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29 Cards in this Set
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magna carta
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first document of english rights
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checks and balances
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each branch of gorvernment shares its power & checks the other two, prevents any branch from becomming too powerful
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bill of rights
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1.speech, press, religion, assembly, petition 2. bear arms 3. quarter soilders 4. searches 5. due process 6. fair trail 7. jury trail 8. cruel/unusual punishment 9. states rights 10. individual rights
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civil war
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1861-1865, war between north and south, major battles- gettysburg & vicksburg
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13th amendmet
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ended slavery
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15th amendment
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gave african americans the right to vote [males]
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19th amendment
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gave women the right to vote
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22nd amendment
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gave 2 term limit to president
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Sugar Act
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1764, protested, no taxation without representation
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Stamp Act
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1765, Sons of Liberty formed in opposition, Townshend Act 1767 (tax goods): Boycotts
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Tea Act
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1773; Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Act
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1774; Closed Boston's port; form first Continental Congress
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Samuel Adams
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Sons of Liberty
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Benjamin Franklin
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French of support, Treaty of Paris
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King George III
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tight control
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Thomas Jefferson
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Declaraction of Independece of 1776
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Thomas Paine
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Common Sense in 1776
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George Washington
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1st President, Commander in Cheif of army
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Lexington & Concord
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1st battle of apr 1775, Paul Revere ("The British are Comming") British retreat
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Saratoga (NY)
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Sept-Oct 1777, held British and gained foregin support
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Yorktown
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Oct 1781, last major battle, French surrounded British in the Chesapeake Bay
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Treaty of Paris
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1783, ended the war, full independence, issue: British leave forts in the western front
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Articles of Confederation
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1776-1781, state sovereignty, weak national government, no standing army, no power, no tax, no counts, no executive branch
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War of 1812
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England tried to prevent the US from trading w/ other countries, British tried to encourage Native Americans to attack the US
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Monroe Doctrine
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Dec 1823 by President Monroe, Americas are closed to expainson
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Slavery in South
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slaves were used for cheap labor in argiculture, believed it must secede in order to keep their way of liffe, it was economic, social, & political
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Slavery in Northeast
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it slowly dissipated, no need in economy, abolitionism became huge topic
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Slavery in West
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was controversial in westward expansion, Bleeding Kanas in 1850's
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Missouri Compromise
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1820, All states that were south of Missouri were slave states, all above were free states
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