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Term
English Colonization Began
Definition
Early 16th century
Term
The three kinds of colonies
Definition
Company, Propretary, Charter
Term
Examples of company colonies
Definition
Virginia and Massachusetts Bay
Term
Examples of propretary colonies
Definition
MD, HH, PA
Term
Examples of corporate/charter colonies
Definition
Rhode Island and Connecticut
Term
Economy of New England
Definition
Shipbuilding, fishing, manufacturing
Term
Economy of Middle Colonies
Definition
Farming, fur, manufacturing
Term
Economy of Southern Colonies
Definition
Tabacco, rice, indigo, naval stores
Term
Land system in New England
Definition
Freeholds organized into townships
Term
Land system in Middle Colonies
Definition
Patroonships, large manors
Term
Land system in Southern Colonies
Definition
Plantations
Term
Mercantilism
Definition
Favorable balance of trade, abundance of gold/silver
Term
Navigation Act of 1651
Definition
English ships/English crews
Term
Navigation Act of 1660
Definition
Enumerated goods to England only
Term
Navigation Act of 1663
Definition
Imports go to England first
Term
Early French settlements
Definition
St. Lawrence, Great Lakes, Ohio Vally to Mississippi
Term
World Wars with American phases
Definition
King William's Queen Ann'e, King George's
Term
Albany Plan of Union, 1754
Definition
7 colonies vs French and Indians
Term
French and Indian War, 1754-63
Definition
Great War for empire - Gibson
Term
Peace of Paris, 1763
Definition
Union Jack to the Mississippi
Term
Royal Proclamation of 1763
Definition
Ristricted colonial movement past the Alleghnies
Term
Sugar Act, 1964
Definition
Discouraged smuggling
Term
Quartering Act, 1765
Definition
Troops in privated homes
Term
Currency Act, 1764
Definition
Forbade paper money
Term
Sons of Liberty
Definition
Violence against troops
Term
Repeal of stamp act
Definition
Pressure from British merchants
Term
Declaratory Act
Definition
Right to tax at will
Term
Townshend Duties, 1967
Definition
Import duties
Term
Boston Massacre, 1770
Definition
British troops kill patriots
Term
Townshend Duties repealed
Definition
with exception of tea
Term
Committees of Correspondence
Definition
Revolutionary cells
Term
Tea Act, 1773
Definition
Monopoly by British East India Company
Term
Boston Tea Party
Definition
Revolutionary "Indians"
Term
Intolerable Acts, 1774
Definition
Closed Boston Port, forbade twon meeting
Term
First Continental Congress, September 1774
Definition
Created associations
Term
Lexington and Concord, April 1775
Definition
Shots heard throughout the world
Term
Second Continental Congress, 1775
Definition
Not a war for independance
Term
Chose commander of Continental Army
Definition
George Washington
Term
Common Sense
Definition
Pressure for independence
Term
R. H. Lee's Resoluton
Definition
June 7, 1776
Term
73. Dartmouth College vs Woodward, 1819
Definition
A charter is a contract not subject to state violation.
Term

JAMES K. POLK (D) 1845-1849

 

Campaign of 1844

Definition
Polk vs Clay
Term

JAMES K. POLK (D) 1845-1849

 

Slidell Mission

Definition
Failed mission to Mexico
Term

JAMES K. POLK (D) 1845-1849

 

 

General Taylor Occupies Disputed Territory

Definition
Mexican war begins
Term

JAMES K. POLK (D) 1845-1849

 

Treaty of 1846

Definition
U.S. obtains Oregon Territory
Term

JAMES K. POLK (D) 1845-1849

 

 

Mexican War 1846-1848

Definition
Taylor becomes war hero
Term

JAMES K. POLK (D) 1845-1849

 

 

Bear Flag Republic

Definition
California is briefly, a republic
Term

JAMES K. POLK (D) 1845-1849

 

 

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Definition
U.S. obtains present southwest region
Term

ZACHARY TAYLOR (W) 1849-1850

 

 

Henry Clay Introduces the Compromise of 1850

Definition
Clay resolves conflict for the third time
Term

ZACHARY TAYLOR (W) 1849-1850

 

 

Taylor opposes Compromise of 1850

Definition
"Rough and Ready" dislikes compromise
Term

ZACHARY TAYLOR (W) 1849-1850

 

 

Taylor dies

Definition
ice milk and cherries in July
Term

MILLARD FILLMORE (W) 1850-1853

 

Compromise of 1850 passed into law

Definition
major features were: California admitted as a free state, and Fugitive Slave Act.
Term

MILLARD FILLMORE (W) 1850-1853

 

 

Uncle Tom's Cabin published in 1852

Definition
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Term

FRANKLIN PIERCE (D) 1853-1857

 

 

Gadsden Purchase

Definition
completes continental expansion
Term

FRANKLIN PIERCE (D) 1853-1857

 

 

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Definition
Stephen A. Douglas was the author
Term

FRANKLIN PIERCE (D) 1853-1857

 

 

Bleeding Kansas (1854-1858)

Definition
small scale civil war
Term

FRANKLIN PIERCE (D) 1853-1857

 

 

Republican Party founded (1854)

Definition
as a result of "Bleeding Kansas"
Term

FRANKLIN PIERCE (D) 1853-1857

 

 

Ostend Manifesto

Definition
rationale to invade Cuba
Term

FRANKLIN PIERCE (D) 1853-1857

 

 

Sumner-Brooks Affair

Definition
violence in the U.S. Senate
Term

JAMES BUCHANAN (D) 1857-1861

 

 

Dred Scott decision

Definition
Court denies freedom
Term

JAMES BUCHANAN (D) 1857-1861

 

