US HISTORY TEST 1

Cod fish, Ship stores

sold for cash but not consumer by producer

Trade Slaves for raw materials

• a. Convert Revolutionary war bonds to Us bond. Hamiltions froms got rich
• b. took over states debts in return for states giving up power to national govt.
• c. US bonds would finance a US mint to coin gold 
• D. controversial banks created

• 1. pay nations huge debt
• 2. got states to give up power
• 3. create solid money system
• 4. build strong central bank with regulated money system and asst. U.S. commerce with other countries.

• a. protect our personal liberties
• b. protect the rights of the minority from "The tyranny of majority"

flexible additions and needed changes could be added later.

• the instruction manual for the parts
• emphasis on powers, advise, consent, checks and balances.

States the purpose and what is covered in it. Writtin in general terms to keep flexible.

• Preamble
• Articles
• Amendments

Supreme document of laws, rules, and instructions under which the states and people of the matione will live under.

• States constanly quarreled
• threatened to become their own nations
• stronger centeraled govt came into effect FEDERAL

• Individual state of power
• decentralized=unworkable
• necessary powers were absent (no tax, no court, no postal, no pres.) private special interest controlled money

saidit was in britains best interest to give americans all land east of mississippi and north of florida

• 1. Americans weak and unthreatening
• 2. Americans might want to come back to the mother country after awhile

• charmed french
• developed spy ring
• persuaded french to sign treaty with US
• Aided war effort with supplies, troops, and resulter in war between endland and france.

french had lost their north american colonies at end of french indian war. Colonies no longer had to fear them. 

did not want to be squeezed by mecantilism like the spanish did to their own country

colonists had lived in american colonies and have become used to the laid back muddling though of it. Mother country because an abstract concept seperated by 3000 miles of ocean.

• american maturity
• british colonial inefficiency
• international change

Prime minister william pitt recognized that the colonies were worth fighting for.

• unidied command structure
• indian allies acted as fighters/ spies
• addapted to moving through wilderness
• english generals more buldging

• greater population
• best navy in the world
• more productive colonial land ($)

• mercantilism
• ecomienda system
• slavery
• triangle trade
• asiento

a monopoly of trading slaves in a certain area

profit via monopoly exploit land, labor, and natural resources of colonies.

local latives round up and forced into slavery on large parcel owned but a european land

• way to cut labor
• do unpleasant and dangerous tasks

middle passage with terrible loose of tight pack

europe to africa with finished trade goods to trade with coastal tribes for captives

• rice
• indigo
• rum distilling
• slave trade

• tobacco 
• general crops

• mixed farming
• commerce
• mining