american history 1 Flashcards by Aaryan Tomar

This event was described as “natural manure” to refresh the “tree of liberty” by the U་S Minister to France

Shays’ Rebellion

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Luke Day and Job Shattuck were pardoned for their role in this event

Shays’ Rebellion

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Participants in this event were inspired by the Regulator Movement

Shays’ Rebellion

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Benjamin Lincoln successfully defended the Springfield Armory

Shays’ Rebellion

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Participants stormed a Northampton County court

Shays’ Rebellion

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ended at Petersham

Shays’ Rebellion

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recently-elected governor James Bowdoin sent Benjamin Lincoln to suppress it.

Shays’ Rebellion

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The perpetrators of this event were targeted by the Disqualification Act, which forbade them from holding public office

Shays’ Rebellion

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William Shepard defended the Springfield Armory during this uprising

Shays’ Rebellion

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John Hancock was reelected governor in its aftermath

Shays’ Rebellion

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1787 uprising of veteran debtors led by a namesake farmer in Massachusetts

Shays’ Rebellion

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John Paterson commanded a militia unit during this event

Shays’ Rebellion

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leader of this event given a sword by Lafayette

Shays’ Rebellion

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John Bly and Charles Rose were the only two men hanged for their role in this event

Shays’ Rebellion

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This conflict began in opposition to the corrupt governor William Tryon

Regulator War

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led by Herman Husband

Regulator War

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This event was crushed at the Battle of Alamance

Regulator War

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1765 to 1771 conflict led by farmers in North Carolina

Regulator War

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suggested that “all men would be tyrants if they could”

Abigail Adams

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This person once asked, “When will mankind be convinced that true religion is from the heart?”

Abigail Adams

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amesake cairn commemorates where this person and her son watched the burning of Charlestown

Abigail Adams

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This person expanded the Peacefield house

Abigail Adams

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One response to a request made by this person was that it’d create a “despotism of the petticoat”

Abigail Adams

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argues for the recognition certain group, or else it would be “determined to foment a Rebellion”

Abigail Adams

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patriotic ideal of the Revolutionary era, according to which the role of women is to instill the namesake patriotic values in their children

republican motherhood

As part of this movement, colonial women produced American-made clothes that could be worn by women and men in opposition to British-made goods

homespun movement

Patriot and Loyalist militias in South Carolina during the Southern Campaign of the Revolution

Battle of Kings Mountain

Patriot militia defeated the Loyalist militia commanded by British Major Patrick Ferguson

Battle of Kings Mountain

"the largest and most hotly contested action" in the American Revolution's southern theater, took place in North Carolina

Battle of Guilford Courthouse

A speech said that this event’s instigators were a “motley rabble of saucy boys”

Boston Massacre

known to one side as the “Incident on King Street”

Boston Massacre

The engraving The Fruits of Arbitrary Power by Henry Pelham depicts this event

Boston Massacre

Right before this event, Ebenezer Richardson shot a twelve-year-old named Christopher Seider

Boston Massacre

Richard Palmes hit Hugh Montgomery on the arm

Boston Massacre

Paul Revere made an engraving of this event

Boston Massacre

This event was ultimately prompted by Edward Garrick demanding money from John Goldfinch

Boston Massacre

Henry Knox demanded a certain side hold their fire

Boston Massacre

This event saw the deaths of Samuel Gray and James Caldwell

Boston Massacre

Hugh Montgomery and Matthew Kilroy were the only participants found guilty after this event

Boston Massacre

1770 event occurring in response to the Townshend Acts

Boston Massacre

defense including Josiah Quincy

Boston Massacre

Casualties of this incident include Samuel Maverick and Patrick Carr

Boston Massacre

Private Hugh White was on guard during the beginning of this event

Boston Massacre

A speech given in response to this event noted, “Facts are stubborn things”

