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First Settlement in early America by English. |
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Rights of Englishmen, promise of monetary materials such as gold, and religious freedoms for prosecuted |
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Started Tobacco and anglican plants, Run by House of Bourgesses, rule by rich minority |
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Protestant Reformation in Early North Colonies |
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Martin Luther Protestant reformer, settlers Calvinists (oops). |
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Fled England for Holland (Religion), start of social contract system. |
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Rhode Island (Baptist), Connecticut (Conservative), Maine (Fisherman), New Hampshire, New York (Dutch), Pennsylvania (Quaker Will. Penn), New Jersey-Delaware |
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Regard as "South", it had horrible life expectancy (10 years less England), growth result of immigrants looking for a quick buck, and indentured servants working for land they usually never got. Mostly unmarried males. |
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Bacon's Rebellion, indentured servants angry being jipped out of owed land. |
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Slavery in early Chesapeake |
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Slaves were not Servants, widened social gap, were bottom of rung |
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Great life expectancy (10 more than England) strong family bonds due to strong religion and lack of land creating tight knit communities, woman treated subserviantly. Had strong education (Harvard 1636). |
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Salem Witch Trials (Class warfare and religious anxiety), Halfway Covenant crushed religious zeal (why work hard). |
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Consisted of Fishing as well as independant business. |
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Consisted solely of Agriculture since cheap farmable land is abundant. |
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Grand Religious revival, beliefs of predestination rampant 90% male, 40% female. |
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Belief in Logic, New England High Education, Chesapeake low |
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Started by Washington firing on base, Ben Franklin disapproved (Albany Plan of Union). Treaty of Paris, England gets more land for Colonies. |
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Multiple taxes made people mad (never taxed before). England wanted to keep America for the raw materials supplied, then industrial England would manufacture and sell goods. Mercantilism. |
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Navigation Act (restricting foreign trade), Stamp Act (revenue to support military, Sugar Act (similar to Stamp), Quartering Act (military in civilians homes), Townshed Acts (increase royal salaries). |
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Starting of the Constitution |
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Congress met in Philedelphia, many rebellions and mob violence ensued, Samual Adams defended colonial rights. |
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Constitutions after Revolution |
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10 of 13 colonies had them in 1777, had Bill of Rights to protect individuals Executive and judicial branches very weak due to mistrust in big government. |
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Shaky start, British floods market to undercut American prices. Colonies look out for themselves. |
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Articles of Confederation |
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Loose union of sovereign states, weak central government, each state with one vote, VERY rigid rules, no changing easily. Our Government for a while. |
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Land Ordinance, Northwest Ordinance |
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Land Ordinance used to sell NW acreage to pay off debt, set aside 1/16 for education. Northwest ordinance set procedure for new states to join. |
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Constitutional Convential |
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All states but Rhode Island, stronger central government, electoral college, popular sovereignty. |
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Rejected by many, eventually al 10 amendments accepted. |
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George Washington Elected |
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Hamilton set precedent for elastic clause, constitution not always right. Jefferson believed what was not permitted was forbidden. |
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Jays Treaty humiliated United States, GB wouldnt leave. America started neutrality between foreign nations. |
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Federalists, Democratic Republicans |
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Aliens and Sedition acts discredit Feds, Feds start Slander TJ. Jefferson fixes Naturalization laws after elected, Adams appoint midnight judges to cheese DR's. |
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Greatest deal in American History land wise. |
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