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11 Cards in this Set
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World's 1st anti-slavery society formed by who?
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Philadalphea Quakers in 1775
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American Revolution emphasis on equality...How can you see that realized?
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-Declaration's "all men are created equal"
-Continental Congress1774 call for complete abolition of slave trade, some northern states emancipation of blacks |
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abolitionist movement
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Declaration of Independence: "all men are created equal"
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Why founding fathers fail to eliminate slavery?
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fight over slavery would have fractured the fragile national unity
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After revolution, America's greatest strength?
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having great leaders: G. Wash, James Madison, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton
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role of contintental congress in revolutionary days
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appointed a commitee to draft a written constitution for new nationAOC
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delay of ratification of AOC
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discord with western lands, states that had land like Virginia and New York, land hungry Maryland stubbornly held out until March 1, 1781
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weakness of congress in AOC
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-no power to regulate commerce
-can't enforce tas collection program -couldn not command, coerce, or enforce |
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strenths of congress in AOC
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-make treaties
-establish postal service -outlined general powers |
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Northwest Ordinance 1787
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judicious compromise: temporary tutelage, then permanent equality
-fisrt subordinate to gov't when over 60,000 state |
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US forms relations after rev. war with GB, France, Spain
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-GB not send ministers, shut off profitable West Indian tade, didn't repeal Navigation Laws, kept fur trade with indians(also protective barrerier)
-Spain closed Mississippi river to American commerce -France wants reparations from war |
