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| Italian born sailor, sailed from spain to the americas in search of an easier route to asia and gold, credited with the discovery of (north) america |
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| System of slave labor and tribute. Group of people (sometimes whole villages) become property of encomienda owner |
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| pooled money from investors for a big project and promised profit in return |
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The first British joint stock company.
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| member of VA council; strong leadership probably saved colony from collapse; saved by pochahontas, Helped found and govern Jamestown |
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| marries Pocahontas; first cultivation for crop of tobacco |
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| saved john smith, daughter of powatan |
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| religious group of people, strict conservative society, covenant theology, good of the whole, non-separatists who wished to adopt reforms to purify the Church of England. They received a right to settle in the Massachusetts Bay area from the King of England. |
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| It was a document that the first colonist of Plymouth signed which encouraged people to follow a set of rules and laws which applied to everyone in the community. It allowed majority rule, so the people had a voice in their government. |
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| 1629 - King Charles gave the Puritans a right to settle and govern a colony in the Massachusetts Bay area. The colony established political freedom and a representative government |
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| first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony, and served in that capacity from 1630 through 1649. A Puritan with strong religious beliefs. He opposed total democracy, believing the colony was best governed by a small group of skillful leaders. He helped organize the New England Confederation in 1643 and served as its first president. |
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| virginia house of burgesses |
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| the first legislative body in colonial America. Later other colonies would adopt houses of burgesses. |
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| Sought trade, exploration, and colonization overseas; Jamestown (1607) was first charter colony |
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| a colony with a single owner, mini colony (sort of like a micro nation), a colony within a colony (colonyception) |
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| colony under direct rule of the english crown |
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| Maryland Act of Toleration |
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| Ordered by Lord Baltimore after a Protestant was made governor of Maryland at the demand of the colony's large Protestant population. The act guaranteed religious freedom to all Christians. |
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| governor of Virginia for over thirty years. He and his policies were the targets of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676. |
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| Governor WIlliam Berkeley is elitist, whores land for rich, poorer farmers must displace Indians. War breaks out between Susquehannocks and Virginia, Bacon's overseer over a village is killed, the notorious Native American killer gathers up rag tag band of lower class (servants, slaves, farmers) to exterminate Indians, Berkeley wants to protect deer skin trade, orders Bacon to stop. Bacon responds by burning down Jamestown and arresting Berkeley, Bacon dies of swamp fever, Berkeley executes rebels, Berkeley is removed as gov. Considered one of the most important rebellions, (theorized) started the importation of slaves to virginia and slaves (theorized) are the reason Americans have all the freedoms they have today |
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| a person who sells themself into labor for a period of time, they are promised freedom and payment at the end of their service |
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| Granted 50 acres to Americans who paid for the passage of an indentured servant (this was to get rid of debtors, criminals, and overpopulation in England) |
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| minister in puritan new england, banished from the colony for speaking out against their ways and set up Rhode Island, believed in religious equality, believed government shouldn't interfere with religion |
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| devout woman in puritan new england, turned preacher twice a week with 60-80 followers, tried for heresy (of prophecy), banished, founded ANTINOMIANISM, |
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| puritan minister, left massachusettes, thaught government had too much power, set up connecticut |
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| Covenant applied to those members of the Puritan colonies who were the children of church members, but who hadn't achieved grace themselves. The covenant allowed them to participate in some church affairs. |
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| New England Confederation |
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| 1643 - Formed to provide for the defense of the four New England colonies, and also acted as a court in disputes between colonies |
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| A series of battles in New Hampshire between the colonists and the Wompanowogs, led by a chief known as King Philip. The war was started when the Massachusetts government tried to assert court jurisdiction over the local Indians. The colonists won with the help of the Mohawks, and this victory opened up additional Indian lands for expansion. |
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| William Penn's holy experiment |
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| William Penn’s term for the government of Pennsylvania, which was supposed to serve everyone and provide freedom for all. He wanted to establish a society that was godly, virtuous and exemplary for all of humanity. |
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| believed that all people should have equal rights. They did not believe that kings should rule. They did not believe in war. They welcomed all people, including Native Americans, and all religions. They were sometimes persecuted for their beliefs. |
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| An economic system where a colony provides resources to the mother country so the mother country can make a profit |
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| Required all imported goods by England or the colonies arrive on English ships and that the majority of the crew be English, Navigation Act of 1660 which required ship crew to be three-quarters English, and products not made by the mother country to be shipped from the colonies only to England or other English colonies. |
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| Imposed by English rule from London the Dominion of New England replaced the New England Confederation. The organization included the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut into a single province headed by a royal governor Sir Edmund Andros. Intended to ensure the defense of the colonies, the Dominion collapsed when the colonists heard of the Glorious Revolution. |
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| A trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, American colonies and West Africa |
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| The cruel and inhumane shipment of African slaves across the Atlantic Ocean to the West Indies |
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| first permanent settlement in the new world, establised by the virginia company and was establised orginally for gold and other raw materials |
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| time when the religious fervor was "reborn" ideas of the enlightenment were also spread |
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| First leader of the First Great Awakening, in the 1730s and 40s. Started in Northhampton, Mass., where he preached super strict Puritanism and Calvinism. |
