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25 Cards in this Set
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why did the puritans come to the us? where were they coming from?
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Escaping from religious prosecution in England...wanted to de-catholicize the anglican church and got back to basics
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Why were establishments liek new neherlands and and new york set up?
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-owned by dutch company
-interested stockholders.. federal estates, patronships, etc. -ECONOMY |
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Proclamation of 1763
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King Georg after the french/indian war. trying to regulate trade in new acquired french territories
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Constitutional convention.. what was it trying to achieve?
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Sent grievences to king george. Did not want war, wanted change by parliment
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Treaty of alliance- France
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alliance of FRANCE and COLONIES during the american revolution.. helped with the war
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Federalist papers- who wrote them? what were they?
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PUBLIUS: HAMILTON, MADISON, JAY
-article in newspapers supporting the ratification of the constitution when states were still undecided |
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Hamiltons Fin. plan
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National bank, strong federal government. Federalist
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Navigation acts
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colonies were only allowed to trade with England!
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transportation change from the 1800s to the 1850s
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just horses to steam boats and trains
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Jeffersonian philosophy (gov't)
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-states rights, AM. would as a country built upon yeomen.
-hated teh idea of strong nat. gov't (hamilton!) |
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LA purchase.. did it contradict or support Jeffersonian philosophy?
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Contradiction of Jefferson's opposition to Hamilton using the 'elastic clause" for national bank...hypocritical
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Lowell system- define
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textile manufacture, who got mostly young women to work in his factory.. industrial revolution
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War of 1812
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-Impressement of US soldiers took us into war with ENGLAND
-secrect agenda canada -US WINS |
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Monroe doctrine
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an open statement to old war powers taht ther would be no more colonization in the americas.
Basically told Europe to STAY OUT OF WESTERN HEMISPHERE |
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Marbury V. Madison- what was it? what did it set the precedent for?
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John adams appointed "midnight judges" right before he left office adn fed's lost power. Madison refursed to acknowledge marbury's position.
-RESULTS: John Marshall adn the surpeme court rule the pervious law UNCONSTITUNIONAL... set up Judicial l review |
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Missuouri compromise
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-Miss. came in as slave state/ main as free
All states N> of the 36-30 parrelel would be free states |
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Pikney's treaty w/spain
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Spain paranous that amercia was going to attack fot some, fives the US deposit rights in NO an navigation rights of the miss. river
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compromise of 1850
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-Cal. joins as a free state
-reamins NM and UTAH where pop. sov. would decide about slavery. -north benefits |
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Wilmont Proviso
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Dispute if any Mex. territory that the us acquired should be free/slave holding. David wilmont proposed that all new land acquired would be free land.
-passed house twice, never in senate... example of the heated slavery debate. |
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Jacksonian democracy... what "group" gained the most from it?
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Common man can take office, SPOILS SYSTEM put friends and supporters in federal positions
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Transcendalists
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1830's modernizing the old puritan beliefs, influence by john lock. Foreign influence. Truth transcends the body through the senses.
-henry david thooreau, walden and emmerson |
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-Oregon- who was in support/opposed to acquiring it.. 54-40- why wasnt it our national border?
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-Polk, manifest destiny
-disagreement with british, 54-40 or fighgt. -we hada war with mexico about texas, could not fight another war so we compromised |
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Dred scott decision
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-dredd scott was a black slave and nto a citizen, therefore he could not sue in court. master can not be denied his property.
CONTRADICTS MISS. COMPROMISE |
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N.A. court cases.. specificaloy Georgia
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-Cherokee nation v. georgia.. marshall and supreme court rule in for of indians, GE can't enfore laws on their society
-Cherokee win the right to their won const. and land but jackson disregards the court ruling. |
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Birth of republican pary platform, who was a part of it?
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'kansas' nebraska act' republican party formed of people who do not want slavery in these territories
Abraham Lincoln, first republican to win election |
