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18 Cards in this Set
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(1754, NY) - meeting between American colonies and Iroquois in preparation for war
with France; Franklin presented a plan of union for the colonies |
Albany Congress
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(1774, PN) - met at Carpenter's Hall; Randolph was president; issued
Declaration of Rights and Grievances; established Continental Association, protected by Committees of Safety |
First Continental Congress
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(1775 - 1777, PN) - drafted Declaration of Independence; Dickinson headed
committee that wrote Articles of Confederation, contributed to by Burke; Hancock was president |
Second Continental Congress
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(1786, MD) - decided the convention's powers were too limited to make needed
changes in commerce laws, so it called for a convention in Philadelphia in 1787 |
Annapolis Convention
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(1787, PN) - framed new Constitution; Washington was president
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Constitutional Convention
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(1814 - 1815, CT) - NE Federalists, opposed to the War of 1812, proposed
constitutional amendments, including 2/3 majority for war or new states, and one-term presidency; disbanded when Treaty of Ghent was signed; led by Cabot and Otis |
Hartford Convention
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(1827, PN) - discussed Tariff of Abominations; dominated by textile industry
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Harrisburg Convention
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(1848, NY) - adopted Declaration of Sentiments for women's rights, especially
suffrage; led by Mott and Stanton |
Seneca Falls Convention
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(1865, VG) - Lincoln and Seward (Union) met with Stephens, Campbell, and
Hunter (Confederate) aboard the River Queen but reached no agreement on ending Civil War |
Hampton Roads Conference
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(Aug. 1941, Newfoundland) - Roosevelt and Churchill expressed postwar aims, including
right of self-determination |
Atlantic Charter
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(Jan. 1943, Morocco) - Roosevelt and Churchill decided to follow up African campaign with a Mediterranean campaign rather than immediate attack on Germany
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Casablanca
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(Nov. 1943, Egypt) - Roosevelt, Churchill, and Chiang discussed WWII Pacific Theater
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Cairo
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(Nov. - Dec. 1943, Iran) - Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin discussed WWII and postwar plans; Stalin's first appearance at a conference
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Tehran
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(1944, DC) - US, China, Britain, and USSR outlined plan for UN; estate was deeded by
Bliss to Harvard in 1940 |
Dumbarton Oaks
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(July 1944, NH) - also United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference; 44 nations
established IMF and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
Bretton Woods
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(Feb. 1945, Ukraine) - Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met; agreed on reparations, partition of Germany, and (secretly) that the USSR would join the war on Japan
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Yalta
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(Apr. - June 1945, SF) - established UN
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United Nations Conference on International Organization
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(July-Aug. 1945, Germany) - implemented Yalta decisions; issued ultimatum to
Japan; Stalin, Truman, and Churchill (replaced by new Prime Minister Attlee) |
Potsdam Conference
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