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| Great preacher during the Great Awakening, Everyone in the colonies loved to hear him preach of love and forgiveness because he had a different style of preaching. This led to new missionary work in the Americas in converting Indians and Africans to Christianity, as well as lessening the importance of the old clergy |
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| 1753-1784; A slave girl who became a poet. At age eight, she was brought to Boston. Although she had no formal education, Wheatley was taken to England at age twenty and published a book of poetry. |
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| German immigrant who arrives in New York and becomes a printing apprentice to William Bradfor, the owner of the New York Gazette. After apprenticeship, Zenger starts his own independent newpaper- The Weekly Journal; which bad talks Gov. William Cosby who has John thrown in jail |
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| The French and Indian War is the common U.S. name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. It was Britain and North America and Native Americans versus France and the Native Americans, basically, and was the first bit of tension between the colonies and Britain. |
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| Albany Plan of Union (1754) |
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| Franklin's plan called for "one general government" for 11 of the American colonies to stand against the French |
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| Period when the British avioded strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep the American colonies obedient to Great Britain. |
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| After the Seven year's War, settlement of the back country by more settlers sparks anger in inidian nations. Pontiac organizes a rebellion to encourage French to come back due to poor relations with British. Leads to the Proclimation line of 1763 to protect indian-UK relations. 1763, killed 2,000+ settlers, and ended with failure to capture Fort Detriot and Pitt. |
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| Piece of legislation passed, prohibiting the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian mt. ranges. The Proclamation also established new colonies of quebec and allowed the British to place forts along the appalacians. |
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| A trade law enacted by Parliament in 1764 in an attempt to reduce smuggling in the British colonies in North America. 1/2ed the duty on foreign-made molasses in hopes that the colonists would rather pay a lower tax than smuggle; 2. placed duties on certain imports; 3. it strengthened the enforcement of the law allowing prosecutors to try smuggling cases in a vice-admiralty court (juryless court) rather than in a more sympathetic colonial court |
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| Required colonists to provide food and living quarters for British soldiers stationed in the colonies |
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| Required revenue stamps be printed on colonial paper (legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, advertisements); paid by people instead of merchants |
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| Was a political leader in Virginia. Pushed for a bill of rights. Stood up in Virginia house of Burgess. |
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| Meeting of 9 colonies leaders that urged Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act |
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| Group of colonial men who joined together to protest the Stamp Act and protect colonial liberties; lead by Sam Adams. Lead the Boston tea party |
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| Asserted that Parliment had the right to tax and make laws for the colonies in all cases |
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| Duties collected on colonial imports of tea, glass, and paper; used tax revenues to pay crown officials; allowed search of homes for smuggled goods; suspended New York's assembly for defying the Quartering Act |
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| A general liscense to search anywhere that replaced search warants, and didn't need a judge. (Blank search warrant, they search anything suspicious) |
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| Leader in Pennsylvania, who wrote "Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania"; argued against Townshend Acts |
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| Leader of the Sons of Liberty |
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| Crowd of colonists harassed Customs House guards; Guards fired into crowd, killing five |
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| Committees of Correspondence |
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| Organized by Samuel Adams in 1772; regularly exchanged letters about potentially dangerous British activities in Massachusetts; expanded by House of Burgesses in 1773 to be intercolonial |
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| Made price of British East India Trading Company's tea less than that of Dutch tea to discourage smuggling and try to keep the company alive; colonists refused to buy tea and accept tax |
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| Shipment of 342 chests of East India Company's Tea, waiting in Boston Harbor, that was dumped overboard by colonists disguised as Native Americans, carried out by the Sons of Liberty |
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| Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts |
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| Retalitory acts passed by Parliament in reponse to the Boston Tea Party, the law closed the Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for, stopped public meetings, and made the colonists let British soldiers stay in their houses. |
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| After French defeat during Seven Years War, setting out procedures of governance in Quebec. Granted protection to Indian territories and to the Catholic settlers in Ohio. These were viewed as attempts to halt expansion into the west and to strengthen a church that many opposed and resented. |
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| the belief that God made the universe and it's laws but he left it to run on it's natural laws |
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| First continental congress |
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| meeting of the states in response to The Intollerable Acts |
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| Lexington was the first battle of the revolution, brits won.At Concord, the militia attacked the British and drove them back to Boston. |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| organized the Americans into war against Britain |
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| Thomas Paine common sense |
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| defames King George III and makes him look like a fool.Composed the Rights of Man, an impassionate defense to republican government. And wanted poeple to reject the King |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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Document stating the right of the people and justified reasons why the United States were rebelling and have a revolution
signed by: George Clymer, John Morton, James Smith, Ben Franklin, Ben Rush, James Wilson, Robert Morris, George Ross, George Taylor |
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| patriots were people for the independence of the US and loyalists wanted it to remain a colony |
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| Victory for the colonists, major turning point in the war. It ended General John Burgoynes British Army. News of the victory at Saratoga and Burgoynes surrender was influential in having France join as an ally. |
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| Last major battle of the revolutionary war. The American troops were led by Washington and Rochambeau. |
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Treaty of Paris was a treaty that said Britain claimed all of North America east of the Mississippi River.
