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1
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1st state to ratify the constitution

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Delaware

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2
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XYZ affair

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Worsened relations between France and US

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3
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Monroe Doctrine

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Americas off limits to European expansion

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4
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Dorothea dix

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Prison and mental institution reform

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5
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Migration to North America

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Native Americans migrated to the Americas from Asia by walking across beringiq (Bering strait)

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6
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Diversity of native Americans

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Tribes differed because of location, climate, and available resources

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7
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Significance of Vikings

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Vikings were the first European people to travel to the americas (as far as we know)

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Colombian exchange

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  • the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between the old world (Asia, Europe) and the new world (Americas)
  • affected every society on earth, new diseases caused death-new crops were grown all over the world
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Significance of Jamestown

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  • Jamestown was the first permanent British settlement in the Americas
  • founded to make $$$
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Why did the pilgrims and puritans come to the Americas?

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Religious freedom

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Who fought in the French and Indian war?

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  • French vs. British
  • Native Americans fought on both sides
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No taxation without representation

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  • Colonists were against taxation because of principle
  • Colonists had no representation in Parliament, so they felt Parliament had no right to tax them (taxed without their consent)
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Thomas Jefferson and the American Revolution

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Thomas Jefferson’s greatest contribution to the American Revolution was writing the Declaration of Independence

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Battle of Saratoga

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  • turning point battle of the revolutionary war
  • colonists won and signed formal alliance with France
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Battle of Yorktown

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  • the last battle of the revolutionary war
  • the colonists won the battle, ending British hopes of winning the war
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Articles of confederation

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  • the first constitution of the United States
  • created after the Declaration of Independence was signed
17
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Biggest weakness of articles

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  • central government had no power to tax
  • America had no money, no respect and no power
18
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Father of the Constitution

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  • James Madison
    Constitutional convention held in secret … Madison kept records in a diary
    Did not want interference from the public
19
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Big vs small states

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  • the biggest feud at the constitutional convention was between big states and small states
  • big states wanted to be represented based on population
  • small states wanted representation to be equal for every state
20
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3/5 compromise

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Established slaves as 3/5 of a person for population and representation purposes

21
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Checks and balances

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  • power that one branch has over another
  • created so that one branch of government does not gain too much power
22
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Why a bill of rights?

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The constitution had nothing protecting the rights of individual Americans

23
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Judicial review

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The supreme courts ability to declare a law unconstitutional

24
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Precedents of Washington’s presidency

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  • set behavioral examples for future presidents
  • severed only 2 terms
25
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Alien and sedition acts

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  • law that restricted freedom of speech and the press
  • passed after the XYZ affair
26
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Louisiana purchase

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  • land purchase from France that doubled the size of the U.S for a cheap price
27
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Lewis and Clark expedition

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  • a journey to explore the newly acquired Louisiana territory
  • Lewis and Clark collected plant and animal specimens and sent them back to president Jefferson
28
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Who fought the war of 1812?

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U.S. vs. Britain

29
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Main issues that caused the war of 1812

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  • impressment of American sailors
  • British inciting Indians on the frontier
  • British forts in American territory
30
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Missouri compromise

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  • eased tensions between free / slave states
  • made Missouri a slave state and established a free / slave line located at the bottom border of Missouri (36 30’)
31
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Political importance of Andrew Jackson

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  • Andrew Jackson spread democracy to the common, white man and got more people involved in politics
32
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Spoils system

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  • the belief that an elected official should give government jobs to their friends / supporters

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