US 2 Flashcards
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1689-1763
Brit,France,Spain
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winner: supremacy in west indies, canada, trade
William
Anne
Geoge
French and Indian
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- King William 1697
- Anne (1702-1713)-
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brit tries to capture quebec but failed bc of AI burn frontier of B.
Anne: Brit got Nova Scotia (F) and trade from S
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-King George (1744-1748)
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F and S attack B
- GA oglethorpe against S
- NE captured Louisbourg (F)
Treaty, B gave bacK for politic econ in India. NE angry
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F and I
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-Brit tries to stop building of Fort Duquesne in Ohio River Valley, VI govn send GW. small initial vic for B but surrender. F won 1754
-Braddock (VI) was defeated 1755
2000 B near Ft.Du. Algonquin w/F hurt frontier of Penn and NC.
F won
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Albany Plan of Union
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NY, 1754
by BenFrank. Brit gov organized it
gov btw 7colon, system for recuit troop and tax. failded bc tax
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William Pitt: brit prime minister
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army: get Canada
got Louisbourg back 1758, f surrender quebec to Wolfe (1759), b take Montreal (1760)
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F and I end
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btw Europe
Peace of Paris 1763
Brit: Canada florida
Spain: west of mississ
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Ponitac Rebell
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- AI Chief pontiac attack west frontier. included AI from ohio rivr valley. brit troop stoped it
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proclamation of 1763
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stopped colon from living in appalachian but colon still did it
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Lord Grenville
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King George 3’s chancellor of treasury and prime minister in 1760s, pushed acts in parliament
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Sugar Act 1764
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duties on feoriegn sugar and certain luxuries. raise money for crown, stopp smuggling. no juries
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Quartering Act 1765
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provide food and flat for brit soldier
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stamp act 1765
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raise fund for brit troops in colon
revenue stamps on printed paper. 1st direct tax
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Patrick Henry
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spoke to House of Burgesses about king’s gov, tax stamp act
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James Otis
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initiated call cooperative action for colonies to protest stamp act
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stamp act congress
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representatives from 9 colon meet in NY 1765. believed in representation
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Violence protest stamp act
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sons and daughters of liberty: intimidated tax agebts: destroy revenue stamps and tarred/feathered revenue official
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Boycott
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1765-1766 ppl did not purchase any article.
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declaratory act
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- after, new prime minister. stamp act repealed
declaratory: parliament haad the right to tax and make laws
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Townshend Acts (new chancellor) new tax measure
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- new duties on import of tea glass paper. search for smuggled goods conducted by an official with writ assistance (general license)
NY assembly suspended
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Dickinson to penn
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1768protest townshend. need representation
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James otis and samuel adams
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1768 wrote massachusetts circular letter and send it to colon legislature to get them to petition to parliament to apeal townshend acts
- Brit: letter retract, threat to dissolve legist and increase of troops boston
- Colon:boycott and increase smuggling
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Lord North, new prime minister
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ended townshend 1770. parliament still have small tax on tea
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Boston massacre
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- Africa: Crispus Attuck killed
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quiet yrs
| 1770-1772
1772
sam adams still kept hatred alive by committes of correspondence (1772)
massach, exchage letter about brits
house of burgesses: intercolonial committees 1773
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gaspee
1772 brit ship that caught smuugling in RI, colon set fire to it
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Boston Tea Party
result of Tea Act (1773) made price of tea cheaper than smuggled dutch. colon mixed reactions
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Intolerable Acts
coercive and quebec acts bc of boston tea party
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Coercive act 1774
punish boston and maasch
1. port (closed boston port until tea was paid for)
2 massachusetts gov (reduce its legislature, increase power of royals)
3. administration of justice(royal official tried in Brit)
4. Quartering
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quebec act 1774
organize canada. accepted by french, resented in colonies. established catholicism as official religion of quebec, no representative assembly, extended border to ohio river
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1st continental congress.
bc of intolerable act. except GA. philip, 1774.
voted on measures to change brit policy.
Joseph Gallway plan like albany (restore relations, no independence) failed
Radical: independence. henry, adams. VI,MA
Moderates:gw, dickinson. VI, PENN
Conservative: just protest
Jay, Galloway, NYPENN
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Actions of 1st continental congress
1.Suffolk Resolves, want repeal of intolerable acts (resist/boycott)
2. Declaration of rights and griebances make right stuff for colon, king can regulate trade
3. continental association: committees enforce 1
4.
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Lexington and COncord
april 1775.
Brit: cage
Colon: Revere and Dawes
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Bunker Hill
June 1775
| at Breed Hill MA. Brit attack and took hill. brit lost more
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2nd continental Congress
may 1775
NE independance
MC negotiation
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Actions of @nd continental Congress
declaration of Causes and Necessities for Taking up Arms. GW appointed commander in Boston. Arnold raid quebec
Olive Branch Petition send to King 3 (wanted king to stop parlia for right) dismiss it
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Prohibitory Act
after olive branch petition
| August 1775, declared colon rebllion. no trade btw them
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declaration of indpendence
june 1776, lee VI got the idea. 5 ppl wrote it
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Patroits
40%. NE and VI
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Loyalist
30% tories: allegiance to king). colon helped brit troops. NY,NJ, GA
wealthy conservative
AI helped
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bad yrs for colon: 1775-1777
1777: brit in NY(headquarter) and Philip
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Saratoga 1777
Brit: burgoyne
Colon: Gates and Arnold.