-This was made because Britain won the French and Indian War
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| Articles of confederation |
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| first form of government developed but the "just born" United States, Gov't could not tax or control interstate commerce, laws took too long to create, could not raise an army, more of an alliance |
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| law that sets up townships in the western lands, which became known as the NW territory, raise money through the sale of unmapped territory west of the 13 colonies |
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| Allowed Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois to become states. |
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| started because of taxes placed on farmers and the toll (consequences)for not paying debt, people were locked away in prisons under harsh conditions, was put down easily, consisted of armed farmers, shut down courts in Massachusetts, led to writing of Constitution |
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| wife to Sam Adams, leader of the sons of liberty, wrote remember the ladies which called for equal rights for ladies and to honor their part in the revolution |
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| convention held discussing ways to improbe commercial relations Hamilton and Madison persuaded others that another convention should be held in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation |
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| Philadelphia/constitutional convention |
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| convention held to Revise the Articles of Confederation |
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| federalist, wrote Constitution and brought it to the constructional convention |
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| Plan of gov't that called for a 2 house legislature with a house of rep. elected on the basis of state populations and senate with representation being two senators per state regardless of population |
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| Plan of govern. called for a one house legislature with representation based on each states population |
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| Plan of government called for a two house legislature with representation based on an equal # of representation per state |
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| For every five enslaved persons, three would be counted as free persons. This meant three-fifths of the slave population in each state would be used in determining representation in congress |
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| defended the ratification of the Constitution |
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| against the constitution because they felt it was too tyrannical |
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| A collection of essays by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison, explaining the importance of a strong central government. It was published to convince New York to ratify the Constitution. |
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| The first ten amendments to the Constitution, which guarantee basic individual rights. |
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| proclamation of neutrality (1793) |
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| United States would not take sides in the conflict between France and Britain. |
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| tried to gain French support in the Americas |
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| Treaty between Great Britain and USA that calmed tensions after the revolutionary war. Promissed sole trading to britian and not france. Also Britain had to vacate its soldiers from the six western forts |
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| It defined the boundaries of the United States with the Spanish colonies and the United States navigation rights on the Mississippi River. |
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| Farmers in Pennsylvania rebelled against Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey |
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| The Democratic-Republican party |
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| Political party led by Jefferson and Madison that championed a society of self-reliant individuals to protect rights, a smaller federal gov, and a narrow and strict interpretation of the Constitution. |
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| Washington's farewell address |
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| set precedent for isolationism, strongly advised against permanent alliances, but advised for temporary alliances in emergencies |
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2nd president of the US 1797-1801, alien and sedition Virginia and Kentucky resolutions, midnight judges, napoleonic wars, xyz affair
quasi war, convention of 1800 |
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| French seized a bunch of American ships headed to Britain. John Adams sent delegates (Charles Pinckney, John Marshall, and Elbridge Gerry) to Paris in 1797 to negotiate peace but the French agents demanded a fee before they could talk to the Foreign ministier to fund their wars and apologize for Adam's comments. We did not pay |
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| Result of the XYZ affair because America would not pay bribe, an undeclared war between France and American in 1798. Adams crated the navy and marine corps and we beasted them. |
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Alien: Required 14 years (instead of 5) for citizenship, allowed gov. to deport any "dangerous" aliens
Sedition: prohibited public slander of the gov. |
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| Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions |
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| Resolutions drafted by James Madison (Virginia) and Thomas Jefferson (Kentucky) as a response to the Alien and Sedation acts, first to express nullification |
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| James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston purchased the Louisiana Territory from Napolean for $15 million. This purchase doubled the size of the U.S. This purchase was an effort to secure New Orleans and provide land for future settlements westward. |
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| Strict interpretation of the Constitution |
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| Strict constructionists, if it's not in the constitution then don't do it |
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| Loose interpretation of the Constitution |
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| loose constructionist, go towards the "necessary and propper" part of the Constitution (elastic clause) |
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| Louis and Clark Expedition |
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| Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to investigate the resources the U.S. had aquired with the Louisiana Purchase. They crossed the Rockies and reached the Pacific Ocean by the way of the Columbia River. They recorded the types of wildlife, plants, and number of Indian tribes. They mapped the region and promoted fur trading. |
