U.s. History Final Review

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bacon's rebellion

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nathaniel bacon. hated indians. made army to fight them. gov. berkley declared it illegal. army marched on jamestown and burned it.

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french and indian war

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F and GB fought over ohio river valley
GB won= got land east of mississippi and florida
F=newfoundland

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proclimation of 1763

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french loss=loss for native americans
banned all settlement west of appalacians (F and I war)

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stamp act

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colonists had to purchase stamped paper
=resistance group sons of liberty
"no taxation w/o representation"

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intolerable acts

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shut down boton harbor
quartering of troops
accused people stand trial in britan
no town meetings
martial law

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salutary neglect

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lightly enforced navigation acts in return for economic loyalty

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lexington and concord

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lex=shot heard around the world
patriots opened fire on old north bridgre
guerilla warfare

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battle of saratoga

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gained french support
turning pt.

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yorktown

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french reinforcement
1781 cornwallis surrendered
blocked entrance to chesapeake bay

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shay's rebellion

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farmers in debt
massachusets raised taes on whiskey.
daniel shays lead farmers to rebel

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articles of confederation

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congress=only conduct wars, issue $, execute laws, borrow $
congress couldn't- regulate trade, draft troops, levy taxes directly

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great compromise

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house(based on population)
senate(equal representation)
virginia(pop) and new jersey plan(equal)

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checks and balances

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executive (pres)carry out laws, legislative (house and senate) make laws
judicial(interpret law)

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bill f rights

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first 10 ammendmnts

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marbury vs. madison

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marbury sues madison for not giving him papers to be fed. judge
=right of judicial review

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louisania purchase

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buys from napoleon for 15 mil. could pres buy land?

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war of 1812

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british using impressement=capturing american ships
wanted to drive british out of north america by conquering canada

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north west ordinance

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encouraged west expansion
banned slavery in nw territory
organized 13 new states

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indian removal act 1830

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jackson
move to ok.

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nullification crisis

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states try to override federal law

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treaty of guadalupe hidalgo

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america gets mexico's northern territory
us pay 15 mil for territory

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mormon migration

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traveled to salt lake, leader joseph smith
created salt lake city

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the alamo

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signify spirit of texans gets texans to revolt (texas revolution)

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wilmont proviso

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afraid that mexican cession would become slave territory
congresses tried to forbid slavery in that area. failed

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Great compromise of 1850

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admission of california as free state
utah and mexico decide if that are slave states
lave trade abolished in capitol
fugutive slave act adopted

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election of 1860

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lincoln vs. douglass
lincoln wins election

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monroe doctrine

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Western Hemisphere was not to be further colonized by European countries, and that the United States would not interfere with existing European colonies nor in the internal concerns of European countries.

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kansas nebraska act

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created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands, repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries.

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homestead act

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gave an applicant freehold title up to 160 acres (1/4 section) of undeveloped land outside of the original 13 colonies.

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anaconda plan

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plan emphasized the blockade of the Southern ports, and called for an advance down the Mississippi River to cut the South in two.

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sherman's march to the sea

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The campaign began with Sherman's troops leaving the captured city of Atlanta, Georgia on November 15 and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 21. It is widely remembered for inflicting significant property damage, particularly to industry and infrastructure (as per the doctrine of total war), but also to civilian property.

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seneca falls

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an early and influential women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York over two days, July 19–20, 1848.

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emancipation proclimation

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two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. The first one, issued September 22, 1862, declared the freedom of all slaves in any state of the Confederate States of America that did not return to Union control by January 1, 1863. The second order, issued January 1, 1863, named ten specific states where it would apply. Lincoln issued the Executive Order by his authority as "Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy" under Article II, section 2 of the United States Constitution.

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gettysburg address

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incoln invoked the principles of human equality espoused by the Declaration of Independence and redefined the Civil War as a struggle not merely for the Union, but as "a new birth of freedom" that would bring true equality to all of its citizens, and that would also create a unified nation in which states' rights were no longer dominant.

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13th ammendment

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ABOLISHES SLAVERY

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14 ammendment

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defines citizenship

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15 ammendment

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abolishes suffrage

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popular sovereignty

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the belief that the legitimacy of the state is created by the will or consent of its people, who are the source of every political power.