Brit surrender
France joined
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George Clark
1778-9
capture brit forts in illinois.
1780: focused on VI and carolina
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yorktown
1781
| Brit (Cornwallis) lost
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cause Treaty of Paris
1783
| war was unpular in britain. lord north and tory party replaces by whig who wanted it to end
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treaty of paris
us independent nation
missipi is the border
us have fishing rights on canada
us paid debts to brit and loyalist can claim property land
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Colony Gov
conservative: law and order
liberal: individ rights and prevent tyrannies
own constitution 1777
- List of RIghts
- separation of power
- vote
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Articles of confederation
| 1st constitution
1777
john dickinson
ratification: ai land . seaboard wants it to be under central gov
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Articles of confed structure
| weak gov
one body congress/legislature, each state one vote/ 9/13 required. Power:
wage war, make treaties, send diplomates, borrow money. cant regulate commerce or collect taxes. gov have no execute to enforce laws
no judiciary
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Land of ordinances 1758
policy for surveying and selling western land. setting aside one section of land in each town for edu
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Northwest ordinance 1787
land btw great lakes and ohio river, set riles for making new states. limited self gov and no slavery
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problems with articles
war debts not paid, european nations hated us
1786: farmer rebel against high taxes, imprisonment for debt, lack of paper money led by Shays, effective, was stopped by militia of MA
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Social Change
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end aristocracy
separation of church and state (only NE, congregational church)
WOmen: maintain econ
most N state end slavery
S some voluntarily freed slaves
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problems under article
states doesnt follow treaty of paris (give land back to loyalist and pay debt) and brit is still on frontier
reduced foerighn trade, worthless monry, boundary/trade dispute btw states
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annapolis convention
before: to deal with articles problem. in GW home 1785. agreed to a later meeting in annapolis: only 5 states came 1786. Madison and Hamilton wanted another convention to revise articles of confed
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constitutional convention
pjilip 1787. no RI, revise articles. young educated delegates. secret metting. nationalist controlled: draft a new doc
- Representation: VI: big, NJ: small CONN/great compromise solved it
- Slavery: 3/5 compromise of a person. slave trade could end in 1808
- trade N wants central gov control trade. S afraid of tax. commerical compromise: congress regulate trade and tax on foreign stuff but no tax on exports
- President: electoral and veto, as many terms as you want
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AntiFederallist- dont like constitution, Jefferson (Democratic Republic) south
small farmer/frontier. mason and henry in VI. want bill of rights. opposed hamilton financial prgram Thomas jefferson
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Federalist- want constitution, hamilton. northeast
strong central gov, large cities. campaign for constit: federalist paper (madison and hamilton,Jay) persuasive essay. early victories in state convention 3. add bill of rights. and won. thought bill of rights was unnecessary
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Bill of rights
1791 madison
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members of 1st congress elected 1789
first session 1789 NY(capital) GW president that year
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Judiciary Act of 1789
establish chief justice and 5 associate justices. 13 district courts and 3 circuit court of appeals
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Hamilton's financial program
1. pay of national debt at face value (TJ agreed and established capital in south DC
2. help young industries and impose high taxes on imported goods
3. create national bank for gov funds and print for stable currency.
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Foreign affairs
GW, French revolution was supported by US, solidified formations of political parties
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Proclamation if Neutrality
1793, GW. Jefferson disagrees
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citizen genet
edmond genet object GW neutrality, apealed US to support french was fired as a french minister
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Jay Treaty
1794. GW send chief justice Jay to Brit to stop them from searching/seizing US ships. Treaty: brit evacuate from US frontier
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Pinckey Treaty
1795. Spain strengthen its holding in NA by catholic mission in CA. Pinckney (us minister to spain) treaty: spain open mississ and New orlean to us trade with trade for new orleans. fl boundary should be at 31 parallel
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GW reign AI issues
settlers past Appalachian, AI formed Northwest confederacy under chief little turtle won over militia. US wayne defeated them. AI agreed to treaty of greenville 1794 surrendering ohio territory
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Whiskey Rebellion
1794 hamilton got congress to tx whiskey. West Penn farmers to pay the tax and attacked revenue collectors. GW send troops in under hamilton to stop it
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Public Land Act
1796, result of Jay Treaty, encourage settlement of new land. made new states: Ver, Kent, Tennn
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GW farewell address
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in newspaper, hamilton helped 1796. spoked about stuff he didnt want US to do
-get involve in europe
-make permanent alliances with foregin
-form political parties
-fall into sectionalism
set an examples of only 2 terms
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John Adam
federalist, TJ vice french revolution xyz
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XYZ affair
Prob: French seized US merchant ships. ADams send delegates to Paris. French ministers wanted bribes to enter negotiation. US said no. Americans wanted war. Adams didn't want war bc army isn't ready, send new ministerto Paris. federalist strengthened
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Alien and Sedition Acts (ended after 1800)
many federalist in congress 1789. wanted to restrict demo/repub. passed
- naturalization act: 14 yrs require for immigrants to get citizen ship.
- alien act: president can deport aliens considered dangerous and to capture war prisons
- sedition act: illegal for newspaper to criticize president or congress.
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KENT and VI resolution
dem/repub hated the alien and sedition act. both ken and VI legislature had a resolution that declared he states had entered into a compact in forming national gov
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Federalist
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Loose interpret
Strong central
Brit
Business owner/land owner
Large military
High tariff
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Federalist
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Loose interpret
Strong central
Brit
Business owner/land owner
Large military
High tariff
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