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Unit 2 Primary Sources Flashcards

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Declaration of Rights

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John Dickinson & Stamp Act Congress
1765
no taxation w/o representation

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Letters from a Farmer in PA II & IV

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John Dickinson
1767
opposes Navigation and Townshend acts

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Declaration of Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms

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Second Continental Congress
1775
tries to reconcile with King w/o war
“Our cause is just. Our union is perfect”

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Common Sense

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Thomas Paine
1776
Blames KING– “common sense”
we should declare independence

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The True Interest of America Impartially Stated

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Charles Inglis
1776
says separating from Britain would be disadventous

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Declaration of independence

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Second Continental Congress (Thomas Jefferson)
1776
Unalienable Rights, King sucks, declaring independence

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Letter to John Hancock

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George Washington
1776
speaks of disadvantages of militiamen
officers should have a bounty (100 acres, blanket, clothes)

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Articles of Conferderation

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Continental Congress (John Dickinson)
1777– ratified in 1781
unicameral government
“special majority”

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Letter to John Jay

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George Washington
1786
explains weaknesses of Articles

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United States Constitution

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James Madison and Second Continental Congress
1789
legislative, executive, and judicial powers

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Bill of Rights

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James Madison and Second Continental Congress
1789
more rights of citizens

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Report on Public Credit

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Alexander Hamilton
1790
it is necessary to borrow money
we need a strong central currency

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Farewell Address

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George Washington
1796
we need unity (no more parties)
cherish public credit
no permanent relations with other countries
neautrality
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Alien and Sedition Acts

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Second Continental Congress
1798
president can deport “dangerous aliens”
you can’t write against the Union

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Letter to John Taylor

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Thomas Jefferson
1798
We must maintain our union, south cannot suceed

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First Inaugural Address

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Thomas Jefferson
1801
“We are all Federalists.We are all Republicans”
says all parties are loyal to the same constitution

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