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| Chief Justice who upheld federal supremacy over the states, established judicial review, which allowed the supreme court to review the actions of other areas of government for consistency with the Constitution and other law |
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| The power of the Supreme Court to review the actions of other areas of government for consistency with the Constitution and other law. Established by Marshall. |
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| Established judicial review over acts of congress |
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| killed Alexander Hamilton in a gun duel |
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| illegal seizing of American ship at sea by the brits |
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| act signed by T.J. banning export from all American ports |
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| Nonintercourse Act (1809) |
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| forbade American trade only with Britain and France (replaced embargo act) |
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| Macon's Bill No. 2 (1810) |
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Reopened trade with Britain and France
said if 1 country followed our demands and stopped violating our rights, we'd stop trade with the other country
didn't resolve anything
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| Told Indians to defy evictions from land claimed by US tried to unify Native Americans of North and South so the could fight the white man |
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Democratic-Republicans who favored war
all Westerners, led by John Calhoun and Henry Clay |
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U.S. Representative from Kentucky. he developed the American System; national self-sufficiency
domestic manufacturing
expansion of home markets
protective tariffs
a national bank
federal financing of improvement
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| Made a speech in senate about anti slavery petition, "The peculiar institution of the South... is pronounced to be sinful and odious in the sight of God and man; and this with a systematic design of rendering us hateful in the eyes of the world..." |
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| Battle between britain and America, after the war of 1812 was over, the difficulty of communication led to this |
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| Treaty ending the War of 1812; recognizes British departure of ports |
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| Hartford Convention (1814) |
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| New England, Reaction to the War of 1812, called for amendments to limit Republican influence, even suggested seceding from the Union, the war ended a few weeks later, and the Federalists patyfell apart |
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| period of time when there was only one party in the national gov't, due to the break up of the federalist party |
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| exaggerated loyalty to one's area rather than to his own country |
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| protective tariffs, a national bank to control credit and provide a uniform currency, improved canals and roads |
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| America's first economical depression. |
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| The case of McCulloch vs Maryland decided that a national bank was in fact constitutional. |
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| Missouri Compromise (1820) |
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| Allowed Missouri to come in as a slave state but drew the line of where was free and where was slave states |
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| Limited naval power on the Great Lakes for both the US and British Canada, agreement between British and U.S. |
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| policy that stated that further efforts by European countries to colonize land or interfere with states in the Americas would be viewed as acts of aggression requiring U.S. intervention |
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a waterway in New York that runs about 363 miles (584 km) from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York
construction from 1817 to 1825 |
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| National (cumberland) road |
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| open the Ohio Valley to settlers. Economic Development |
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| American steam boat designer, invented the steam boat |
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| inventor of the cotton gin. removed seeds from cotton as fast as 50 people could by hand. |
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| Named after Francis Lowell, was a textile factory system that used young women to make more products more efficient and increase profit. |
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| Shift from local economy to national economy |
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| machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds |
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| American know nothing party |
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Nativist (anti-immigrant)
-Protestants opposed to German/Irish Catholic immigration
-Secretive society, "I know nothing"
-Stole Whig's votes in 1852
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| time when cotton demand sky rocketed |
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| Widely used term for the institution of American slavery in the South. |
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| A slave, who planned what would have been the largest slave rebellions in the United States. (South Carolina) Wanted to Capture Charleston and depart to Haiti. |
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| An American slave whose slave rebellion in Virginia was the most remarkable instances of black resistance to enslavement |
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| practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidates's supporters |
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| "Corrupt Bargain" of 1824 |
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| John Quincy Adams VS Andrew Jackson, both were tied with electoral votes but Jackson had more popular votes but JQA won presidency |
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| outrageously high tariff passed in 1828 by John Q. Adams |
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| law that gave Jackson the power to move Indians to land west of the Mississippi River |
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| Supreme court ruled that Georgia had no force within the boundaries of the Cherokee land |
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| The forced relocation of 15,000 Cherokees from Georgia, enforced by Andrew Jackson |
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| Jackson passed big tarriffs that hurt the south, Calhoun was against him and published Exposition and Protest about nullification, They talked about seceding and Jackson talked about sending the navy against them, Clay made a compromise to lower the tariff if SC would un-nullify it |
