sem 1 exam 3

Question 1

american revolution dates

Answer 1

1776-1783

Question 2

loyalists

Answer 2

people who tended to have economic ties to britain and lived in coastal, urban, and aristocratic areas, didn’t want to break from britain

Question 3

battle of saratoga

Answer 3

(1777) colonies win battle, france sees this and makes a strategic alliance to defeat britain (1778)

Question 4

battle of yorktown

Answer 4

(1781) british general cornwallis surrenders to washington after being blocked by french navy, ends war

Question 5

treaty of paris

Answer 5

(1783) officially ends the revolutionary war

Question 6

republican motherhood

Answer 6

women have a crucial role in shaping future citizens in the US, elevated the role of the mother and opened avenues for the “civic” education of women, bad because it reduced women to just staying in the house all the time

Question 7

northwest ordinance of 1787

Answer 7

set a method of creating new states in the Northwest Territory, did 3 things
1. banned slavery in the NW territory
2. grew/prioritized public education
3. required consent from Native americans to use land

Question 8

articles of confederation

Answer 8

(1781) first post independence government in the US
only had legislative branch, required unanimous state approval for laws, amendments, etc, congress couldn’t tax and relied on donations of states, incredibly weak central gov’t

Question 9

shays’s rebellion

Answer 9

(1786-1787) revolutionary war veteran farmers rebel, demonstrated the military weakness of the articles of confederation

Question 10

federalist papers

Answer 10

series of essays by madison, hamilton, jay, in favor of ratification and to address the anti-federalists’ concerns regarding strong central gov’t

Question 11

separation of powers

Answer 11

powers within the new gov’t will be divided between three branches

Question 12

checks and balances

Answer 12

measures that ensure no one branch will be more powerful than the others

Question 13

the great compromise

Answer 13

(1787) led to the creation of a bicameral congress: senate and the house of reps

Question 14

three fifths compromise

Answer 14

(1787) made slaves 3/5 of a person and was implemented due to the south’s economic dependence on slavery and bc south would use slave population to increase representation in house

Question 15

elastic clause

Answer 15

congress can pass laws even if they are not explicitly mentioned in the constitution

Question 16

washington’s cabinet + differences

Answer 16

hamilton (federalist) and jefferson (dem-rep), hamilton wanted BUS, jefferson said it would only benefit the rich; jefferson wanted to aid the french revlution but hamilton was bro-british in economy

Question 17

proclamation of 1793

Answer 17

washington announces neutrality in the french revolution, jefferson resign from cabinet

Question 18

whiskey rebellion

Answer 18

(1791-94) farmers in western penn. rebel against tax on whiskey, washington puts it down with 13000 troops showing power of fed gov’t under constitution

Question 19

pickney’s treaty

Answer 19

(1795) signed between the US and spain, established border of florida, allowed americans to use the port of new orleans

Question 20

jay’s treaty

Answer 20

(1794) signed between US and britain, caused controversy bc he didn’t negotiate impressment

Question 21

washington’s farewell address

Answer 21

(1796) sets tone for early US foreign policy
1. stay out of european affairs
2. don’t make political parties
3. avoid drastic changes to the constitution

Question 22

xyz affair

Answer 22

(1797) french agents demanded financial bribes before beginning negotiations with US over france seizing american ships, us expanded navy in preparation for possible war with france

Question 23

alien and sedition acts

Answer 23

(1798) made by federalists to suppress political dissent, passed by adams agaisnt dem-reps who criticized them for relations with france
1. publications can’t criticize gov’t
2. president can deport all non-citizens

Question 24

phyllis wheatley

Answer 24

african poet who thematically wrote about revolution, slavery, and faith, ppl liked her bc she was pro-revolution, supplemented early abolitionism, writings commented on by washington and hancock

Question 25

equiano

Answer 25

african writer who discussed his experience in the middle passage, important in developing abolitionism