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Bacons Rebellion |
1676 · Indentured servants attacked Indians/ got mad bc they didn’t get whatthey were promised at the end of their indenture · Caused increase in slavery because it demonstrated that slavery wasbetter because indentured servants were more trouble than they were worth |
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Diaz-->whered he go-->where was he from-->date |
1487 from Portugal Rounds southern tip of Africa |
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Columbus ->whered he go-->where was he from-->date |
1492 from Spain First to explore western hemisphere |
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de Gama |
1497 from Portugal sea route to India via sailing around Africa |
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Cabot |
1497 England explores Newfoundland & Nova Scotia |
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Vespucci |
1499 from Spain explores coast of south america |
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Cabral |
1500 from Portugal Portugal's claim on Brazil |
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Cortes |
1519 from Spain conquest of Aztecs |
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Magellan |
1519 from Spain circumnavigates the world |
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Pizarro |
1531 from Spain conquest of Peru (the incas) |
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Jamestown |
1607 founded by Virginia Companyfirst permanent english colony big on public punishment |
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Plymouth |
1620 Founded by pilgrims Mayflower compact Protestants(Predestined fate to heaven/hell) --> "Lowchurch” V intolerant |
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Massachusetts Bay |
1630 founded by Mass Bay Co puritans CITY ON A HILL families, kids, church=center of town --> Ann Hutchinson & Williams (pay indians for land, separate church and state) thought they were being hypocritical --> Toldpuritans they believed in “doctrine ofworks”-->do works/acts in life thatdetermined fate, but puritans also claimed to have a predestined fate-->exiled |
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Ann HutchinsonMaryland |
1634 founded by lord baltimore catholics |
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rhode island |
1636 roger williams religious toleration |
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connecticut |
1636 thomas hooker fundamental orders of connecticut |
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new york |
1664
founded by Duke of York under dutch control as new amsterdam from 1621-64 |
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Pennsylvania |
1681 founded by William Penn Quakers! |
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Georgia |
1732 founded by Oglethorpe buffer against Spanish Florida |
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Ann Hutchinson |
Mass Bay c. 1630 thought puritans were being hypocritical bc of doctrine of works |
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Halfway covenant |
1662- Churchmembership declined --> offered half a$$ way to join church Puritanism declinedfairly quickly (mass bay) |
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French and Indian War |
seven years war 1754–1763· BRITAIN v. French & Ind french & indians = allied Switch fromFrench land to British · Indiansbecome dependent upon British empire Indians loseability to play European powers against each other :/ |
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Antinomianism |
puritan beliefs that stressed god's gift of salvation and minimized what an individual could do to gain salvation anne hutch!! |
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First Great Awakening |
1730s & 1740s George Whitefield Jonathan Edwards religious pluralism all Protestant denominations were legitamate do ya thang! |
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great migration |
1630-1642 helllla ppl came to New england & puritans esp. (in mass bay) |
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joint-stock company |
these companies funded overseas expeditions, ex = Jamestown, New Amsterdam
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who funded New Amsterdam |
Dutch West India Company |
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Mercantilism |
economic policy that help that the strength of a nation=based on amount of silver and gold it had trade generates wealth COLONIES EXIST FOR MOTHER COUNTRY |
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middle passage |
sea route for slaves from west coast of africa to western hemisphere |
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puritans (word origin) |
wanted to purify church of england |
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triangular trade |
new england shipped rum to west coast of africa for slaves which were sent to west indies for molasses that was sold in new England |
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name 3 reasons for the start of the american reovlution |
1. british empire racking up war debts --> increased taxes on colonies 2. western land issues (pontiac's rebellion, proclamation line) 3. exercising greater control in colonies |
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pontiac's rebellion |
1763 (prophet=neolin)(newabout this revolution: all Native Americans should unite VS colonies,pan-Indian identity) forces British to draw line |
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proclamation line |
1763 banned all settlement past Appalachian Mountains |
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example of british tryna exercise greater control in colonies |
townshend acts sugar/stamp/currecy acts quartering act |
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Sugar Act |
