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22 Cards in this Set
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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Who: Spanish and Portuguese
What: Drew a line in South America between Spanish and Portuguese so they can make their own colonies. Set up boundaries, and helped defined the cultural landscape of South America Where: South America When: 1494 Why: Settled disputes between Spanish and Portuguese so they can make their own colonies |
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Mercantalism
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Who: Britain started it
What: Self sufficiency, Countries main goal was export more than you import, sell more goods than you buy, fueled European competition for gold and silver When: Started in the 16th century Why: Allowed growth of British colonies |
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Middle Passage
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Who: Slaves- European nations
What: Trade route of slaves Where: Africa --> Caribbean When: 1400's for 200 years Why: Main trade route- supplied Americas with slaves. Horrible conditions- many died- beginning of slavery |
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Stamp Act
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Who: Great Britain and American Colonists
What: A tax that was required by the British government on almost all paper documents in America When: 1765 Where: American Colonies Why: One of the first things that started the Revolutionary war because it upset people |
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Common Sense
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Who- Thomas Paine, the author
What- A booklet that attacked King George the III, and declared that the time had come for colonists to declare themselves independent of Britain, argued that independence was America’s destiny, if they were independent it would allow them to trade freely with other countries which would help them create a better society When- 1776 Where: America Why- Denounced British rule, encouraged people to write Declaration of Independence, free them from tyranny with equal social and economic opportunities for all |
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Egalitarianism
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Who: White men
What: An attitude that all people should be treated equals from birth. Fostered the attitude that ability, effort and virtue, not wealth or family defined a person’s worth Where: Americas When: 1770’s to present Why: Set the standards for American society, but at the same time showed just how against Americans were of black people because it was only for white men |
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American Revolution
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Who: American government and British government
What: A war between America and British. When: 1770’s Where: America Why: The war that granted America its independence |
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Declaration of Independence
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Who: Thomas Jefferson and John Locke
What: Declaration that declared independence from Britain and described numerous ways that the king had violated the unalienable rights of the British. People had the right to alter of abolish any government that threatened their rights and could install a new government When: Made in 1776 and initiated in 1782 Where: America Why: Finally made America independent of British rule and still used today |
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Popular Soveriegnty
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Who: American Citizens
What: The system in which the residents vote to decide an issue When: 1776- present Where: America Why: Gave American citizens have a say in their government and one of the first successful forms of democracy |
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Individual rights
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Who: American citizens
What: The bill of rights, the first ten amendments. Everyone has his unalienable rights. (freedom of speech etc.) When: 1776- present Where: America Why: Made sure that citizens were treated fairly. One of the trade marks of America |
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Separation of Powers/ Checks and Balances
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Who: America used this type of government
What: the state is divided into branches or estates, and each estate of the state has separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility. The normal division of estates is into the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial. Each branch is able to place specified restraints on the powers exerted by the other branches. Checks and balances refers to the various procedural rules that allow one branch to limit another Where: America When:1700's to present Why: it protects democracy and forestalls tyranny |
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Andrew Jackson
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Who: 7th American President
What: Made the Indian Removal Act to get rid of Indians so Americans could have more land Where: America When: 1800's Why: Killed many Indian in 'Trail of Tears' |
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Indian Removal Act
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Who: US government signed by Andrew Jackson
What: Policy to remove Cherokee Indians from American land so that people wouldn't have to fight for land Where: Georgia When: 1830 Why: the Removal Act paved the way for the reluctant—and often forcible—emigration of tens of thousands of American Indians to the West. |
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Transcendentalism
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Who: People
What: new ideas in literature, religion, culture, and philosophy. Began as a protest against the general state of culture and society at the time Where: New England When: 1800's Why: These transcendentalists went against what everyone else thought and made a huge statement |
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Who: American Abolitionist
What: Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin- about the human cruelty of slavery. First social protest novel published in US Where: America When: 1852 Why: North's first eye opening to exactly what was happening in the south. Said slaves are not property, but humans |
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Dred Scott vs. Sandford
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Who: Dred Scott- slave from Missouri
What: He was from Missouri which was a slave state, bu then he came to Illinois which was a free state. When he came back to Missouri, he sewed the state because he wanted to be free because he lived in free Illinois Where: Illinois, Missouri When: 1857 Why: Supreme court rules that African Americans can never be a citizen --> he was enslaved |
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Abraham Lincoln
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Who: 16th President of the US
What: Lead the US during the Civil War. Wanted to free slaves and send them back to Africa Where: US When: 1800's Why: Was against slavery but at the same time could not see them as being equal to whites |
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Fredrick Douglas
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Who: Slave and abolitionist
What: after he escaped to the north, being able to read and write, he became a lecturer, newspaper editor, and a writer. Where: Maryland --> north When: 1800's Why: After escaping, he made something of himself. He made himself famous with his writing |
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John Brown
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Who: 1st white American Abolitionist
What: He murdered people in order to abolish slavery. He attempted to start a liberation movement among enslaved African Americans which made the nation very mad Where: Virginia When: 1859 Why: He was tried for treason against the state of Virginia and was hanged. His behavior at the trial made him a martyr to Americans |
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Compromise of 1850
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Who: Henry Clay presented it to the North and South Americans
What:a series of laws that attempted to resolve the territorial and slavery controversies Where: America When: 1850 Why: California is a free state- set restrictions to where you can and cannot have slaves- the Fugitive Slave Act- people in free states were required to help capture and return free slaves |
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Manifest Destiny
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Who: American citizens and immigrants
What: “It is our destiny to move as far west as possible and deal with the geographic challenges that come with it”. Vision that ‘we’re meant to live on all corners of this land’ When: 1800’s Where: West America Why: Inspired western expansion |
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Sons of Liberty
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Who: Sam Adams and men known as loyalists, against British tyranny
What: initially a secret organization of American Patriots. Rebelled against British authority, created after the Stamp Act Where: America When: 1765 Why: A revolutionary that inspired change and rebelled against British rule and participated in the Boston Tea Party |
