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Marburg vs. Madison
The first decision made by the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional.
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Jamestown Colony
The first colony of British settlers. Capitan John Smith thought “he who shall not work shall not eat”, and Lord De La Warr imposed harsh military regime.
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Critical Period
Farmers were loosing their farms due to high taxes and there was a rebellion led by Daniel Shays. (Shays Rebellion)
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War Hawks
A name for the anti-federalists from their Federalist opponents.
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Monroe Doctrine
A proclamation made by James Monroe that warned European countries not to get involved in American political matters
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Quakers vs. Puritans
Quakers had no religious leaders and felt like no one should tell them how to worship. Puritans were about becoming pure and simplicity.
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Albany Plan of the Union
Unity plan that began the slogan “join or die”
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Dates for: Burr Conspiracy, Election of 1800, LA Purchase, and Marburg vs. Madison
1804, 1800, 1803, 1803
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Edmond Bruke
Great conservative political theorist and stout champion of the American Cause.
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Boston Tea Party
Rebellion of American colonists against the new taxes especially the tax on tea
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Republican Motherhood
A statement that showed women as homemakers and mothers.
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Bacon’s Rebellion
A revolt caused by high taxes and resentment against the special privileges of the Governor.
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Loose vs. strict constitution
An ongoing debate on the constitution. Hamilton wanted loose, Jefferson wanted strict.
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Western Expansion
Louisiana Purchase and Manifest Destiny
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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
- Resolutions passed in repose to Alien and Sedition Acts.
- Bill of Rights
- The first 10 amendments in the Constitution
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Hamilton’s Financial Policies
Hamilton created a financial plan that would create a national bank, pay off war debts, and put a tariff on exported goods.
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Waterways and Cannels
Mostly in the north were cannels, but the Mississippi River was a great waterway for the south
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Frederick Douglass
A former slave who was a self-educated abolitionist
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Colleges and Universities
Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth
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Enlightment leaders
Ralph Emerson, Henry Thoreau, people who believed in science and nature
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Federalist paper 10
An essay written by Monroe to address the question about how to deal with factions
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XYZ Affair
France was upset with Jays Treaty, so Pres Adams sent John Marshall to negotiate and France demanded a bribe, which ended in the creation of the Navy
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Reasons for Moving West
Manifest Destiny, Oregon Territory, California
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Abolitionist Movements
To abolish slavery
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Indentured Servants
Sent from England to earn their fare back. Had to work for x amount of years.
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Virginia and Maryland
¾ of all immigrants and also employed the head right system
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Ethnic Settlement Colonies
Switzerland’s, scoots, Irish, African Slaves, Europeans, Dutch, Jews, Norwegians, ect.
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American System Manufacturing
War of 1812 boomed the manufacturing with new inventions like interchanging parts and mass production
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Charles River Bridge Supreme Court Ruling
The company was granted a charter to construct a bridge, but the contract was broken
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Transcendentalism
Belief that people should come back to nature and not be over involved in the new things of the world.
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Black Reconstruction
Black codes were a series of laws that regulated the affairs of emancipated slaves
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Antebellum Economic differences between the north and the south
North’s economy was based on Factories and Industries, while the South was based on slave labor and agriculture.
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Ben Franklyn
A founding father that invented electricity. He was a really smart person that helped out in the political house
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Ann Dudley Bradstreet
New England’s first Published Poet
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Samuel Sewall
Massachusetts judge
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Jogn Zenger
American journalist
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Reger Williams
Protestant theologian
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Congressional powers under the constitution
No power to tax, regulate commerce.
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Uncle Toms Cabin
Political book written about slaves by HBS
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1850 Republican Party Platform
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Missouri Compromise
Decided whether Missouri would be a slave state or free state
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Antebellum Treatment of slaves in the south
The freedom Bureau, and the KKK
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Colonization of New York
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Anne Hutchinson
Noted for her strong religious convictions and her stand against the orthodox church
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Richard Hakluyt
English Writer
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The Great Awakening
Religious revival in America
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Foundation of African American Culture after the Civil War
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Role of France and Brittan during the Civil War
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Kansas Nebraska Act
Created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, one slave and one free
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Railroads in 1850
Technological improvements, faster travel
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Nullification Crisis
This ordinance declared power of the state that the federal tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional
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Spoils System
A political party would give government jobs to their voters after they won as a reward
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Adams Onis Treaty
Purchase of Florida
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“City on A Hill”
Massachusetts Bay Colony would be a city on a hill to the world according to Winthrop
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Compromise of 1850
Compromise about slaves
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Dread Scott vs. Stanford
Established that slaves would never be citizens and had no rights in the constitution
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13th Amendment
Officially outlawed Slavery
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Southern Women vs. English Women
Southern bells and English mothers
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Women in Chesapeake
Indentures servants who usually married and worked on small plantations
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Battle Of Saratoga
Key turning point in the Revolutionary war
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King Cotton
The south name because cotton was the cash crop of the south
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Cult of domesticity
The nature of women’s work shifts. It was for women’s rights
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Thomas Paine
British immigrant who made political cartoons and wrote common sconce
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Weakness of the AoF
No separation of powers, congress had no power to tax, states were more powerful than gov. congress could not regulate commerce.
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Hinton Helper
He was a white non aristocratic North Carolina that hated blacks and slavery
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Abe Lincoln’s view of the Defeated COnfed
If they did not return to the union, their slaves would still end up free
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Matthew Brady
Father of photojournalism and a publisher and historian
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Immigration 1820’s – 0850
Irish, Germans, Mexicans, Scandinavians, Italians, Hungarians
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Specie Cicular
All public lands must be purchased with hard money not bank notes
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White Blackish during reconstruction
KKK-kill blacks
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Seneca Falls Convention
All men and women are created equal
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NW ordinance of 1787
Said that to become a state there needed to be 60000 or more people
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Know nothing party
Opposed immigration and the election of Roman Catholic
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
End of the Mexican was and gave Texas to the US
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States in the Confederacy
SC, MI, FL, AL, GA, LO, TX, VI, AK, TN, NC
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15th amendment
No denying citizenship
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