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Joseph Brandt |
Mohawk Military leader, who negotiated with the British to get the Haudenosaunee to side with the British, during the America Revolution.R |
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Republican Motherhood |
Belief in Early America, that Mothers should encourage their sons into civic interest and participation in the Early Republic.Article |
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Articles of Confederation |
The First Government system in America, following the Declaration of Independence. But was weak, due to a lack of power for the National Government, and an emphasis on the sovereignty of the states. |
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Newburgh Conspiracy |
Threat by the Continental Army to Rebel against Congress, over not receiving money from Congress for their service. |
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Bills of Religion |
Bill that was passed under the Declaration of Rights, in order to ensure religious freedom within the states. New York was the first state to pass one in 1777. |
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Daniel Shay |
Former officer in the continental Army, who led the rebellion against the Massachusetts legislature, over stringent financial policies adopted by them. |
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Whiskey Rebellion |
Rebellion led by farmers in western Pennsylvania in 1794, over the excessive whiskey tax enacted by Alexander Hamilton as a source of revenue for the government, as well as refusing to pay tax collectors and resisting federal authority. |
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Revolution of 1800 |
Change in the public opinion and participation in politics in early American. This was the period when Thomas Jefferson was President (1801-1809), and saw a realignment of leadership under the Democratic-Republicans. |
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Quasi-War |
Period during American shipping was being harassed at sea by both British and French ships, during the early stages of the Napoleonic Wars. |
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Embargo Act of 1807 |
Passed by President Jefferson, it was meant to keep America isolated from the Napoleonic War, by prohibiting all foreign trade on both land and sea. Many people violated this order. |
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Corp of Discovery |
Expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, to map and explore the territory recently by America from France, under the Louisiana purchase, west of the Mississippi River. |
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Empire of Liberty |
Jefferson’s plan of having the United States remain a yeomanry farm system, where families owned and work the land, and could be called on to defend it. The Louisiana purchase was also apart of Jefferson’s idea, has he believed westward expansion was vital to America’s success. |
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Marbury vs. Madison |
Court Case in the wake of Jefferson’s presidency, over not delivering judge papers sent to appointed Federalists judges, following the presidency of Adam’s. The case questioned Jefferson’s right to not decliner the papers to the appointed judges, under the Constitution. |
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Why didn’t the British Cabinet Maker strike against his employer? |
Because he felt that he was receiving a high wage at his skill level, he thought about his family, and how they depended on him to provide cash for food and clothes, and how his employer showed kindness to him, by hiring him to work at his cabinet workshop when he first arrived in New York. |
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Why did the White Wage workers of Philadelphia feel that “White Slaves” had a worst situation compared to Black Slaves? |
Because “Wage Slaves”, is harassed by domestic cares, and compelled to be helpless witnesses of the distress of his family; or he changes his employer so often, with the vain hope of meliorating his condition, that he becomes sick, infirm, or old, without having had it in his power to secure the friendship or protection of any of his masters. |
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Why were the Bowery Girls important? |
Bowery girls were important, because they helped to shift somewhat the balance of power between the sexes, and helped women find some freedom from customary modes of masculine control. |
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Why did Susan say the Mill girls at the Lowell Mill weren’t content? |
Because Susan said there was no disadvantage in their situation which they did not perceive as quickly, and lament as loudly, as the sternest opponent. She also says they were happy in their new found independence, and would only be content if they heard about bad news from home, or because they’d be vexed. |
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German Political Societies |
Local Political Organization in Philadelphia, that was formed to express its members disenchantment with federal police’s and closely monitor elected officials. Federalists viewed the societies as a danger to democracy, and the Republicans weren’t always to sure what to make of them. |
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Why were the destruction of King George statues important? |
They symbolized the “transfer of sovereign power,” from the king to the people of America Republic. Yet these rituals drew less on some “prehistoric human past,” of ritual murder, but on the recent past of British monarchical political culture. |
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Erie Canal |
A man made waterway that links the Hudson River with Lake Erie in Upstate New York. |
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Samuel Slater |
Factory worker from England, who came to the America in the early 19th century, who memorized the factory plans of where he previously worked, especially in regards to the spinning Jenny, and set up a replica textile factory in Pawtucket Rhode Island. |
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Lowell Textile Factory |
Textile established in Massachusetts, that was the first to be mechanized, begging in the 1820’s. |
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Why did lots of farm women work at the Lowell factory? |
Because Many of the Local farms were transitioning into raising livestock, and they required less need from farm daughters. |
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What happened to many native Americans following the end and of the war of 1812 |
Many west of the Mississippi, lost their lands to American settlers pouring into Ohio, Michigan, Indian, and in parts of Florida and the lower south. Some, like the seminoles, continued to fight, but they posed no serious threat to the US. |
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What was Jefferson’s view on slavery, women, and native Americans |
They’re were occasions where he spoke out against slavery, but believed blacks and whites could never prosper, once slavery ended. He enjoyed the conversation of intelligent women, but taught his daughters that women were created for men’s pleasure. He approached Native American culture with curiosity, but recommended the ruthless destruction of their ways. |
