colonial Characteristics Flashcards
new england , middle , southern colonical differnces ?
new england- Purtains,Public education
Middle- Quackers, enthically diverse
southern- Plantations,salves,tobacco
Represetatives ( virgina House of burguress ) ?
The first legislature anywhere in the English colonies in America was in Virginia.
limited ( magna carta )
was the first document forced onto a King of England
self- salutary Neglect ?
sovereign colonies self-control.
federalism
the federal principle or system of government. divied National & state governemtns
manifest destiny ( Rail Roads ?
called GOD to move WEST . railroads ( town & markets .
Monroe Doctrine
Any attempts by eurpean nations to colonize land or interfere with hemisphere would view as acts of aggression.
Amercian Rev. Decleration of indepence
fundamateal document . thomas jefferson
taxation without representaion ?
seperate from England because they were not getting any say in partliament
acts… purpose/ why ( Navigation act ) ?
1st Act of RESTRICT TRADE in colonies. which led to stamp act , townshed act, boston tea party , and intolerable act.
Articles of confederation stregths and weaknesses ?
( WEAKE GOV = Not enough power to given to the governement to effectively lead. replaced with consitution) .
ACCOMPLISHMENT
Government signed a treaty of alliance with France in 1778.
Government successfully waged a war for independence against the British.
Government negotiated an end to the American Revolution in the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1783.
Government granted the free inhabitants of each state “all the privileges and immunities of free citizens in the
several states.”
Government passed the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which allowed the Northwest Territories to organize their
own governments.
WEAKNESS
Congress had no power to coin money, therefore each state developed its own currency.
Congress was unable to regulate interstate and foreign commerce; some states refused to pay for goods they purchased from abroad.
Congress was unable to impose taxes; it could only borrow money on credit.
No executive branch was established to enforce laws.
Amendments could be added only with the approval
of all 13 states.
Approval of 9 of 13 states was required to pass a
law in Congress.
- one vote
battle of yorktown
War.
Battle: YORKTOWN
War: American Revolutionary War
Date: 28th September to 19th October 1781
Place: Virginia, United States of America
Combatants: Americans and French against the British
Progressive reformers vs. robber barons ( t-chart)
progressive reformers - to restore ecoomic opp. , and to correct injustices in american life.
RObber barons- MONOPLOLIES CREATED
social Darwinism
life and business was a battle for the “Survival of the fittest”,
Reconstruction
the action or process of reconstructing or being reconstructed.
poll taxes/ leteracy test ?
poll tax = TO RESTRICT BLACKS RIGHTS TO VOTING AFTER RECONSTRUCTION ENDED . - A tax levied
lieracry test = to pass test = the right to vote
jim crow laws
The Jim Crow laws were racial segregation laws
soild south
Democratic Party.
pressy vs. ferguson
Court case segregation in public and private institutions such as schools, public transportation, restrooms, and restaurants BUT EQUAL .
Nativism = immgration
fear or mistrust immgrants . started in response to immgration.
Quotas
a limited number of immgrants
KKK
group of people who used intimindation and fear as tatics against Blacks , jews , catholics and immgrants.
Red Scare
This “scare” was caused by fears of subversion by communists in the United States after the Russian Revolution.
japanese
bomb put naval base in peral harbor . intermpment camps