1764 stricter enforcement on trade regulations |
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currency act |
1764 colonies prohibited from issuing paper money |
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stamp act & colonial reaction |
1765 tax on printed materials/documents reaction=virginia resolves, stamp act congress, sons of liberty |
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quartering act |
1765 colonies had to provide houses for british troops |
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townshend acts & reaction |
1767
external taxes on colonial imports reaction=non-importation agreements, Letters of a Farmer in Penn. |
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tea act & reaction |
1773 monopoly for east india company for tea sold in colonies reaction=boston tea party |
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coercive acts/intolerable acts & reaction |
1774 british response to boston tea party Gave additional power to British appointed leaders in thecoloniesIncreased military presence in Boston Gave military officers right to forcibly quarter theirsoldiers in citizen’s housesColonies view this as excessive act of aggression convinced america 2 BE FREE |
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Quebec Act |
· Response to Boston tea party · Expanded Quebec’s border into Ohio River Valley· Grants toleration of Catholicismànotpopular because of fear/bigotry with Catholicism |
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Continental Congress |
· Response to intolerable acts · 1774, Philly· Key colonial leaders met· Preparing for war · Approved “Suffolk Resolves” (withhold taxes, prepare forwar)o boycott of British goods |
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“Suffolk Resolves” |
(withhold taxes, prepare for war) boycott of British goods |
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Committees of Safety |
· Against ethics of liberty· Crucial for revolution to have non-elites · Enforce boycott, act on the ground · Power of local committee, not official appointed government· Broader political participation allowed (non elites) time of american rev. |
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Second Continental Congress |
· First CC promised that their colonial demands weren’t met,they’d meet againàso theydid· 1775 · During times where British soldiers were fightingMassachusetts colonists· Decided to create American army · Printed money so that they could pay for it· Appoints George Washington as leader · Still not yetdeclaring independence |
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SouthCarolina Regulators |
· Wealthywestern farmers who want better representation · Regulateland titles· Want moregovernment on the periphery to establish law and order |
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NorthCarolina Regulators |
· Smallfarmers· Much moreradical· Refuse topay taxes, kidnap local officials, disrupt court proceedings · Saw colonialgovernment as corrupt, benefitting wealthy so they also want a much morerepresentational government that benefitting them more · 8,000farmers · Suppressedby militia in 1771 · Worrisome toelite |
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revolution v. war for independence |
Revolution:· Social/politicalhierarchy that gets overthrown/flipped upside-down Warof Independence: · Leave socialpyramid intact except for British elite/tip top of pyramid |
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boston massacre |
1770 Britishsoldiers were stationed in Boston to make sure ships didn’t violate traderegulations. Snowball fight (Bostonians vs. soldiers-àarmed confrontation) kills 5 Bostonians. Judge took the sideof the soldiers because he was an elitist. Defended by John Adams who isconcerned with the unruly lower class. Paul Revere produces propaganda pieceportraying it as cold-blooded massacre, which shifts public perception ofBritish. |
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concord & lexington |
· Two battles//towns that marked major physical violence of American Revolution· April 19 1775· British had wanted to take weapons from Americans who werefighting · e· Trying to seize weapons · Push for independence not like sgooo |
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Continental Association |
1774 · Authorized by CC· Call for total boycott, become economically independent· Largely enforced (except for NY) |
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olive branch petition |
1775 adopted by the Second Continental Congress |
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bunker hill |
1775 ?? |
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treaty f alliance |
1778 The Treaty of Alliance with France: Franco-AmericanTreaty, was the defensive alliance between France and the United States of America, formed in the midst of the American Revolutionary War, which promised military support in case of attack by British forces indefinitely into the future. |
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treaty of paris |
1783 ended the American Revolutionary War. |
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land ordinance of 1785 |
· Regulated land sales in the region north of the Ohio River,which came to be known as the Old Northwest.· Land would be sold at $1/acre in 640-acre lots.-->but noone person had $640 just to spend· Land gets bought up by land companies & speculatorsàthen sold off in smaller parts · Essentially government giving people (land companies, etc)help who didn’t necessarily need it even though it makes land more accessibleeventually |
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northwest ordinance |
1787 · Calls for3-5 new states · Slavery isbanned in these states, but people bring slaves over and pretend it wasvoluntary · Had to haveconsent from Native Americans to take their land/purchase it |
