Hist 381 Exam 1 Flashcards
Enlightenment
1715 and 1789 ideas that science have more authority over mankind than religious ideas
Whig
the name of republicans that saw monarchy as bad and associated freedom with individualism
John Locke
middle 17th century that promoted whig ideals and believed it was inappropriate for church to force itself on people
Zenger
in 1734 printed an article that was against the crown and wasn’t convicted of the crime by a jury
Stamp Act
1765 had to be printed on embossed paper appeared because of rebellion
Sons of Liberty
1765 organized controlled protests against the english and used liberty poles
Liberty pole
used by sons of liberty to have non violent protest
Townsend Act
1767 and 1768 english on taxes on various things like tea and food..
Radicalism
the idea of creating a meaningful change the fundamentals and structure of society
populism
ideology that the most important people are the ordinary people and the skepticism of those who have power
Shays Rebellion
1786 and 1787 farmers were growing angry because crop prices were so low and mad at shop/ merchants calling in debts and so they organized and marched
Virgina Plan
1787 proposed by conservatives that called for a strong national government and was the first document to suggest a separation of powers into executive, legislative, and judicial branches and two legislative houses
New Jersey Plan
1787 the idea proposed that advocated one legislative house, membership in which would be equal for all states.
Great Compromise
1787 the solution to the conflict between Virginia and new jersey plans that created the electoral college and delegates are formed
Federalist
a party which is a group of people that wanted a strong central government/ national bank/modeled after england and are facilitates capitalism/ liked by Hamilton
Anti-federalist
group of people that advocates for not a strong government and the reason for the first amendments of the bill of rights
Jeffersonian Republicans
a party which is a group of people that wanted France to become the trading partner and westward expansion and state autonomy
Jays Treaty
1795 a policy that made england the U.S’s number one trading partner
Alien and Sedition Act
1798 limited free speech/press that was discriminating towards immigrants and gave the power to imprison people for saying false things about the government
Whiskey Rebellion
1791 was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called “whiskey tax” was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government
Andrew Jackson
1829-1837 the president that was a populist president/ promoted indian removal and had a new way of government of not being polite and being harsh and tough
Jacksonian Democracy
came from the Jeffersonian republic and was a new style of government
partisan spectle
the idea where you don’t just join a party but you outwardly support and march for your party
nat turners rebellion
a revolt led by a slave that killed 55 white men and women in plantations to create chaos
William Lloyd Garrison
middle 19th century a man who established newspaper “the liberator” about abolitionists that tried to convince Christians that slavery was morally wrong
second great awakening
early 19th century this movement started on the frontier/ protestant which helped spread the word of god and men find their place in the new economy
moral swasion
churches aimed to change the nation by pointing out what was immoral of slavery/sins
Theodore Dwight Weld
1830 through 1844, a man influenced by Finney, that thought it was not right to not include African Americans in the brotherhood and created the American Anti-Slavery Society and the lane rebels