rights that every United States citizen has
Proclamation of 1763 - Colonists prohibited from settling West of the Appalacian Mountains
Boston Tea Party - Colonists dump tea into the Boston harbor to protest "taxation without representation," organized by Sons of Liberty
Mayflower Compact - First self-government formed in the New World for the Pilgrims
Seven Years War/French and Indian War - War with the French and Indians on one side and the British and colonists on the other, taxes to pay for the war caused the colonists to resent the British
American Revolutionary War - War between United States and Great Britain, ends with United States becoming its own nation
Bacon's Rebellion - Nathaniel Bacon threw a temper tantrum and killed a bunch of natives after Britain refused to drive the natives out
Pueblo Revolt - Uprising of indigenous people against the Spaniards
King Philip's War - War between "King Philip" (Metacom) and English settlers, natives rebelled against British authority
Spanish domination - The Spanish dominated the seas due to their all-powerful Spanish Armada. In 1588, the British sunk the Spanish armada and Spain was never the same.
Columbus's first voyage - Established a connection between New and Old Worlds