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Albany Congress 1754
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Representatives from 7 colonies met together in Albany, NY to discuss relations with Indians
Articles of Confederation started to be written |
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Alien & Sedition Acts 1798
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4 Bills passed by the Federalists: new obstacles to becoming a US citizen, and government can prosecute anyone in "sedition" against the government
Very controversy, low blow to french |
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American Anti-Slavery Society
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Abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison
Sparked more abolitionists around the country and slavery ended |
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American Colonization Society
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Proposed to send blacks back to Africa where they could be more free
Not many were sent but it was an abolitionist step. |
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American System
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Mercantilist economic plan based on the ideas of Alexander Hamilton
Designed to allow US to grow and prosper |
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Articles of Confederation
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First Constitution of the United States
Legally established the union of the states and kept them together until the Constitution |
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Bank of the US
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Bank chartered by the US Congress
Handled the financial needs of the Central Government |
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Bill of Rights
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A list of individual rights that is considered essential by the nation.
Protects individuals from infringement from the government |
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Boston Massacre 1770
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Between British Soldiers and US Citizens- 5 deaths of Citizens.
Marked tensions that led to the beginning of the Revolutionary War |
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California Gold Rush
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Gold was discovered in California and 300,000 people went there to find it
California was established as a full state. |
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De Witt Clinton
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Served in the US Senate and as the Governor of New York
Largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal |
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Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) 1774
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5 laws passed by the British Parliament with hopes that they would reverse the trend of colonial resistance to the Parliament
Sparked outrage and resistance and led to the American Revolution |
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"Common Sense"
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Pamphlet that presented a powerful argument for independence written by Thomas Paine
Sparked nationality in USA |
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Continental Congress
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Made up of delegates from 13 colonies that governed the US during the American Revolution
First Congress of USA |
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Cotton Gin
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A machine that quickly and easily separates the cotton fibers from the seed
Made cotton the "money crop" in the South |
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Dartmouth College v. Woodward
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Republicans tried to change charter to a state university from a private school
Corporation charters were contracts and thus inviolable, so more restrictions on state government over corporations |
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Declaration of Independence
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Written by Thomas Jefferson to announce that the 13 colonies were now the United States of America
Colonies officially declared their independence from Britain |
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Dred Scott v. Sandford
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Slaves were property and Congress couldn't deprive people of property
Southerners: Happy, Northerners: Pissed, Republicans: Think they are gonna overturn it when they get office |
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Erie Canal
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Artificial waterway in New York that runs from the Hudson to Lake Erie
Transporting goods was a lot quicker and easier |
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"The Federalist" (Newspaper)
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Federalist Papers that supported the ratification of the US Constitution
Showed that not everyone was happy with the government and that tensions would continue to grow. |
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Federalist Party
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Political party formed by Hamilton that wanted a sound and strong nationalistic government
Political "teams" began to form |
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Fletcher v. Peck
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A land grant could not be repealed even if corruption was involved
First supreme court case to declare a state law unconstitutional |
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French & Indian War
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Fought in North America between France and Great Britain
France's colonial presence north of the Caribbean was reduced to 2 tiny islands, meaning Britain was the dominant world power in North America |
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Fugitive Slave Act 1850
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Laws passed by the congress to return slaves to their owners if found in freed states
Much harder for slaves to run away now |
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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Supreme Court case with the ferry and then another one for cheaper
Federal government over the states in regulating the economy |
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Great Awakening
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A period of rapid and dramatic religious revival
Made religion a huge factor in politics |
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Louisiana Purchase
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US paid French a total of $15 million for 828,800 square miles of territory
Bought at least part of 14 current US states |
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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Supreme Court Case- Could Congress charter a bank? Could states ban or tax it?
Can't tax it because you could "tax it to death" |
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Manifest Destiny
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Term used to say that the US was destined to expand across America, Atlantic to Pacific
Led to the actual expansion and now it is from coast to coast |
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Marbury v. Madison
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James Madison and William Marbury and the court ruled that it had no authority over Madison to make him deliver the commision to Marbury
The court gave itself the power to nullify an act of Congress just by having the power to deliver a commission |
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Missouri Compromise 1820
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Agreement between Pro and Anti Slavery factions in congress involving the regulation of slavery in Western States
36 30 line |
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Monroe Doctrine
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Policy that if any other European Governments attempted to colonize land or interfere with the states, the US would intervene
Defining moment in the foreign policy of the United States |
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Nullification
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Any state has the right to invalidate a law that seems unconstitutional
States are the ultimate interpreters of the extent of the national government's power |
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Proclamation Line 1763
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Issued by King George III to establish that colonists couldn't settle beyond the mountains
Kept everyone crammed in at the eastern edge of the country |
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Shays' Rebellion
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Daniel Shays led rebels in an armed uprising in Massachusetts because they didn't agree with being penalized for debt
Massachusetts offered some tax relief and a postponement of debt payments and added urgency to produce a new constitution Produced fears that revolution's democratic impulse had gotten out of hand |
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Slave Trade
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The trading of blacks to the colonies New World near the Atlantic Ocean
This is how so many slaves came into America and slavery began |
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Stamp Act 1765
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A tax (mainly on printed items) imposed by the British Parliament on the colonies of America
Pissed off Americans and led to the American Revolution |
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Tariff of Abominations 1828
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Protective tariff passed by congress to protect industry in the North
Made Southern antebellum economy bad |
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Tea Act 1773
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An act of the British Parliament to expand the British monopoly on tea trade in all of the colonies
Led to the Boston Tea Party |
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War Hawks
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Members of the House of Representatives that publicly wanted to wage war against the British for the War of 1812
Pushed for the beginning of the War of 1812 |
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Whiskey Rebellion 1794
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Citizens were infuriated about the tax on whiskey so they rebelled
Shows Americans didn't want to be used to make up national debt and they still had a say in things |
