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Semester 1 Review Flashcards

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Indentured Servants

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  • worked off payment to New World

- promised land after term worked off

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Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)

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  • Virginians rose up due to lack of protection from Native Americans
  • led to restructuring governemtn
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Pilgrims

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  • moved to New England for religious freedom

- seperatists

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Mayflower Compact (1620)

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-structured government of New England colony

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John Winthrop - Arbella (1630)

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-“City Upon a Hill”

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Anne Hutchinson (1630s)

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-banned from Massachusetts to Rhode Island for views of women’s rights in worship

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Great Awakening (1730s)

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  • religious revival

- George Whitefield

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Proclamation of 1763

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  • ended Salutary Neglect

- colonists couldn’t settle west of Appalachians

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Navigation Acts

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-attempt to implement mercantilism in colonies

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Sugar Act (1764)

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-tax on sugar for colonies

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Stamp Act (1765)

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  • very unpopular in colonies
  • Stamp Act Congress
  • eventually repealed
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Sons of Liberty

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-formed after Stamp Act by Sam Adams

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Tea Act (1773)

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-unpopular in colonies, led to Boston Tea Party

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Boston Tea Party

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  • colonists dumped millions of dollars of tea in harbor
  • organized by Sons of Liberty
  • led to Coercive Acts
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Coercive/Intolerable Acts (1774)

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-closed Boston Port until colony payed off the tea they dumped

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Quartering Act (1774)

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-colonists had to house British Soldiers

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Townshend Acts (1767)

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-attempt to raise revenue from colonies

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Boston Massacre (1770)

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-colonists antagonized British troops, troops shot at them

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Common Sense

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  • Thomas Paine

- structured argument for Declaration

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John Locke

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  • European philosopher

- rights of man

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Second Continental Congress (1775)

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  • organized for war

- drafted Declaration of Independence

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Lexington + Concord (1775)

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-first battle of Revolutionary War

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Saratoga (1777)

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-ended British attempt to unite forces from Canada and New York

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Yorktown (1781)

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-decisive U.S. victory, effectively ended war

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Treaty of Paris (1783)

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  • ended Revolutionary War
  • recognized U.S. independence
  • British would pull of of U.S.
  • U.S. would return seized property to Loyalists
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Weaknesses of Articles of Confederaton

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  • couldn’t tax
  • held very little power over the states
  • very hard to get things passed
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Northwest Ordinances(1786)

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-determined how new territories would be added as a state

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Shay’s Rebellion (1787)

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  • farmers rose up, federal government could do nothing to end it
  • revealed weakness of Federal government
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Constitutional Convention (1787)

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-met in Philadelphia to discuss revisions for Articles, ended up writing new government

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3/5 Compromise

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-when determining representation, slaves would count as 3/5

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NJ Plan

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-each state gets 2 reps

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VA Plan

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-reps based off population

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CN/Great Compromise

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  • bicameral legislature

- house of reps is lower house, by population

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Electoral College (senate, president)

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-no direct elections of senators or presidents

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Federalists

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  • Hamilton
  • ties with England
  • expanded federal government
  • focus on industry
36
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Republicans

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  • TJ
  • ties with France
  • small federal government
  • focus on agriculture
37
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Bill of Rights

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  • rights guaranteed to everyone

- created so constitution would pass

38
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Republican Motherhood

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-mothers’ duty to raised children to be good citizens

39
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Tecumseh and Tenkswatawa

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-Native American leaders, attempt to unite them

40
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Washington’s Precedents

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  • 2 term

- Mr. President

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Hamilton’s Funding + Assumption

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  • federal government would assume all state debt

- government would give money to any current bond holders

42
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Loose v. Strict interpretation

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-debate over elastic clause, use of implied powers

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Whiskey Rebellion (1791)

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  • farmers protested taxes

- GW put down rebellion himself

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Washington’s Farewell Address

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-warned against agreements with other nations

45
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Proclamation of Neutrality (1793)

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-U.S. neutral between GB and France

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Citizen Genet Affair (1793)

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-French diplomat, tried to organize American attacks on British

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Jay’s Treaty (1794)

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  • Britain vacated forts in U.S.
  • U.S. agreed to mostly trade with GB
  • established Northeast boundary
48
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Pinckney Treaty (1795)

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-established U.S. and Florida border

49
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Alien + Sedition Acts (1798)

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-people couldn’t criticize the government

50
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VA + Kentucky Resolutions (1798)

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-argued states had right to nullify federal law

51
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Midnight Judges (1800)

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  • John Adams appointed many judges in his final days in office
  • Chief Justice John Marshall
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Revolution of 1800

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-peaceful shift in power to political parties

53
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XYZ Affair (1797)

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  • French diplomats attempt to get a bribe from U.S.

- angered Americans, hurt relations

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Jefferson’s Inaugural address

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-uniting political parties

55
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Marbury v Madison (1803)

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-established principle of judicial review

56
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Embargo Acts (1807)

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-ended trade with GB and France when they didn’t respect U.S. shipping rights

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