Final Flashcards
When was the Pennsylvania gradual emancipation Act signed?
1780
Que sont les Pine Barrer Acts?
1782-1784
South Carolina
You can pay a debt back with any land, even if it is poor or infertile (law to help out people)
When and what is Shays’ Rebellion?
1786-87, New England
Government raises taxes to pay back rich creditors, farmers rebel and demand more equality
Composition des Framers
55 39 signent 20 avocats 20 slaveowners Élite «continentale», connus dans 13 états, cosmopolites
When was the “Grand Convention” (Constitution)
May-September 1787
What arguments are there about the Constitution, despite general agreement?
- Membership of congress: states of population?
2. *
What clause of the Constitution impairs states’ rights?
The contract clause, Art I section 10:
- No state shall enter in alliance with another
- States can’t emit bills of credit
- Can’t pass laws imparing the obligation of contracts
How do the framers address the issue of fugitive slaves?
Art. IV, section 2
Allow slaveowners to recapture them in free states
Name 5 big names who signed the Constitution?
Washington, Franklin, Adams, Hamilton, Wilson
When was Washington inaugurated?
1789
What percentage of town population were villagers?
5-10%
but very influent!
How many turnpikes roads are built in NE between 1790 and 1820?
about 100
What was the name of the Enos Hitchcock novel published in 1793 and that promotes open-mindedness and ambition for countryside children?
The Farmer’s Friend
What institutions do reformers build to “excite youthful ambition” in town people?
Academies
How do academies promote competition among students?
Ranking and exhibitions in villages, where schools give prizes to successful students.
(no corpoal punishment)
When was the Bill of Rights promulgated?
1791
How does the new French Republic threatens the Vattel Peace of Nations in 1792-93?
They promis other Europeans countries to restore liberties in Europe. (extend the rev)
What year was the French Republic created?
1792
When is Louis Capet executed?
1793
When does France declare war on the UK?
1793
What revolutionary french hymn gains popularity in the US?
Ça ira
When was Jay’s Treaty signed?
1795(4) - 1804
Who was the French diplomat who came to the US asking help in the Revloution?
Citizen Tenet
What groups are pro-French, anti-British and Federalist-skeptical?
- Urban workers and tradesmen (Irish and French immigrants)
- Radicals (Pain et co., idées plus à gauche)
- Southerners