Shelf by Nia Hollingsworth _ Student - AlstonRidgeMS

Civilization:

nahollingsworth — 2024-01-25 15:17:08 UTC

When a society reaches an advanced stage of development and organization.

Mercantilism:

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A system where people try to gain wealth through exporting more than it imports, trade, and stores with gold and metals.

Columbian Exchange:

nahollingsworth — 2024-01-25 15:43:35 UTC

The exchange of people, plants,animals, and disease that took place after the arrival of Christopher Columbus.

Indentured Servant:

nahollingsworth — 2024-01-26 15:01:14 UTC

A form of labor someone must carry out when they're under a contract that obligates them to repay someone or as an indenture.

Chattel Slavery:

nahollingsworth — 2024-01-26 15:08:35 UTC

A form of slavery where one person has ownership of another person.

Puritans:

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Puritans were english protestants who believed that the reform of church wasn't doing enough and that government should be involved in the church.

Triangular Trade:

nahollingsworth — 2024-01-26 15:38:52 UTC

Trade Routes between Africa, Europe, and the Americas, during the atlantic slave trade.

Ecomienda System:

nahollingsworth — 2024-01-30 13:21:38 UTC

A system in spanish countries that forced labor and intended to encourage conquest and colonization.

Southern Colonies:

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Virginia, Maryland,North Carolina, Georgia, And South Carolina.

Middle Colonies:

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New York, New Jersey,Pennsylvania, Delaware.

New England Colonies:

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Maine, Massachusetts,Rhode Island,Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire.

War of 1812

nahollingsworth — 2024-02-28 14:38:09 UTC

A war between the U.S. and Great Britain caused by American outrage over the impressment of American sailors by the British, the British seizure of American ships, and British aid to the Indians attacking the Americans on the western frontier.

Seneca Falls Convention 1848

nahollingsworth — 2024-02-28 14:40:27 UTC

Women of all ages and even some men went to discuss the rights and conditions of women. There, they wrote the Declaration of Sentiments, which among other things, tried to get women the right to vote.

Louisiana Purchase 1803

nahollingsworth — 2024-02-28 14:43:24 UTC

A land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million dollars

White House Burned 1814

nahollingsworth — 2024-02-28 14:45:34 UTC

General Robert Ross, a British force occupied Washington, D.C. and set fire to many public buildings following the American defeat at the Battle of Bladensburg.

Missouri Compromise 1820

nahollingsworth — 2024-02-28 14:50:03 UTC

Congress admitted Maine as a free state in 1820 so that Missouri would become a slave state and prohibited slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase territory north of 36 30, the southern boundary of Missouri

Market Revolution 1812 Before missouri compromise

nahollingsworth — 2024-02-28 14:51:53 UTC

Americans moving away from self-sufficient agriculture to production of goods for sale.