 

Lincoln-Douglas debates

Definition
contest for US Senate seat from Illinois
Term

JAMES BUCHANAN (D) 1857-1861

 

 

John Brown's raid

Definition
Harper's Ferry, a federal arsenal
Term

JAMES BUCHANAN (D) 1857-1861

 

 

Election of 1860

Definition
precipitates secession
Term

JAMES BUCHANAN (D) 1857-1861

 

 

Stephen A. Douglas

Definition
Domacratic candidate in 1860
Term

JAMES BUCHANAN (D) 1857-1861

 

 

John Bell

Definition
Constitutional Unionist in 1860
Term

JAMES BUCHANAN (D) 1857-1861

 

 

John Breckenridge

Definition
southern candidate in election of 1860
Term

JAMES BUCHANAN (D) 1857-1861

 

 

Seven Southern States secede

Definition
December, 1860
Term

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865

 

 

Civil War Begins

Definition
Ft. Sumter
Term

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865

 

 

First Battle of Bull Run

Definition
Confederates defeat McDowell
Term

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865

 

 

Lincoln Uses Emergency Powers

Definition
declares war; raises army, issues and Income tax
Term

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865

 

 

President of CSA elected

Definition
Jefferson Davis
Term

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865

 

 

Battle of Shiloh

Definition
both sides claim victory
Term

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865

 

 

Battle of Mechanisville

Definition
Confederates are repulsed 6/26/1862
Term

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865

 

 

Battle of Antietem, MD

Definition
indecisive, but edge to the north
Term

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865

 

 

The Emancipation Proclamation 9/22/1862

Definition
became effective 1/1/1863
Term

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865

 

 

Battle of Fredericksberg

Definition
Burnside (Union) defeated
Term

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865

 

 

Battle of Gettysburg

Definition
turning point for the North
Term

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865

 

 

Gettysburg Address

Definition
dedication of a national cemetery
Term

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865

 

 

Union Victories bring end to Civil War

Definition
Grant and Sherman
Term

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865

 

 

Lee Surrenders to Grant

Definition
ends the Civil War
Term

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (R) 1861-1865

 

 

Lincoln Assassinated

Definition
John Wilkes Booth
Term

CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

 

 

Secession - The original 7

Definition
SC, TX, GA,AL, FL, MS, LA
Term

CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

 

 

The first capital - CSA

Definition
Montgomery, Alabama
Term

 

CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

 

Last attempts at compromise

Definition
Crittendon proposals, VA Peace Convention
Term

CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

 

 

Opening shots - april 12, 1861

Definition
Fort Sumter
Term

CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

 

 

Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers

Definition
VA, AR, NC, TN join the Confederacy
Term

CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

 

 

Loyal slave states

Definition
DE, MD, KY, MO
Term

CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

 

 

Advantages of the North

Definition
Greater population, industrial base, superior resources
Term

CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

 

 

Advantages of the South

Definition
Cotton, superior military leaders
Term

CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

 

 

Gradual compensated emancipation

Definition
Lincoln's original idea for emancipation
Term

CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

 

 

Emancipation Proclamation - Sept 22, 1862

Definition
Slaves freed in states in rebellion as of 1/1/63
Term

CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

 

 

Union financing of the War

Definition
nATIONAL bANK aCT OF 1863, taxing, borrowing, legal tender "greenbacks"
Term

CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

 

 

Confederate financing of the War

Definition
Taxes, bond issues, paper money
Term

CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

 

 

Total casualties (deaths)

Definition
Over 600,000
Term

CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

 

 

Casualties in all other U.S. wars (deaths)

Definition
Less than 600,000
Term

 

CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

 

Lee surrenders to Grant

Definition
Appomattox Court House, 4/9/65
Term

CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

 

 

Lincoln assassinated

Definition
April 14, 1865
Term

RECONSTRUCTION

 

 

Lincoln's 10% plan

Definition
Restored a seceded state upon request of 10% of 1860 voters
Term

RECONSTRUCTION

 

 

Lincoln's provisional government restored

Definition
VA, LA, AR, TN
Term

RECONSTRUCTION

 

 

Wade-Davis Bill

Definition
Restored a state upon request of majority of voters - Lincoln gave it a pocket veto
Term

RECONSTRUCTION

 

 

Johnson reconstruction policy

Definition
General amnesty to all except ex-Confederates and rebels whose wealth exceeded $20,000
Term

RECONSTRUCTION

 

 

Johnson governments

Definition
NC, MS, GA, TX, AL, SC, FL
Term

RECONSTRUCTION

 

 

Congress refuses to seat Johnson governments

Definition
Failure of Lincoln-Johnson Presidential reconstruction
Term

RECONSTRUCTION

 

 

Thadeus Stevens, Charles Sumner, Ben Wade (Radical Republican Reconstruction)

Definition
Radical Republican Leaders
Term

RECONSTRUCTION

 

 

Joint Committee on Reconstruction

Definition
Proposes radical reconstruction measures, including the 14th ammendment.
Term

RECONSTRUCTION

 

 

Freedman's Bureau

Definition
Established to protect rights of freed slaves.
Term

RECONSTRUCTION

 

 

Civil Rights Act of 1866

Definition
Confers citizenship and legal equality
Term

RECONSTRUCTION

 

 

Command of the Army Act

Definition
Divides South into 5 military districts
Term

RECONSTRUCTION

 

 

Tenure of Office Act

Definition
Forbade President to dismiss cabinet officers without Senate approval.
Term
Johnson impeached for "high crimes and misdemeanors" chiefly for violation of the Tenure of Office Act
Definition
Senate failed to convict and remove from office
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