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| debate over whether any state could leave the Union |
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| The president of the Bank of the United States, caused a financial panic in 1837 |
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| The party of modernization; looked forward to the future, spoke to the hopes of Americans, wanted to use federal and state government to promote economic growth, especially transportation and banks, advocated reforms such as temperance and public schools and prison reform, were entrepreneurs who favored industry and urban growth and free labor, favored gradual territorial expansion over time and opposed the Mexican War, believed in progress through internal growth |
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| term for state banks selected by the U.S. Department of Treasury to receive surplus government funds in 1833 when the B.U.S. was finally "killed"/vetoed |
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| executive order issued by U.S. President Andrew Jackson in 1836 and carried out by President Martin Van Buren. It required payment for government lands be in gold and silver specie |
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| Built on a speculative fever, every bank stopped payment in specie (gold and silver coinage). The Panic was followed by a five-year depression, with the failure of banks and record high unemployment levels. |
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| religious awakening, began around 1800 through a fear of rising secularism, Methodists and Baptists led a series of revivals starting on the frontier with camp meetings and then moving east. Evangelists stressed the idea that salvation was available to all. By 1830-1831, churches became more numerous. Eventually, Charles Grandison Fruey arose as the most important figure in revivalism |
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| believed that the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation |
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| a community where you live in peace and brother hood |
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| Utopian society experimenter, motivated by religion, who had no sex, lasted longer than any of the experimenters that were founded at the time, self sufficient, converts, so friendly everyone were like family |
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| everyone shared everything, Utopian experiment |
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| Utopian commune practicing Communalism; loyalty to the interests of one's own ethnic group rather than to society as a whole |
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| A mid-19th century American art school, they paintings focused mainly on the natural beauty of America's landscape and nature |
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| Social Movement whose members wanted to end the use of alcohol in order to improve society, also uses religion to help stop it |
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| went to a prison and saw mentally ill chained up like criminal or animals, and raised awareness that they were humans and sick and not criminals or animals |
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| built an educational system on humanistic principles, first secretary of education, begun an educational system which sought to put public schools under the control of government |
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| a series of graded primers that were widely used as textbooks in American schools from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century, It is estimated that at least 120 million copies of McGuffey's Readers were sold between 1836 and 1960 |
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| Seneca Falls Convention (1848) |
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| First women’s convention organized by Elizabeth Stanton at Seneca Falls, NY., women fall down a lot |
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| American Colonization society |
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| society that sent free black to Liberia, Africa |
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| Effort to abolish slavery either through radical or peaceful means |
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| militant abolitionist, editor of The Liberator, would not compromised, bad talked slave holders and even moderate abolitionists |
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| ran the underground railroad, freed slaves by helping them escape from the south to the north |
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| Free black who published anti slavery papers, shot on his door step, outspoken against slavery |
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| it was America's destiny to reach/expand to the pacific ocean and take over the whole continent |
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| 13 day battle between Texas and mexico, mexico's army significantly outnumbered Texas's army and won that battle and executed any captured soldiers |
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| "fifty-four forty or fight" |
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| when US wanted more of oregon's land but the british didnt want to get them more land so they almost went to war but they compromised on the 49th parallel |
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| war between mexico and America over Texan territory; both wanted texas, we won (no surprise) |
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| Treaty of Guadlupe Hidalgo |
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| ended the war with mexico; America received the territories of New Mexico and California |
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Cession = the transfer of land from one country to another
the agreement in which Mexico agreed to surrender all land west of Texas |
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| proposed amendment which states that slavery should not be permitted in any of the new territory gained from the mexican war |
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| U.S. proposal to buy cuba to bring it in as a slave state, northerners found out and got pissed |
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| America paid mexico 10 million dollars ten million dollars for the right of way to build a railroad across Mexican land, (an arrowy piece of land was bought from mexico) |
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| railroads; federal land grants |
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| California gold helped to inflate currency. Speculation on land & RR split the economic fabric then it collapsed |
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| factions that united to support the Wilmont Proviso and keep slavery out of the Western Territories |
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| the people voted one weather a territory should come in as either a free or slave state |
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| brought california in as a free state but allowed the people in the old mexican territories to choose to either be free or slave |
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| $1000 fine for those who do not seize or report or capture a runaway slave |
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