U.s. History Junior Midterm

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French and Indian War
Years
fought over?

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1754-1763
ownership of the Ohio River Valley

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Treaty of Paris 1763
ended what war?
terms?

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ended French and Indian War
britain gets canada, all land east of miss. river, and florida
France is no longer a colonial power in North America

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Grenville Acts

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Proclamation of 1763- colonists couldn't move past appalachians
Sugar act of 1764- coffee, wine, sugar
Stamp act of 1765- all papers needed official stamp, paid british soliders
Quartering act- colonists had to provide housing for british soldiers

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Stamp Act Congress

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NY 1765, delegates from 9 colonies called upon British to repeal stamp act. they did in 1766.

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Townshend Acts lead to...

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formation of Sons of Liberty

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Boston Massacre
when?
what happened?
the british response?

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March 5, 1770
Sons of Liberty harassed British soldiers who killed 3 colonists and wounded others
British repealed all acts but tea tax

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Boston Tea Party
when? what happened? why?

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Dec 16, 1773
sons of liberty disguised as Native Americans and dumped tea overboard to protest Parliament's attempt to give East India Company a monopoly on tea trade

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First Continental Congress

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September 1774
All colonies but Georgia sent representatives to meet in Philadelphia
Created Continental Association to enforce boycott of British goods

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Battle of Lexington and Concord

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April 1775
first shots of American Revolution

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Second Continental Congress

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May 1775
George Washington commander-in-chief
Olive Branch Petition to King George III

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Federalists wanted...

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strong national government provided by the constitution
no single faction could control the government

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Federalists were

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-well-organized group in regular contact with each other
-had g. washington

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Anti-Federalists wanted...

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-to protect state governments and the rights of individuals
-thought America would have a king- betrayal of American rev
-bill of rights

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Anti-Federalists were...

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local and state politicians who could not coordinate their activities on a national level

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popular sovereignty

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the people are the ultimate source of governmental power

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judicial review

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power of the courts to declare acts of Congress and the president to be unconstitutional

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federalism

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the division of power among a central government and the several state governments

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Virginia plan

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Edmund Randolph
-bicameral national legislature
-each state would send reps in proportion to its population

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New Jersey Plan

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William Paterson
-executive and judicial branches
- every state would have an equal vote in the bicameral congress

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The Great Compromise

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July 16, 1787
-legislature w/ two houses (VA Plan)
-Senate- each state would have same number of reps (NJ plan)
-House of Reps (number of reps based on state's population)

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Hamilton's Economic Plan-debt

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full payment of domestic debt- government bonds and certificates held by americans
full payment of all foreign debt
assumption of state debts

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Hamilton's Economic plan

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excise tax- tax on manufacture, sale, or consumption of goods
protective tariff-high tax on imported goods
money management- establish a bank of the united states

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How many amendments to the Constitution?

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27

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what year did the constitution go into effect?

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1789

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Washington's precedents

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established a tone of dignity, made the government powerful and democratic, established a cabinet.

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Market Revolution

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change in the way americans made, bought, and sold goods after the war of 1812

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War of 1812

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France v. Britain
both countries used blockades against the other's trade.
americans continued this risky trade and were hurt more by the british

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impressment

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-forcing american sailors to work on their ships
-violation of our "freedom of the seas"
-british didn't remove their ports

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war hawks

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john c. calhoun
henry clay
demanded war against britain to acquire Canada and against Spain (Britain's ally) to get Florida

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Declaration of war- opposed and supported

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opposed by the states in the northeast (maritime interests)
supported by south and west (territorial expansion)

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centralized

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when all tasks involved in making a product were carried out in one place

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free enterprise system

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an economic system in which companies compete for profits

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capital

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wealth that can be invested to produce goods and make money

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bank note

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a piece of paper that banks issued to their customers

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factories changed the american economy by...

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increasing the production and supply of goods and turning it into a free enterprise system

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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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established a process by which territories could become states

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land act of 1800

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Americans were able to buy land in small parcels and on credit

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Monroe and Livingston

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were sent in 1803 to buy New Orleans, instead bought Louisiana for $15 million

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embargo act of 1807

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outlawed trade with all other countries. Jefferson.

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Monroe Doctrine

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1. u.s. would not get involved in internal affairs of European countries
2. the u.s. recognized the existing colonies and states in the Western Hemisphere and would not interfere with them
3. the U.S. would not permit any further colonization of the Western Hemisphere
4. any attempt of a European power to control any nation in the Western Hemisphere would be viewed as a threat to the U.S.

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Mexico became independent in

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1821

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Who started the first settlement of Americans in Texas?

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Stephen Austin

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In 1834, who became president of Mexico?

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Lopez de Santa Ana

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What year did Texas declare its independence from Mexico?

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1836

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Who was the first president of the republic of texas?

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Sam Houston

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Who was the president of the US when the US annexed Texas?

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Tyler

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protective tariff

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north- in favor- industries
south- against- bought imported goods from europe, prices would go up
west- gen. in favor- produced and sold food to north

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internal improvements

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north- in favor- need to get goods from west
south- gen. against- goal to export cotton in north and europe
west- favored- get their goods to north

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cheap land

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north- against- afraid of losing workers
south- in favor- want settlers to make more states
west- divided

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slavery

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north-against
south- strongly in favor- center of their existence

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President age, length of term

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35, 4 years

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senator age, length of term

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30, 6 years

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house of rep age, length of term

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25, 2 years