Boston Massacre

prosecution related to this event led by Robert Treat Paine

Boston Massacre

This person was the governor of Massachusetts during the Boston Massacre

Thomas Hutchinson

became unpopular due to Letters Affair

Thomas Hutchinson

ordered the removal of British occupational troops from Boston to Castle William after Boston Massacre

Thomas Hutchinson

Preston’s soldiers were tried in these non-‘common law’ courts where judges were Crown-appointed

vice-admiralty

The Stamp Act forced criminals to be tried in these courts, which assumed defendants guilty, not innocent

vice-admiralty

This man was British Prime Minister during the Boston Massacre

Lord North

This man succeeded the Duke of Grafton

Lord North

This man passed the Intolerable Acts after the Boston Tea Party

Lord North

King James I wrote a "Counterblaste" to this crop

tobacco

hogsheads of this commodity destroyed in namesake war during American Revolution

tobacco

John Rolfe brought this crop in the Third Supply

tobacco

Thomas Jefferson likened debate over this legislation to a “fire bell ringing in the night"

Missouri Compromise

One part of this legislation was the Tallmadge Amendment

Missouri Compromise

proposed amendment that would admit Missouri as a free state

Tallmadge Amendment

repealed after Dred Scott v Sanford

Missouri Compromise

this law would have freed all slaves at the age of twenty-five

Tallmadge Amendment

One cause of this event was the publication of a letter by Charles Cooper

Hamilton-Burr duel

founded fake Manhattan Company to supply water to New York, but it was actually a bank

Aaron Burr

defeated Philip Schuyler in a Senate race

Aaron Burr

turned Tammany Hall into a political machine

Aaron Burr

third vice president

Aaron Burr

Charles James Fox exposed this man

Aaron Burr

held correspondence with British diplomat Anthony Merry

Aaron Burr

exposed by James Wilkinson in a plot

Aaron Burr

Ex Parte Bollman court case was used in this man's treason trial

Aaron Burr

case that determined mere conspiracy to levy war is not treason

Ex Parte Bollman

letter from Charles D. Cooper described this man as a “dangerous man who ought not to be trusted”

Aaron Burr

John Barker Church accused this man of receiving bribes from the Holland Company

Aaron Burr

presided over first impeachment trial of a supreme court justice

Aaron Burr, Samuel Chase

wrote "Observations Concerning the Increase of Manking"

Benjamin Franklin

drew up plan adopted at Albany Congress

Benjamin Franklin

married Deborah Reade

Benjamin Franklin

Old Court-New Court controversy took place in this state

Kentucky

Jereboam O. Beauchamp killed Solomon P. Sharp in this state

Kentucky

Revival of 1800, or Red River Revival, led by James McGready in this state

Kentucky

home state of Henry Clay

Kentucky

subject of "The Best Land Under Heaven" by Michael Wallis

Donner Party

Mrs. Murphy one member of this group

Donner Party

used Hastings Cutoff

Donner Party

James Reed killed John Snyder during this

Donner Party

crossed Wasatch Range

Donner Party

namesake renamed Truckee Late

Donner Party

financially backed by Patrick Breen

Donner Party

"Forlorn Hope" part of this

Donner Party

Modoc War in this state

California

Eadweard Muybridge documented this conflict

Modoc War

also known as Lava Beds War

Modoc War

one commander said "we've killed enough of you, now go home"

included Battle of Dry Lake

first shot fired by Scarface Charley at Battle of Lost River

Modoc War

Reverand Eleazer Thomas and Edward Canby killed in this conflict

Modoc War

included fighting at Captain Jack's stronghold

one side led by Kintupuash

Modoc War

started when one side left the Klamath Reservation

Modoc War

one side took position around Tule Lake

Modoc War

Wintu people targeted by Bride Gulch Masacre in this state

California

massacre of Wintu people in California

Bridge Gulch Massacre

Native American Nisenan based in this state

California

"New Switzerland" colony operated in this state

California, operated by John Sutter