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Philadelphia
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2nd biggest English speaking. Political hub - Continental Congress. First Capital. Ben Franklins birth place
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X, Y, Z Affair
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French foreign minister Tallyran's three anonymous agents demanded payments to stop French plundering of American ships in 1797. Followed by two years of undeclared sea war with France(1798-1800)
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Declatory Act
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1766, Parliment had the right to tax colonies.
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Thoughts on Government was a book by _____. What did it want?
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-Book published by John Adams in 1776.
-Insisted new constitution should create "balanced governments -Wanted 2 house legislature |
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Thomas Jefferson
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-Came up with Declaration of Independence
-President -Early leader of the Democratic Republican Party -Louisiana Purchase |
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Great Awakening
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-Religious revival
-1720's,'30s, '40s Johnathon Edwards + Whitfield |
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St. Lawrence Seaway
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-Atlantic --->Great Lakes
-Part of the canal era. -"Westward Expansion" |
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Yorktown
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-Battle ended the American Revolution in 1781.
-Cornwallace surrendered to the Americans |
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Mill Girls
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-Young girls worked in textile mills
-Bad circumstances -Women working outside home |
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James Madison(Author of what and what plan did he come up with)
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-Virginia Plan
-Author of Constitution -President |
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William Bradford
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-Pillgram
-Leader of the Settlers |
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John Winthrop
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-English Puritan Lawyer
-Founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony |
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Erie Canal
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-Part of St. Lawrence
-Connected Atlantic and Great Lakes |
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Coerave/Intolerable Acts
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-Quatering Soldiers
-Closed the Boston Port -Reduced the power of the Mass. Legistlature |
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James Ogelthorpe
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-Founded Georgia
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Currency Act
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-Under British law colonies could not print money.
-Colonial money means nothing |
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National Bank
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-Alexander Hamilton founded it
-Ferderal governments bank -Chartered for 20 years |
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Lewis & Clark
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-Expedition for Louisiana Purchase under Jefferson
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Monroe Doctrine
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Stated that further effores by European countries to colonize land or interfere with states in the Americas would be viewed as acts of agression requiring US intervention
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Bacon's Rebellion
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-Bacon upset, he wants to go to Indian land but can't.
-England has to send troops |
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Mound Builders
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-Indians build houses in mountains
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Alexander Hamilton
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-Shot by Burr in a duel
-President |
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John Adams(What # president and what party was he)
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-2nd president and was a federalist
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New Jersey Plan
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-William Patterson
-Equal rep for each state |
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The Pequot War
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-Mass. Bay and Indians fought
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Sugar Act
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-1764, tax on sugar(Import duty)
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Mayflower Compact
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-Pilgrams
-First Constitution of New World -Compromise because everyone was a Pilgram |
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William Pen
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-Quaker
-Founded Pennsylvania |
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Roger Williams
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-Puritan
-Rhode Island -Didn't think Puritans were strict enough. |
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The "Corrupt Bargain"
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-No one gets majority
-Goes to the house -Clay hates, Jackson supports |
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What is the name of the Puritans Church?
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-Purify Anglicon Church
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Harvard
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-Puritan founded
-Originally to train clergy |
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Navigation Act
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-Passed by the English Parliament to control colonial trade
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Benjamin Franklin
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-Inventor, philosipher, diplomat
-Signed Dec. of Independence -One of the 3 main people involved with the constitution |
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Alien and Sedition Acts
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-John Adams was president
-Harder for immagrants to become citizens and vote |
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National Road
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-Baltimore, Ma to Wheeling, Va.
-Early 1800's |
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Tariff of Abominations
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-Taxed imported good at a very high rate
-Pissed off the South |
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Whiskey Rebellion(year too)
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-Violent protest by western Pennsylvania farmers against the federal exceise on whiskey
-1794 |
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Stamp Act
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Parliament required that revenue stamps be affixed to all colonial printed matter, documents, and playing cards.
