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diverse + tolerant
Middle colonies
representative government in colonies
Virginia House of Burgueses
inalienable (natural) rights
John Locke
war that caused debt for England and started the enforcement of taxes on colonies
French + Indian War
pamphlet written as an attempt to convert loyalists to patriots
Common Sense - Thomas Paine
break up letter between colonists and England
Declaration of Independence
government that provided too much power to states
Articles of Confederation
rebellion that showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation
Shay’s Rebellion
created the bicameral legislative branch
Great Compromise
3 branches of government
Separation of Powers
13th, 14th, 15th Amendment
FREED CITIZENS VOTE
rebellion that showed the strengths of the Constitution
Whiskey Rebellion
loose VS strict government parties
loose = feds strict = anti-feds
court case that decided if JUDICIAL REVIEW was constitutional or not
Marbury VS Madison
purchase that doubled the size of US and began Manifest Destiny
Louisiana Purchase
this was made easier w/ the invention of the railroad
Westward Expansion
SEA TO SHINING SEA
Manifest Destiny
Trail of Tears caused by Andrew Jackson because he passed this act
Indian Removal Act
NO COLONIZATION IN OUR HEMISPHERE
Monroe Doctorine
Treaty of Gaudaloupe Hidago / gave us more territory
Mexican American War
meeting where women met to discuss women’s suffrage
Seneca Falls Convention
started ANTEBELLIUM / caused tension
Compromise of 1850
new proposed government that southerns did not like because it enforced a tax/tariff
American System
attempted a slave rebellion @ Harper’s Ferry
John Brown
SURROUND THE SOUTH
Anaconda Plan
the regiment 54th Mass. served in this war
Civil War
hate group that spread violence on blacks/immigrants
KKK
this provided food, medicine, shelter, and education to recently freed slaves
Freedman’s Bureau
ended the Reconstruction Period
Compromise of 1877
made western living possible because it sent supplies
Transcontinental Railroad
form of government that was HANDS OFF
Laissez Faire
a philanthropist (steel) RICH BUT FAKED CARING ABOUT POOR PEOPLE
Carnegie
cross of gold
William J Bryan
NO IMMIGRATION
Nativism
support of worker’s rights
Labor Unions
