Unit 3 Primary Source Notecards Flashcards
Declaration of rights of the Stamp Act Congress
-October 19, 1765
Colonists have to pay the same taxes as the English, but are not represented by the House of Commons. Prosperity of colonies= enjoyment of freedom. Can petition to the king. Trial by jury, contribute to the crown.
-Stamp Act, Stamp Act Congress, Patrick Henry
The Magna Carta Translation
- translation by Professor Nicholas Vincent
- reissue in 1297
All English men shall be free. if you die and your heir is of age they receive death benefits, if he is underage everything is frozen. The caregiver of the underage won’t take advantage but will maintain it. Widows get 1/3 of property. No seizing land just because they want to. No social climbing, no buying the guards, no just spoken word oaths, no taxation without representation
-declaratory act
English Bill of Rights
-An Act declaring the rights and liberties of the subject, and settling the succession of the crown.
The English did a lot of unfair things, like leveling money, executed laws without consent, quartered soldiers during peaceful times. Now with this bill they can’t do that, and yes, the people have to follow the king, unless he goes crazy.
- English Bill of a Rights
Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer: letter a
- by John Dickinson
- 1767
Talks about unconstitutional acts (Townshed Acts), and other acts, but how sometimes they are necessary. But Britain should not take money from the colonists because they have their own people.
-Sugar Act, Townshed Act, Boston tea party.
Declaration of Independence
- drafted by Thomas Jefferson
- July 4, 1776
All people are equal, and any government who doesn’t recognize that, must go. They made a list of grievances about how the king has been/is obstructing justice. 56 people signed it.
-Thomas Jefferson, D.O.I., Common Sense
American Crisis
- by Thomas Paine
- December 23, 1776
Now is when the faith of men are tested, now it’s going to get rough. We have to use everything at our disposal, even panic. We have to change something. He was comforting them after a retreat.
- General Howe, Saratoga
A proclamation of Shaysite Aggrievences
- Daniel Grey (chairman of the committee)
- 1786
The farmers were being taxed to the extreme, so they revolted, wanting to be heard. Governor James reacted, not by lessening the tax, but by gathering an army, and giving reasons for the army.
- D.O.I.
The Constitution of the United States
Describing the organization of the government, ways to keep everyone in check. Bills start in the House of Representatives, senate can veto. Congress has lots of power, and the president has many privileges. You can add to this if 2/3 agree, but can’t take away. Every person will have their rights protected.
-George Washington, Yorktown
The Federalists #10
- the utility of the Union as a safeguard against domestic faction and insurrection.
- James Madison
- Thursday, November 22, 1787
Yes the constitution is a good idea, but it did not rid us of all our problems. We can’t get rid of factions. We have to protect our integrity. To do this we need a pure democracy, but there is no such thing. So possibly a republic. We need good faction leaders. Be proud to be a republic
-Loyalists, Yorktown
The Federalist #45
- 1788
- James Madison
Talked about how the powers of federal government are unnecessary, and whether or not it would be dangerous to put a lot of them in charge of the different powers allowed to the government.
-James Madison
Washington’s farewell address
-1796
Talks about the state of the government of America, how it’s a little bit rocky right now, but his successor will be able to put everything to right. He says that America will try to take a neutral position on international policies, in order to apply the principles of justice and humanity, not just in America but in the whole world.
Jefferson’s first inaugural address
- March 4, 1801
Jefferson is basically reassuring the people that a republic keeps the interest of the people at its core. That the government of America is the best in the entire world, at the time, and that it will strive to protect the liberties and freedoms of its people.
-Thomas Jefferson, republic
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
- authored by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson respectively
- 1798
In response to the Alien and Sedition Acts. Resolutions argued that congress had no authority to exercise a power that was not specifically delegated to them by the constitution. Precursor to John C. Calhoun’s argument over the power of states to nullify federal law.
-Alien and Sedition Acts, Virginia
Map of Northwest ordinance
When a territory reached 60k it could apply for statehood. Any man who owned 50acres was allowed to vote (larger land holdings were required to run for office). Slavery was forbidden, and individual rights were preserved.
