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34 Cards in this Set
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Effects of English Expansion on Indian Alliances |
Disrupted existing French–Indian fur trade networks and caused various Indian nations to shift alliances among competing European powers |
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Reasons for Post-French-Indian War Conflicts with Natives |
Native groups sought both to continue trading with Europeans and to resist the encroachment of British colonists on traditional tribal lands |
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Reasons for Native Alliances during Revolutionary War |
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 |
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Supporters of American Independence |
Included newly mobilized laborers, artisans, and women, and rested on arguments over the rights of British subjects, the rights of the individual, and the ideas of the Enlightenment |
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Reasons for Patriot Victory in Revolutionary War |
Succeeded because of the colonists’ greater familiarity with the land, their resilient military and political leadership, their Cideological commitment, and their support from European allies |
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Effects on Continued European Presence After Revolutionary War |
Challenged the United States to find ways to safeguard its borders, maintain neutral trading rights, and promote its economic interests |
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Effects of French Revolution on American Foreign Policy |
Helped fuel Americans' debate not only about the nature of the United States' domestic order but also about its proper role in the world |
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Causes of the Creation of Political Parties |
European conflict and tensions with Britain and France |
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Effects of Evangelicanism and the Enlightenment |
Strengthened many British colonists’ understandings of themselves as a chosen people blessed with liberty, while Enlightenment philosophers and ideas 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 |
The colonists’ belief in the superiority of republican self government based on the natural rights of the people found its clearest American expression in both |
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Characteristics of New State Constitutions and Articles of Confederation |
Reflected republicans fears of both centralized power and excessive popular influence, 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 |
After experiencing the limitations of the Articles of Confederation, American political leaders wrote a new Constitution based on the principles of federalism and separation of powers |
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Results of Compromises to Constitution |
Delegates from the states worked through a series of compromises to form a Constitution for a new national government while providing limits on federal power |
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Reasons for Bill of Rights |
Calls during the ratification process for greater guarantees of rights resulted in the addition of a Bill of Rights |
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Debates Concerning Constitution After Ratification |
Continued debates about such 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 |
An increased awareness of the inequalities in society motivated some individuals and groups to call for the abolition of slavery and greater political democracy in the new state and national governments |
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Effects of Postponing the Discussion to Slavery in Constitution |
To settle the stage for recurring conflicts over these issues in later years |
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Effects of Revolution on Future Rebellions |
Had reverberations in France, Haiti, and Latin America, inspiring future rebellions |
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Causes of Interior Boundary Conflicts with Natives |
The French withdrawal from North America and the subsequent attempt of various native groups to reassert their power over the interior of the continent |
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Effects of New Settlements in the West |
Creating new distinctive back country cultures and fueling social and ethnic tensions |
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Spanish settlement of California |
Supported by bonded labor of local Indians, expansion mission settlements |
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Northwest Ordinance |
Admitting new states and sought to promote public education |
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Effects of Constitution's Failure to Define Relationship between US and Natives |
Led to problems regarding treaties and Indian legal claim relating to seizure of Indian lands |
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Solutions to Free Navigation of Mississippi |
U.S. forged diplomatic initiatives to manage conflict with Spain |
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Causes for Development of Political Parties |
National political institutions developed in the new U.S. |
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Causes for Different Attitudes Toward Slavery |
Gradual disappearance elsewhere |
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Republican Motherhood |
Called on white women to teach/ maintain republican values within families |
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Sons of Liberty |
Patriotic group that played roles in agitating against the Stamp Act, enforcing non-important agreements |
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Coercive Acts |
Are names used to describe a series of laws relating to Britain's colonies in North America, and passed by the British Parliament in 1774 |
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Salutary Neglect |
Is an American history term that refers to an unofficial and long-term 17th & 18th-century British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England |
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John Jay |
Was an American statesman, Patriot, diplomat, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, signer of the Treaty of Paris, and first Chief Justice of the United States |
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Deism |
The term is used chiefly of an intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries that accepted the existence of a creator on the basis of reason but rejected belief in a supernatural deity who interacts with humankind |
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Electoral College |
A body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president |