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Shay's Rebellion
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-1787
-Daniel Shays and 1,200 others seeking debt relief attempted to prevent courts from seizing property from indebted farmers. |
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Battle of Saratoga
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-October 17, 1777
-Major defeat of British general John Burgoyne and more than 5,000 British troops. |
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Marbury vs Madison
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-1803
-First U.S. Supreme Court decision to declare a federal law(The Judicary Act of 1801) unconstitutional. |
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The Great Compromise
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-Settled the differences between the New Jersey and Virginia delegations.
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Panic of 1819
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-Financial collapse brought on by sharply falling cotton prices, declining demand for American exports, and reckless western land speculation.
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Nullification
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-Concept of invalidation of a federal law within the borders of a state.
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Vasco da Gama
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-Sailed all the way around Africa
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Ferdinand Magellan
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-Goes all the way around South America and finds a new world
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What was the defeat of the Spanish Armada
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-Spain trying to invade England and failing
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(T of F) Like the settler of Massachusetts, those in the Virgina Company were mostly families.
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False
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Connecticut and Massachusetts soldiers teamed with Narragansett allies to set the main Pequot village on fire and kill 500 Pequots in what war?
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Pequot War of 1637
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Ideas from the Enlightenment included
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-Individual rights
-The consent of the governed -The right of rebellion against unjust or oppressive government |
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(T or F) A higher percentage of the population enjoyed the suffrage in Great Britain than in the American colonies.
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False
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Virtual representation meant that
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Members of the British parliament represented the entire empire
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Britain's response to the Boston Tea Party was
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The Intolerable Acts
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Thomas Paine was in favor of what, and what book did he write?
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-In favor of the revolution
-Wrote the book Common Sense |
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The most serious criticism of the Constitution during ratification was the
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Lack of a specific list of citizens' rights
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(T or F) Jefferson and the Republicans were less critical of the French Revolution than the Federalists
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True
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The first industry to be shaped by the large factory system was
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Textiles
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At the Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Fall, New York, participants
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Wished to have greater access to things like education and employment
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(T or F) Lincoln not only opposed slavery but believed in racial equality for blacks and whites
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False
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Which state entered the Union during the Civil War
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West Virginia
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During the Civil War, women made what argument
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that working as nurses was okay because it was an extension of their maternal role in the home
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The cotton gin resulted in
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The rejuvenation of slavery
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(T or F) In the early colonial period in America, indentured servitude was more prominent than slavery
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True
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Jamestown Settlement(Date, Named After)
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-May 14, 1607
-Was the first succesfull settlement by the British -Named after King James 1 |
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Salem Witch Trials
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-1692 - 1693
-Over 150 people arrested -Convicted 29 people -19 were hung(14 women, 5 men) |
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French and Indian War
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-1754-1763
-War between Great Britian and France |
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Mexican-American War
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-1846-1848
-Annexed Texas in 1845 |
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Missouri Compromise
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-Passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions.
-Prohibited slavery north of the 36,30 parralel except within the bounderies of Missouri. |
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Three-Fifths compromise
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-Reached between the Northern and Southern States in 1787.
-3/5 of the slave population would be counted for representation |
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When was the constituion ratified?
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-September 17, 1787
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When was the Declaration of Independence ratified? Who wrote it?
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-July 4, 1776
-Thomas Jefferson |
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Articles of Confederation
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-Agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the USA as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution.
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Dates American Civil War
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-April 12, 1861 - April 9, 1865
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Reasons for the Souths Secession in the Civil War
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-Slavery
-Sectionalism(Economies, Social Structure, Customs, and Political Values) -Nationalism and Honor -States Rights -Tarrifs |
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What is the Age of Enlightenment?
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-Intelectual movement influenced by the scientific revolution of the 17th century.
-Culminated in the drafting of the Declaration of Indepence |
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The Federalist Papers
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-Series of 85 articles promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution.
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