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25 Cards in this Set
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Articles of Confederation |
Antifederalist, congress Ratified 1784 Congress State sovereignty 1st attempt at consitution |
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"Yeoman Farmer |
Small landowner's and farmers Jefferson's vision of agrarian revolution Honest, virtuous hardworking |
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Lexington and Concord |
British army v militiamen Series of skirmishes April 1775 Middlesex, Massachusetts Started war/american victory |
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Louisiana purchase |
Napoleon/jefferson doubled size of US 1803 Questioned Jefferson's power |
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Loyalists |
20-25% of the poulation Oaths of allegiance POst-war New York, Penn, Carolinas, Georgia Many were banished and lost property |
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Marbury v Madison |
Chief Justice John Marshall 1803 Supreme Court Established court's power of judicial rreview over congress |
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Battle of NEw Orleans |
Jackson w/ ragtag team of pirates and militia DEcisive victory over british January 1815 Didn't afffect war since it was post-treat but gave confidence and jackson's popularity |
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Northwest Ordinance |
Jefferson stages of self-start for the new west 1787 North of OHIO river Prohibited slavery, regulated land sales, created states |
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Pennsylvania Constitution |
BEn Franklin and radical liberal leaders Radical state constitution 1776 Penns Freedoms of speech/religion One-house legislature Abolished office holding qualifications |
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Philadelphia occupation |
Howe/Washington Washington defeated at battle of Brandywine 1777 |
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Pinckney Treaty |
Thomas Pinckney Treaty with Spain 1795 Mississippi Established 31st Parallel |
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Quasi-war |
John Adams France v US Naval War 1798-1800 Adams called for peace |
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Battle of Saratoga |
General Burgoyne US defeated after Howe separated 1777 New York Boosted American Morale |
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Second Continental Congress |
13 colonies National gov't 1775, Philadelphia Colonial war effort, declaration of independence diplomats/treaties |
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Shay's Rebellion |
Captain Shay debtor farmer uprising 1786 Western Massachussets |
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Wealth of Nations |
Adam Smith (british philosopher) Theory of free trade laisez/faire 1776 England Clashed with traditional view and promoted self-interest incentive |
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Southern Campaign |
Jackson/Daniel Morgan v Cornwallis Indian uprisings Reclaimed south carolina |
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3/5's Compromise |
3/5 slave for taxes/representation 1787, Congress Disproportionate political power for the south |
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Treaty of Paris |
British/US/Spain/Frane no persecuting loyalists and boundaries 1783, Paris Recognized American Independence |
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Battle of Trenton |
Washington v Hessians Surprise attacks DECEMBRE, 1776 Delaware River, New Jersey Boosted morale and war effort |
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Valley Forge |
Washington Harsh winter on troops, CONDITIONED THEM Winter 1777-78 |
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Virginia/Kentucky Resolutions |
Jefferson and Madison Response to alien and sedition acts 1798 |
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Whiskey Rebellion |
Farmer rebellion against whiskey tax 1794, Pennsylvania Washington and federal army put down, showed that federal gov't could act swiftly unlike Articles of Confederation |
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XYZ affair |
Talleyrand/John Adams Demanded 250,000 bribe Adams refuse and made incident public 1798, Paris France didn't want another war |
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Battle of Yorktown |
Cornwallis v Washington/de Lafayette US victory with french 1781, Virginia destroyed british southern army |