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Shay’s rebellion |
· 1786 Takes placein Massachusetts· Debt- riddenfarmers who don’t want their land taken away because they haven’t paid theirdebts · Eventually stopped by the state militia |
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loyalist |
those who stayed loyal to britain in american revolution |
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natural rights |
enlightenment=yaas natural rights governemnt shouldnt be able to violate jefferson |
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virtual representation |
americans didnt feel represented in parliament, britain argued that they were because members of parliament represented all engishmen in the empire |
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whig ideology |
idea that concentrated power leads to corruption |
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how did constitution set up government |
legislative (congress) executive (VP and P) judicial branch (supreme court) |
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Pro-Federalists |
· Rural areasclosely tied to commercial marketplaces · Urbanartisans, laborers, sailors all seek strongereconomy through strong federal state · Substantialproperty holders More organized, coherent, agree on the samethings hamilton's economic plan (pro national debt) |
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Anti Federalists |
· State levelpoliticians fearing loss of prestige · Sam Adams,John Hancock, Patrick Henry· Opponents/proponentsof slavery who either feared the constitution protected slavery too much or toolittle · Those whofeared merchant/creditor domination · Small farmersin rural areas · Democraticgovernment works best on a small/local scale· Nationalgovernment would be inherently less representative · Lacked Billof Rights · Small,backwoods farmers Conflicting viewsLoosely organized |
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virginia plan |
was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. madison 1787 |
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3/5 compromise |
1787 how to count slaves?! (south=yes count them so theyd get more representation, north=no) blacks=3/5 person's representation |
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federalist papers |
85 articles 1788 Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution. |
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bill of rights |
first 10 amendments freedom of speech, press, religionthe right to bear arms, and protection againstunjust criminal procedures presentedto congress by Madison and ratified by the states in 1791. concrete version of unalienable rights |
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bank of the united states |
The Bank of the United States was a part ofHamilton’s 5 point economic plan for the country and was modeled after the Bankof England. It was a private corporation, not a branch of government, whichwould hold public fund, issue currency, and make loans to the government whennecessary, as well as giving some profit to its stockholders 1791 |
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whiskey rebellion |
The Whiskey Rebellion took place in 1794 and reinforced theFederalist’s ideas that democracy and freedom shouldn’t be kept in the hands ofordinary citizens. The Whiskey Rebellion was when backcountry Pennsylvaniafarmers sought to block collection of the next tax on distilled spirits. |
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jay's treaty |
Jay’s Treaty: Jay’s Treaty was created by John Jay, chiefjustice at the time, and was created after the British seized hundreds ofAmerican ships trading with the French West Indies and kidnapped soldiers toserve in their navy (impressment). Jay’s Treaty was negotiated in 1794 andresulted in Britain agreeing to abandon outposts on the western frontier (whichit was supposed to do in 1783). The United States agreed to favor treatment toBritish imported goods, which cancelled the American-French alliance andrecognized British naval and economic supremacy. The effect that Jay’s Treaty had is that itoutlined political divisions in the US and led directly to the formation of anorganized opposition party. |
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XYZ affair |
1797, when the United States had claimed the right to tradenonmilitary goods with both Britain and France, but both countries seizedAmerican ships with impunity. In 1797 American diplomats went to Paris tonegotiate a treaty, but the French officials demanded bribes beforenegotiations took place. This ruined the former alliance, yet peace wasnegotiated in 1800. The ‘XYZ’ aspect refers to how Adams substituted theletters for French diplomats’ names. |
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alien and sedition acts |
1798 Adams administration caused by the federalists wanting to silence their critics withinpamphlets and literary works. There was a Naturalization Act that extended therequirement for immigrants who wanted to become American citizens. The Alienact allowed the deportation of persons from abroad deemed dangerous by federalauthorities and the Sedition Act, set to expire in 1801, authorized theprosecution of any public assembly/publication that was critical of thegovernment. |
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kentucky & virginia resolutions |
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions took place whenMadison and Jefferson drafted up resolutions that opposed the Sedition Act,which they believed was unconstitutional. Virginia and Kentucky both adoptedthese resolutions, which called on the courts to defend the constitutionalrights set forth before. |
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election of 1800 |
outcome in part due to 3/5 John Adams v. Jefferson Adams would have won if slaves hadnt been counted |