Chapter 7 Key Terms Flashcards
Aaron Burr
Dueled Alexander Hamilton, became political outcast
Cane ridge
- church in Kentucky
- evangelical ministers preside over the nation’s first “camp meeting” – an extraordinary revival that lasted several days and imprest all who saw it with its size and it’s fervor
Deism
Accept existence of God, but believe He is detached from the universe
-watchmaker view
Eli Whitney
Cotton gin
Handsome Lake
Seneca Prophet
- miraculous rebirth after alcoholism hope to give him a special stature within tribe
- inspired many Indians to give up gambling and whiskey
- called for revival of Indian ways
Hartford Convention
Dec. 15, 1814
- delegates from New England discuss grievances
- decide not to secede, demands rejected by central gov
Impressment
Forced service in military
John Marshall
- Chief Justice, federalist
- appointed by Adams
- Marbury v Madison
Marbury v Madison
Judicial review
Mercy Otis Warren
Playwright/agitator
-wrote “history of the revolution” (1805) emphasize heroism of American struggle
Neolin
Delaware prophet
-sparked widespread religious revival in Old Northwest
-combine Christian and Indian imagery
-personal God intimately involved in the affairs of man
Called for Indians to rise up in defense of their lands and denounced growth of trade with weight civilizations
Noah Webster
-Connecticut schoolmaster/lawyer
-American students should be educated as patriots, with nationalistic thoughts
-simplified/unified American spelling
“American spelling book”
Robert Fulton
Perfected steamboat &I brought to America
Second Great Awakening
Conservative theologians of 1790s fight the spread of religious rationalism, and to encourage establishments to revitalize their organizations
Tecumseh
Chief of Shawness tribe
Advocate uniting of Indian tribes
-militant
The Embargo
- prohibited American ships from leaving the US for any foreign port in the world
- v controversial & caused Econ depression
- hurts merchants & shipowners
The Prophet (Tenskwatawa)
Mystical awakening when recovering from alcoholism
-demonstrate power of religious leaders to mobilize Indians behind political and military objectives
Battle of Tippecanoe
November 7, 1811
- heavy losses for both whites and Indians
- disillusioned the Prophet’s followers, who believed his magic would protect them
Toussaint L’ouverture
Slave rebel leader in santo Domingo
William Henry Harrison
Advocate of growth and development in w lands
-passed law 1800 made it easier for white settlers to acquire farms on w frontier
Benjamin Rush
Advocate of new medicinal techniques (bleeding and purging)
Washington Irving
NY resident
-satirical stories of early American life and fables of society in new world
Freethinkers
Skeptical philosophers that provoke second great awakening
-victims of new religious fervor
the Turnpike Era
1792-?
-corporations start building turnpikes, too expensive so gov takes over
Samuel Chase
- Highly partisan federalist
- Supreme Court justice
- failure to impeach him showed that impeachment can’t be used as a political tool
Zebulon Pike
Explorer at the same time as Lewis and Clark
-account of western travels created enduring and inaccurate view of w US (uninhabited, uncultivated desert)
Chesapeake-Leonard incident
American commander James Barron refused to allow the British to search the Chesapeake (ship), the Leonard (British ship) opened fire
-Barron surrendered
Non-intercourse Act
Replace The Embargo
- reopened trade w everyone but Britain & France
- expired after one year
Macon’s Bill No. 2
Conditionally reopened free trade w Britain and France
-replaced non intercourse act
War Hawks
Want war
Put-in-bay
Port where an American military victory took place
Battle of New Orleans
January 1815
-British retreated
Treaty of Ghent
- British abandon call for Indian buffer state in NW
- 1814
- Americans give up demand for British renunciation of impressment and for Canada
Rush-Bagot Agreement
Mutual disarmament of Great Lakes
1817
