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Causes of American Revolution

began in 1775 as open conflict between the united thirteen colonies and Great Britain. began as a disagreement over the way in which Great Britain treated the colonies versus the way the colonies felt they should be treated. No Taxation Without Representation

Major Ideas in Declaration of Independence and Impact

Preamble the Statement of Human Rights, Charges Against Human Rights, Charges Against the King and Parliament, Statement of Separation and Signatures. The Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal and are entitled to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." announce the colonies separation from England.

Major ideas in the Articles of Confederation

-the first official document that defined the United States government made after revolutionary war -The Articles made the states and legislature supreme. -The resulting government was weak. Efforts to make it stronger failed.

what were the weaknesses in Articles of Confederation that eventually led to its replacement by the constitution

-Each state only had one vote in Congress, regardless of size. -Congress did not have the power to tax. Congress did not have the power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce. - was no executive branch to enforce any acts passed by Congress. - was no national court system. -Amendments to the Articles of Confederation required a unanimous vote. -Laws required a 9/13 majority to pass in Congress. -Shays rebellion

King George

"Proclamation of Rebellion" and urged Parliament to move quickly to end the revolt and bring order to the colonies.

Thomas Paine

anti-monarchical argument in the pamphlet, Common Sense, published in January 1776, -proved persuasive to many American colonists. -He believed that the American colonies had the right to be free from the British and so his idea of freedom helped the Declaration of Independence be formed.

John Adams

-Second President a leading advocate of American independence from Great Britain.

George Washington

tended to support the more traditional ties with Britain and the Monarcy while Jeffersonians supported France Believed in a strong, central government otherwise known as "High Federalism"

Thomas Jefferson

-favored states rights over a strong central government. -supported the idea that states could nullify federal laws (nullification). -a strict constructionist - he favored a literal interpretation of the Constitution. -He wanted a smaller government with very little intervention in daily life and made policies to do so such as cutting down size of Army/Navy

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin's view on law revolved around the idea that the people should choose the government. For example, the people choose representatives that they feel will better the country.

The constitution how? when?

-result from failed Articles of Confederation

bill of rights

-first 10 amendments to the constitution goal to guarantee personal freedoms and limit governments control over individual liberties

how constitution effects us today

Constitution gives us the groundwork for all laws and rights we have today, like the ability to go to any school or church you want. Also rights like freedom of speech, like we can speak what ever is on our mind or whatever we believe in. We can have whatever religion we want too, be whoever we want to be. Also the government cant search our home without a good reason too, or a search warrant.

origin of political parties in United States

-question of what kind of country should we be? -Hamilton wanted country to be deeply involved in world trade -hamilton believed in government by "rich able and well born" i.e involvement with Great Brit Jefferson opposed believing the opposite of Hamilton's beliefs

Marbury v. Madison

first US supreme course to apply "Judicial Review" -the ability of the Supreme Court to limit Congressional power by declaring legislation unconstitutional--in the new nation.

how slavery is addressed in US constitution

13th Amendment: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Westward expansion: Louisiana Purchase

-1803 -Thomas Jefferson -In search of new land for crops bought from Napoleon for 15 million -biggest purchase of land by US and doubled size of country

Westward Expansion: Lewis and Clark expedition

-organized by Jefferson to explore and map new land bought in Louisiana Purchase

Westward Expansion: Acquisition of Florida

(1819) -Was controlled by the spanish -Lead by Andrew Jackson -Took from Spain and gave them 5 million for damage

Westward Expansion: Acquisition of Texas

-Was part of Mexican Republic -annexed itself to United States and became great issue

Westward Expansion: Acquisition of Oregon

-setting state boundaries within states in Louisiana purchase

Westward Expansion: Acquisition of Califiornia

-1848 gold discovered in the American River -Gold Rush "forty- niners"

Manifest Destiny

-phrase used by leaders and politicians in the 1840s to explain continental expansion by the United States -belief that US was destined to expand across the entire content -used to promote further territorial expansion

Mexican War

1846 and 1848 Mexican and US went to War Mexico lost half its territory US became a continental power

War of 1812

The war of 1812 was a military conflict between the United States and Great Britain. As a colony of Great Britain, Canada was swept up in the War of 1812 and was invaded a number of times by the Americans.

Trail of Tears

Part of Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal policy

Monroe Doctrine

stated further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention. United States would neither interfere with existing European colonies nor meddle in the internal concerns of European countries.

14th Amendment

granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed.

15th Amendment

prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote

Jefferson Davis

an American soldier, slave-owner and politician, and was the President of the Confederate States of America during the entire Civil War, 1861 to 1865

Frederick Douglass

an African-American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing

William Lloyd Garrison

William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer.

John Brown

a white American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States.

Plessy v Ferguson

Plessy filed a petition for rights of prohibition in the Supreme Court of Louisiana against Ferguson, asserting that segregation stigmatized blacks and stamped them with a badge of inferiority in violation of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth amendments. The court found for Ferguson and the Supreme Court granted cert.

Theodore Roosevelt's "Big Stick Diplomacy"

used to seize the initiative in handling foreign relations, which helped transform the United States into one of the most powerful nations in the world.

America's role in WWI

entered mainly because of Germany increased size of army industry production boomed employment opened for men and woman