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APUSH Chapter 4-7 Flashcards

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Proclamation act of 1763

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  • Banned settlers from going beyond Appalachian mountains
  • Effected fur trade and territory of natives
  • economy lowered, colonists mad
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Results of French and Indian War

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  • Expanded New Land Territory and Britain War Debt
  • Hatred of colonists and British leaders of each other
  • London realized they should have more control over colonies
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Stamp Act

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  • Imposed tax on documents
  • Colonists refused to pay taxes and…
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Boston Tea Party

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Men went on East India Company ships and dumped out tea

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Common Sense

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  • Thomas Paine
  • Helped change American outlook on war
  • Blamed the king and English constitution in how corrupt, brutal, and unfit their rule was
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Intolerable Acts

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  • Quartering Act
  • Boston Port Act
  • Massachusetts Government Act
  • Administration of Justice Act
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First Continental Congress

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  • Stop trade with Britain and made “Continental Association”
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Second Continental Congress

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  • Established the Continental Army
  • coordinated the war,
  • issued Declaration of Independence,
  • signed Articles of Confederation,
  • issued paper money,
  • appointed ambassadors
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Saratoga

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  • Made France see America as a sovereign nation and supported them
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Quebec Act

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Gave Civil Government to Roman Catholics in Canada, gave them political rights, and recognized their legality

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Non-Importation Association

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Protest against Townshend Revenue Act and boycott English goods by Boston merchants and traders

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Virtual Representation

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British Parliament members virtually represented British colonists by speaking for all instead of the district they came from
Elected members represent the country, not individuals/region

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Stamp Act Congress

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Colonists who protested the Stamp Act, saying that the Parliament couldn’t tax them without their consent

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Declaratory Act

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Parliament could make laws restricting colonies “in all cases whatsoever”

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Sons of Liberty

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Protested against Stamp through the use of petitions, assemblies, and propaganda

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Daughters of Liberty

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Women in anti-British riots in 1760s said that rather than freedom, they would part with their tea

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John Locke and Theory of Government and Rights

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Government promotes public good and protects citizens life, liberty, and the right of property

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Lexington and Concord

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First battle of Revolution (shot heard around the world)

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French Aid

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Supplied Americans via navy and weapons

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Yorktown

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Cornwallis surrender on Oct. 17, 1781, leading to outcries in England to stop the war

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Treaty of Paris

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1783, Southern Canada to North of Florida and Atlantic to Mississippi

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Articles of Confederation

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  • Unicameral Congress (9/13 to pass a law)
  • 13 states to amend
  • Can’t raise/tax money and armies
  • No executive and judicial branches
  • Central government with one body (Congress
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Early State Constitutions

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  • Documents that established structure and governance of state governments
  • Didn’t address slavery (many allowed, but some states like Massachusetts’s addressed through emancipation clause)
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Shay’s Rebellion

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Daniel Shay with farmers demanded paper money, tax relief, and abolition of jail for debt
- Added urgency for new national constitution

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Role of Women in Society
Expected to be mothers and teach their kids of republican citizenry, leading to much respect from men
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Ordinance of 1785
Surveyed and sold land in Appalachian Mountains through "The Grid"
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Ordinance of 1787
Established northwest territory (north of Ohio river), having bans on slavery
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Virginia Plan
Strong National government with legislative branch, executive branch, judicial branch and a legislature divided to the Senate and the House of Representatives
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New Jersey Plan
One-house legislature with equal votes of states and an executive elected by national legislature
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Great Compromise
States represented in lower house, states in upper house were represented by two dudes
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3/5 Compromise
Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person when it comes to taxation and representation
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Electoral College
- Separated presidency and the mob - Congress and voters don't choose - States get an number of electoral votes based off population
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Judicial Branch Composition
- Supreme Court: Chief Justice, 4 Associate Judges, One Trial Court - Small Courts: associate judges
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Ratification of Constitution
1st: Delaware, 9th: New Hampshire, Last: Rhode Island
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Bill of Rights
- List of rights for citizens - Wanted to legitimize new government for Anti-federalists with no guaranteed rights
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Federalists (supported constitution)
Believed they had implied power
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Antifederalists
- Thought it violates principles of Revolution via system of tyranny - Wanted Bill of Rights
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Federalist Papers
- Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Counter arguments of Antifederalists to stop influence in states like new York
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Washington's Election
- Secretary of Treasury: Hamilton - Secretary of War: Henry Knox - Attorney General: Edmund Randolph - Secretary of State: Jefferson - Vice P.: john Adams
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Whiskey Rebellion
- Farmers not paying whiskey excise tax - Ended through intimidation of Washington's forces
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Washington's Farewell Address:
Warned about international conflicts and divided political factions
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Federalists
- Leader: Hamilton - Supported by elites/merchants - Economy: New England - Favored Strong Federal Government and Great Britain
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Democratic-Republicans
- Leader: Jefferson - Supported by planters - Economy: South/Southwest - Favored France and strength of individual states
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Hamilton 4 reports
- Establishment of national bank - Establishment of national currency, mint/coins - Establishment of national debt - Manufacturing high protective tarriff (rejected)
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XYZ Affair
3 French agents tried to bribe before negotiations between
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Quasi Affair
Undeclared naval war between US and France in the Caribbean Ocean
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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
States had the right to nullify Federal government laws
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Alien and Sedition Acts
- Alien Act: Made it harder for immigrants to become citizens by 5-14 years - Sedition Act: President could arrest anyone speaking out against government/war effort
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Sectional Differences in economy and politics
- North: Commerce - South: Agriculture
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Revolution of 1800
- Election of Thomas Jefferson, transition of power to a new faction
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Midnight Appointments
Adams appointed many Federal judges to the Federal courts to keep Federalist control of the government
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Early industrialization
- steamboats, cotton gin, flower mill, card machine
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Effects of Cotton Gin
- Eli Whitney - More demand on African slavery and cotton production in South
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Changes in transportation
- James Watt improved steam engine - Robert Fulton and Livingston made the Clermont, leading to more faster and more trade
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Republican motherhood
Moms raised enlightened and patriotic children through female academies
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Causes of War of 1812
- Impressment of American sailors - Napoleonic Wars - American ships couldn't trade with foreign countries - Western Expansion - Native American policy - Want Canada and Florida
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War of 1812 Effects
- Short term: Economic Depression - Long Term: Improvement and increase in productivity in England industries
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Non-Intercourse Act
Reopen trade with nations except France and Britain
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Macon's Bill #2 Results
- Reopens trade with Britain and France (removal of blockade and no more interference of American ships), but it was too late to prevent war
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Embargo Act
Prohibited American ships to leave America
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Chesapeake Affair
Leopard fired at American ship and took 4 men after refusal to be searched
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War Hawks
- Voters elected representatives who wanted war with Britain - Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Felix Grundy
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Hartford Convention
Federalists in New England wanting to separate from union after treaties were in place
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Louisiana Purchase
Deal with France and US for land west of Mississippi River
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Tecumseh and the Prophet
Both natives wanted to stop westward expansion - Prophet inspired religious revival, Tecumseh united tribes
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Marbury vs Madison
Allowed judicial branch to check legislative branch by giving it power to declare laws unconstitutional
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McCullough vs. Maryland
Federal government had the right/power to set up a national bank and states held no power to tax Federal government
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Gibbons vs. Ogden
Congress had the authority to regulate interstate commerce

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