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30 Cards in this Set
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December 1773, Boston Colonists dressed up as indians and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to rebel against the tea act and firmer controls on tarifs.
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Boston Tea Party (December 1773)
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Taxes that were imposed on the import of refined sugar and molasses. The tax was reduced when the Stamp Act was enacted.
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The Sugar Act
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Tax imposed on legal documents, newspapers, certificates, etc. Repealed in 1766.
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The Stamp Act (1765)
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A farmer who,with a group of 1,200 other farmers, rebeled by blocking off the courts so that they would not take their properties and put them in debtors' prison for failing to pay their debts (taxes)
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Shay's Rebellion (1786)
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Congress appointed a committee to begin devising a framework for national government.
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The Articles of Confederation (1776)
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Known as the 7 Years' War. France tried to gain control of the Ohio Valley and western Pennsylvania.
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The French and Indian War (1748)
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The British King drew an imaginary line along the Appalachian Mountains. Settlers were forbidden to go beyond this line, and governors were forbidden to survey or issue land grants.
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Proclamation of 1763
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England believed that the colonies existed to serve the "mother country." Colonist were only allowed to export raw materials to England, and only import English goods.
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Mercantilism
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John Locke believed that society should be governed by a _______________ ______________. It defined the rights and obligations of both the ruler and the people. authority from the government derived from the approval of the people.
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Social Contract
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It guarantees that no part of the government becomes too powerful
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Checks & Balances
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To disaprove (reject) a bill
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Veto
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The US Supreme court decision ruled that slaves could not sue for freedom, and that congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories, on the grounds that such prohibition would violate the 5th Amendment rights of slaveholders.
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The Dred Scott Decision
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To approve legislation (a bill)
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Ratification
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Favored a strong central government (goverment controlled the people)
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Federalist
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Opposed the Constitution as a limitation on individual and states' rights, which led to the addition of the Bill of Rights to the document.
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Anti-Federalist
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Who argued that there was 1) no Bill of rights; 2) federal Government has too much power? Federalists or Anti-Federalists?
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Anti-Federalist
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Who argued that the government should have separation of powers to protect the rights of people? Federalists or Anti-Federalists?
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Federalists.
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What kinds of people supported the ratification of the Constitution and who did not?
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Federalists spported the ratification, they believed in a Centralized Government and dividing the government into separation of power. Anti-Federalists disapproved of the ratification because it gave too much power to the government and there were no bill of rights.
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What is the purpose of government?
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To represent the people, their best interests and protect their rights. They do this by enacting laws.
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How is the Articles of Confederation a reaction to the British system of government?
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The government has the power to enact the laws but not without the consent of the people.
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What did the Anti-Federalists Fear about the Constitution?
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They feared that government has too much power and that there were no bill of rights.
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Did the constitution represent the interests of all Americans?
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No. Women, slaves, and non-property owners could not vote. It wasn't until the Bill of rights that all men and women could vote. Native Americans and slaves still did not have rights for some time after the Bill of Rights.
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The Election that set the stage of the Cival War, that Lincoln won
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Election of 1860
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Allowing new territories in the Northwest to decide if they want to own slaves or not, causing slaves to be very upset because it is new teritory and they were hoping to seek freedom in the new territories.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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African Americans who are sold to Citizens who force them to do labor
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Slavery
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The war between the states from 1861-1865
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The Cival War
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The supreme law of the United States
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The Constitution
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This rebel led to the need to change the Articles of Confederation. America was growing and changing and new laws needed to be created to meet those changes.
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Shay's Rebellion led to the continental congress meeting to create the Constitution.
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An act that was created to resolve the slave-state/free-state imbalance. Maine was admitted as a free state and Missouri was admitted (March 20, 1820) as a slave state. Slavery was prohibited in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory.
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Missouri Compromise (1820)
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This led to the Cherokees' being forced to march westward to Indian lands (now Oklahoma). More than 14,000 marched and 4,000 died on the way.
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Trail of Tears (1838-39)
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