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June 1754
Suck up to Iroquois
Ben Franklin leading advocate
called Colonial Assembly(manage trade, indian policy, defense)
Brit said no |
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versus Moderates
pro-war
William Pitt |
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| ardent expansionist, Prime Minister by name only |
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Red: Brit and Colonists
Iroquois Confederacy, Cherokee
Blue: France and Colonists
Abenaki, Algonquin, Ojibewa, Ottawa |
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9/1/1764
no paper money
colonists went broke |
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levied 3% tax on French Molasses
tightened customs control
John Hancock led resistance |
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1765
stamps on all papers and documents
Stamp Act congress & Riots and Mayhem
Repealed 1766, replaced by Declaratory Act |
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predicted to raise 40000 pounds/yr
some paid soldiers
most given to Royal
tax on Brit imports |
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Created Board of Customs
intended to undermine Colonial Governing bodies |
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| ordered colonists to house troops and pay for troops |
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| Suspended NY Colonial Assembly for advocating defiance of Quartering ACt |
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provided financial relief for east india co
no duty on Brit tea |
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| published names of merch who imported brit goods |
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took place at breed's hill
am. dug in on high ground
brit launched frontal assault
"see the whites of their eyes"
am. ran out of ammunition
1000 brit/400 am. deaths |
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500 men sent there towards Lexington, meet minutemen
"shot heard around the world"
colonial killed officers |
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main goal to cut off New England from Colonies, Gates in Albany, NY
three pronged attack
1. Gen. Burgoyne attack from Quebec
2. Gen. How attack from NYC, went south instead
3. Col. Leger attack from west, captured
5000 Brit surrendered, Fr. saw as a sign that Brit could be defeated |
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| supposed to attack from Quebec, defeated |
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| supposed to attack from NYC, went south |
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1778-1781
led by Gen. Clinton and Charles Cornwallis
disliked colonists
Savannah (captured by Brit 12/1778)
Charleston (captured by Brit 1780)
Camden (captured by Brit 1781) |
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led southern campaign
defeated Gates |
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1. Brit forts in NW Territory
2. Am. debts to Brit Creditors
3. Brit Seizure of Am. Ships
4. Right of Am. free trade
Brit abandoned forts in am. territory
required Americans to repay debt |
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monetary policy rise
WA secretary of Treasury
Federalist
1st protective tariffs, US made goods
encouraged nat'l debt
Nat'l Bank
opposed by Jefferson |
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| favored by Alexander Hamilton |
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| Tax on corn, hit farmers hardest in PA, attacked officials |
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Ottawa Chief
convened council
preferred French
Effects: NA Anger, German Warfare, colonists anger, denied land settlement |
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7/12/1776
Gen. How meets WA
offers clemency but WA declined
8/27-29/1776 Battle of Long Island
WA outnumbered 2:1
war of attrition |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| Grievances: dissolved rep houses, standing armies, impose taxes, no trial by jury, ravaged coasts, domestic insurrection |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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limit central gov
approved by 2nd cont. congress 1777
each stat could make: war, treaties, disputes, funds, commerce |
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Massachusetts: foreclosures, gov controlled by commercial interests, no jobs, no aid to low classes, refused to print money, overcrowded prisons, politicians out of touch
Closed down commonwealth supreme court, broke debtors free, attempt to take arsenal
150+ captured, 1/3 sentenced to death, 1/6 killed, WA wanted mercy, Adams wanted punishment |
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Fed: James Madison, Alex Hamilton, John Jay, George Washington
Antifed: Patrick Henry, Sam Adams,John Hancock, G. Clinton |
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5-9/1787
strengthen A of C
RI declined delegates "Rogue Island"
kept secret |
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"Patterson Plan"
unicameral legislature, equal state rep, exec chosen by leg, slaves not part of pop, supremacy clause |
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Large State Plan
bicameral leg: proportionate rep, lower house elected by people, upper house elected by lower house
Chief Exec chosen by leg, Jud chosen by Leg, slaves are population |
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Preamble
Art I Legislature
Sec 8 Congress Powers
Sec 10 State Powers
Art II Executive (electoral college)
Art III Supreme court
Art IV define citizen, rep gov, statehood requirements
Art V Amendments
Art VI Supremacy of Const
Art VII ratification of 9 states establish const between states ratifying same |
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1798
imprison and deport aliens
make it more difficult to become citizen
targeted rep. news critical to gov
unconstitutional |
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French seized US vessels for trading with Brit
Fr. demanded $12mil loan and $250thou bribe to begin negotiations
Fr. called for war: creation of army and navy |
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sent to negotiate treaty during XYZ affair
Chief Justice of Midnight Judges
appointed by Adams for 34 years
oversaw Marbury v. Madison |
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tied with Aaron Burr
HOR chose Jeff after 38 ballots
peaceful transition between Fed and Dem-Rep |
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| John Marshall: ruled judiciary could rule any law or act of the legislature/executive branch unconstitutional |
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Napoleon convinced Spain king to cede LA to France 1801
Brit & Fr. @ war, defeated in Haiti
offered to sell LA to US to finance war, $15mil
Fed: disagreed
Rep: rejoiced |
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Brit seized Am. Sailors claimed they were AWOL brit soldiers "impressment"
Brit attacked USS Chesapeake in 1807
Jeff placed embargo in response
N.E. defied embargo by moving things to Canada
encouraged industrialization |
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causes: continued impressment of US, Brit refusal to respect Am. neutrality, Brit aid to Indians
"war hawks"
Henry Clay and John Calhoun wanted US to expand W. to fight Indians and Brit
problems: small army
1814 Brit defeats Napoleon, focus on US
Baltimore Battle "star spangled banner"
N.O. Battle fought 3 weeks after end of war |
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Madison sent J.Q. Adams and Henry Clay to negotiate with Brit
Brit wanted Indian Territory
treaty called a draw |
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called by N.E. states
"Mr. Madison's war" frustration
demanded aid from gov
Feds were finished |
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