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53 Cards in this Set
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Effects of English Expansion on Indian alliances |
English population growth and expansion into interior disrupted existing French-Indian fur trade networks and causes Indians to shift alliances among competing European powers |
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Reasons for post-French-Indian War conflicts with Natives |
Native groups sought to continue trading with Europeans and to resist the encroachment of English colonists on tribal lands |
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Reasons for Native alliances during the Revolutionary War |
Various tribes tried to forge alliances in order to protect their interests, limit migration of white settlers, and maintain their tribal lands |
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Effects of Britain's debt after Seven Years' War |
Resulted in renewed efforts to consolidate imperial control over North American markets, taxes, and political institutions; some colonists liked it others didn't |
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Supporters of American Independence |
Fueled by established colonial elites, grassroots movements that included artisans, newly mobilized laborers, and women; rested on the ideas of the English citizen |
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Reasons for Patriot Victory in Revolutionary War |
Colonist's greater familiarity with the land, their resilient army and political leadership, their ideological commitment, and their support from European allies |
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Effects of continued European presence after Revolutionary War |
Challenged the US to find ways to safeguard its borders, maintain neutral trading rights, and promote its economic interests |
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Effect of French Revolution on American foreign policy |
Helped fuel America's debate not only about the the nature of the US' domestic order but also its proper role in the world |
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Causes of the creation of political parties |
European conflicts and tensions with Britain and France fueled increasingly bitter partisan debates throughout the 1790s |
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Effects of Evangelicalism and the Enlightenment |
Strengthened many British colonists’ understandings of themselves as a chosen people blessed with liberty; Enlightenment ideals inspired many American political thinkers to emphasize individual talent over hereditary privilege |
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Basis for Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence |
Colonists’ belief in the superiority of republican self-government based on the natural rights of the people |
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Characteristics of new state constitutions and Articles of Confederation |
Placed power in the hands of the legislative branch and maintained property qualifications for voting and citizenship |
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Causes of the creation of the Constitution |
Difficulties over trade, finances, and interstate and foreign relations, as well as internal unrest |
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Results of compromises to Constitution |
Delegates from the states worked through a series of compromises; new national government while limiting the power of the federal government |
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Reasons for Bill of Rights |
Calls during the ratification processed for greater guarantees of rights resulted in the addition of a the Bill of Rights |
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Debates concerning Constitution after ratification |
Issues as the relationship between the national government and the states, economic policy, and the conduct of foreign affairs led to the creation of political parties |
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Causes for abolition movement |
Increased awareness of the inequalities in society motivated people and groups to call for the abolition of slavery and greater democracy |
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Effects of postponing the discussion to slavery in Constitution |
Set the stage for recurring conflicts over these issues in later years |
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Effects of Revolution on future rebellions |
The ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence had reverberations in France, Haiti, and Latin America, which inspired future rebellions |
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Causes of interior boundary conflicts with Natives |
Attempt of various native groups to reassert their power over the interior of the continent resulted in new white–Indian conflicts along the western borders of British and later the US |
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Effects of new settlements in the West |
Created new distinctive backcountry cultures and fueled social and ethnic tensions |
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Spanish settlement in the West |
With the help of the Natives through bonded labor, the Spanish were able to expand their mission settlements into California, which provided opportunities for social mobility among enterprising soldiers and settlers that led to new cultural blending |
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Northwest Ordinance |
1780s; enacted by Congress in order to admit new states, promote public education, protect private property, and restrict slavery in the Northwest territory |
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Effects of Constitution's failures to define relationship between US and Natives |
Led to problems regarding treaties and Indian legal claims relating to the seizure of Indian lands |
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Solutions to free navigation of Mississippi |
Diplomatic initiatives to manage the conflict with Spain and to deal with the continued presence on the American continet |
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Causes for development of political parties |
Positions on economic, political, social, and foreign policy issues promoted the development on political parties |
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Causes for different attitudes toward slavery |
The expansions of slavery in the lower South and adjacent western lands and its gradual disappearance elsewhere |
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Republican Motherhood |
Called for white women to maintain and teach republican values within the family and granted women new importance in American political culture |
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Shay's Rebellion |
American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgements for debt |
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Alien and Sedition Acts |
Supposed to strengthen national security, but attempt to suppress voters who disagreed with Federalist party |
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Stamp Act Congress |
First gathering of elected representatives to devise a unified protest against new British taxation |
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Sons of Liberty |
Organization of American Landowners, formed to protect the rights of colonists and to fight taxation by British Government |
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Samuel Adams |
Founding father of U.S., statesman, political philospher |
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Intolerable Acts |
American Patriots' name for a series of laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party |
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Quartering Acts |
Law for American colonists to provide British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing |
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Stamp Act |
Imposed direct tax on the colonies of British America and requires that many printed materials be stamped with paper produced in London |
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Declaratory Act |
Repeal of Stamp Act and lessening of the sugar act |
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Coercive Acts |
British approach to reverse the trend of colonial resistance, but actually provoked higher levels of resistance |
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Whigs |
Formed in opposition to policies of Democratic Party |
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Salutary Neglect |
To relax the enforcement of strict regulations, particularly trade laws |
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Proclamation of 1763 |
Forbade all settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains |
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Seven Years' War |
The French and Indian War; conflict between positions and dominance |
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Albany Plan of Union |
Proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen colonies |
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Peace of Paris 1763 |
Formally ended the seven years' war |
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John Jay |
Chief Justice of the U.S., signer of the Treaty of Paris, Founding fathers off the U.S., Statesman, Patriot and diplomat |
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First Continental Congress |
Meeting of delegates from the thirteen colonies |
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Declaration of Independence |
Declaration of America freedom from Britain |
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Thomas Jefferson |
Founding father, author of D.O.I., 3rd president of the U.S. |
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George Washington |
1st U.s. president, Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and founding father |
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Battle of Lexington and Concord |
First military engagement of the American Revolutionary War |
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John Locke |
English philosopher, physician, most influential of Enlightenment thinkers; Founded ideas used in Declaration of Independence |
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Abigail Adams |
Wife of John Adams |
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Articles of Confederation |
First written national government of U.S., established U.S. as a confederation of sovereign states |
