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| indentured servants and freedom dues |
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people that owuld VOLUNTARILY sell themself to someone as a servant...with a contract (usually 4 years) and at the end of the contract they would usually get freesing dues which included things like an alotted amount of land tools, ox, or clothing.
indentured servitude was a business mechanism to get lower class people to america and then sell them. |
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| house of burgesses and colonial assemblies |
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House of Burgesses (house of Legislative)
a burgess was an elected farmer who was chosem by his fellow neighbors and farmers to be a representative in the house |
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the route accross the atlantic by which african slaves were traded to the new world. It was a very viscious passage and purely for economic activity and profit
there was also a suggested attitude of capitalism by selling humans |
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huge religios revival movement to stir people to take christ as their savior and live the life of a christian.
importance was that it created a lot of new churchs causing american to have a unique government that was not behind any one specific church |
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arrested for prinitng scandalous info about the governor.
its importance is that it was the first time the court questions the law rather than claiming the innocence of the suspect. |
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war between french/indians and england to conquer north america east of the missippi.
the british conquered canda and florida.
so in conlclusion britain became a dominant power in america because canada didnt choose it.
british lost and doubled their debt so they began taxing america to try and regain
this led to treaty of paris and eventually thet amer rev |
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-limited westward expansion...colonists that wanted to move west felt resentment
proclamation that was created after the French/Indian war prohibiting settlement, surveys, an land grants west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
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British wanted Americans to contribute to the British Empire so they proposed a tax where they had to buy a stamp to do things like have a liquor liscense, mortgage, deed, car, newspapers
since it was a tax from parliament and the king, NOT from the colonial assembly, the americans didnt like it |
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| George Grenville and George III |
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| george III was the new king and george grenville was appointed as head of parliament and after the french and indian war, george III decided to tighten control over their empire which resulted in leading to the american revolution |
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in 1681, he wrote what english people with property were beginning to expect which was that.....
-the crown is powerful but the king cannot deprive a man of his property without the consent of the local assembly
-if the king doesnt behave then the english have the right to rebel/resist
- as free men, british and americans had protection of the lockean theory |
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enforced policies to encourage the stop to the stamp act
-began a boycot at the ports to not accept tea from Europe
-assaulted the stamp distributers |
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| Tea Act and Coercive acts |
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-government gave a monopoly of tea to the east india company
-originally had to pay 25% tax, but the act stated that the tea could be either delivered to america or england with NO tax.
-this saved the east india company and sustained englands economy
-americans felt like they were becoming slaves to britain so they resisited the tea |
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| britain tried to use massachusettes as an example, but instead it caused the surrounding colonies to unite together in order to rescue massachusettes and stop british policies |
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| Thomas Paine's Common Sense |
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wrote document in a reasonable manner that he wanted to eliinate monarchy and push toward independence which sparked the indepence movement
purpose was to rebel against british government, and it said that US should be INDEPENDENT |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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first form of government for the US...weak central authority
significance:led to constitution |
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| peace agreement between britain and america where britain recognized American independence, and they also granted america more land and fishing rights |
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| banks wanted to foreclose peoples farms who owed debts so they rebelled with arms and they realized that their gov was weak and there is a need for a strong government or else they would lose the republic. In response they called for a reivision of the government and constitution. which led to the constiutional convention |
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| sophisticated scholar who road the constitution of the United States and faught for the new jersey plan |
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| Virginia Plan vs. New Jersey Plan |
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New Jersey: Wants equal representation for sending representatives to Constitutional Convention...one legislative body with equal representation for each state
Virginia: Wants number of reprsentatives based on size of colony...wants strong central government |
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First 10 Ammendments in Constitution to guarantee individual rights against violation of laws in the Federal Government
significance: Basic laws that protect every American citizens' rights and liberties |
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also called "king Cotton" because it was the king of the economy. The north could not produce cotton because of its different climate
cotton gin separated the seeds fromthe ccotton so then there was a needfor more slaves! |
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| people who spoke out against slavery because they felt it was sinful and a violation of gods will |
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| Harriot Tubman and the "underground railroad: |
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she escaped slavery and went to pensilvania and helped other AA escape to the free states
the underground railroad was the escape route used to get slaves to the free states |
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Smart, articulate, sophisticated, slave that helped found crusade against slavery...and WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT.
sig: first person to give first-hand experience...gave people inside look on slavery |
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pressed for an end to slavery in america
editor of radical abolitionist newspaper
womans suffrage supporter (voting rights) |
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wrote the book "Uncle Toms Cabin" which was about the evils of breaking up bloack families through slavery
her writings contributed to the cause of the civil war |
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a senator from california that was offended by the arguments of abolitionists.
his argument was that blacks have never been so civilized and religiousin christianity as they were now
the significance of this is that it caused the division between the N and S states to grow larger |
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argument over wether or not ca. would be a free state.
the compromise was that CA would be a free state with the potential that the other states could have slavery
this brought about the fugitive slave law which meant that all law enforcement had to be responsible in helping retrieve runaway slaves and return them to their owners |
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Senator Douglas realized that there were major differences between the north and the south regarding slavery, so he came up with the plan of popular soverignty, where the people would rule by popular vote
Result: turned out to be a disaster and everyone started moving to different territories to guarentee that they would win, which in result just caused more tension |
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| Started with a slave named Dred who was property of an army general. the general was constantly moving from one territory to another (pro slavery to anti slavery territories) and thequestion came about whether or not Dred was free since he lived in a free territory. It went to the supreme court which came to the conclusion that since Dred was black, he was not considered a citizen, therefore he had no rights and was not free. |
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John Brown decided to, in an attempt to end slavery, arm the southern slaves with weapons to kill of their masters. This scared the southerners and in result, John was hung.
The significance of this was that is contributed to the tension and division between the north and south which let to the Civil War |
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| a plantation owner, slave owner and southern aristocracy who built a new territory that he wanted to be left alone, but Abe Lincoln would not allow such a thing because it would break up the nation |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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warned that if the rebellion against the US didnt stop, then the rebels slaves would be set free forever. Licold felt he has the power to do this because of his presidential war rights.
the emancipation proclamation was the beginning to the end of slavery.
it was a prelude to the 13th ammendment which stated that neither slavery nor servitude shall exisit within the US, unless for a crime. |
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first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000 casualties.
When the South surrendered, it was huge because they allowed Lincoln to go forth with the emancipation proclamation.
purpose was to preserve US, destroy slavery. |
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| Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens |
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radical republicans who were key players in the government. they beleived in equality amongst the blacks and white. they took away land from aristoracy and gave it to ex-slave families.
the significance of this was that it led to the passing of black codes. |
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| black codes and "Jim Crow" laws |
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black codes were laws that restricte ONLY blacks. they were before the 14th ammendment. for example blacks HAD to have jobs, couldny have firearms, and could only serve of juries for other blacks, also they could have no more then 4 blacks together at the same time.
the jim crow laws: they were after the 14th ammendment. they excluded blacks in the way that they have different toilets, thermometers, drinking fountains, and there were literacy test you had to take before voting, and hte grandfather clause.
this is significant because these laws showed that the civil war did not achieve equality to its full potential. |
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-white supremacy
-secretive organization that wanted to "spook" people
-they wuld threat, spook, vandalize and even kill non-whites |
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no state shall enforce any law that hinders the privelidges of the citezens and no state shall deprive citizens of the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, without due process of law.
this is important because it lef to the committment to equality during the civil war |
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This clarifies that citizens of the US shall also not be denied the right to vote based on race, color, or previous servitude.
This was important because it further clarified the 14th ammendment and also helped to bring about a committment to equality after the civil war |
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