The American Yawp Ch.7 Flashcards
Slave revolt that failed when Gabriel Prosser, a slave preacher and blacksmith, organized a thousand slaves for an attack on Richmond, Virginia, in 1800.
Gabriel’s Rebellion
A period of brutal conflict in the French colony of Saint-Domingue led by Toussaint L’Ouverture from 1794 to 1804. It lead to the elimination of slavery and the establishment of Haiti as the first republic ruled by people of African ancestry.
Haitian Revolt
1792 he suffered from a skin condition which turned his skin white–> white people saw him as living proof of their theory that the Black color comes from leprosy and something “cured” him
Henry Moss
Written by Thomas Jefferson and published in 1785; a comparison of the races that claimed blacks lacked, partly due to natural incapacity and partly because the bitter experience of slavery had rendered them disloyal to the nation.
Notes on the State of Virginia
Author of the Declaration of Independence, 3rd president of the United States
Thomas Jefferson
The idea that American women had a special responsibility to cultivate “civic virtue” in their children
Republican Motherhood
The purchase of French land between the Mississippi river and the Rocky Mountains that doubled the size of the US
Louisiana Purchase
He was the U.S. Minister to France from 1801 to 1804. He negotiated the purchase of the Louisiana Territory.
Robert Livingston
US warship, the British thought that the ship might be carrying deserters of the British navy so they fired cannons at the sloop, killing 3 Americans and wounding others. 4 deserters were found on the ship and one was hanged.
USS Chesapeake
Act passed by congress in 1807 prohibiting American ships from leaving for any foreign port
Embargo Act of 1807
Jefferson’s slave with whom he had an affair of sorts after the death of his wife; had 5 children with the woman; also– she was considered black although she was 7/8 white
Sally Hemmings
This man was used by Jefferson to produce scurrilous papers and pamphlets about the Federalists, especially Adams
James Callender
a famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813)
Tecumseh
the Prophet; inspired a religious revival that spread through many tribes and united them; killed by Harrison at battle of Tippecanoe
Tenskwatawa
A Native American religious prophet who, by preaching pan-Indian unity and rejection of European technology and commerce, helped inspire Pontiac’s Rebellion.
Neolin
The war between the Confederacy of Indians and White settlers(1785-1795); also known as the Ohio War
Northwest Indian War
The U.S. Army defeated the Native Americans under Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket and ended Native American hopes of keeping their land that lay north of the Ohio River
Battle of Fallen Timbers
Creek natives who allied with Tecumseh (and therefore the British) in the War of 1812 to try to protect their land. Lost at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend against Andrew Jackson
Red Stick Creeks
The seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), who as a general in the War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans (1815). As president he opposed the Bank of America, objected to the right of individual states to nullify disagreeable federal laws, and increased the presidential powers.
Andrew Jackson
Battle between Americans and Native Americans. Tecumseh and the Prophet attempted to oppress white settlement in the West, but defeated by William Henry Harrison. Led to talk of Canadian invasion and served as a cause to the War of 1812.
Battle of Tippecanoe
“Father of the Constitution,” Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States.
James Madison
A war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France.
War of 1812
British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into military service
Impressment
Southerners and Westerners who were eager for war with Britain. They had a strong sense of nationalism, and they wanted to takeover British land in North America and expand.
War Hawks
