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Why were the following colonies founded?
Virginia
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Massachusetts
Maryland
- Virginia: economic reasons
- Rhode Island: to escape religious persecution
- Pennsylvania: As a refuge for Quakers/ Religious Freedom
- Georgia: For the deports/ economic reasons
- Massachusetts: religious freedom
- Maryland: For Catholics to escape religious persecution
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Why were the following dates important?
1607
1776
1787
1803
1861
1863
1865
- 1607: Jamestown was founded
- 1776: Declaration of Independence
- 1787: Constitution of the United States
- 1803: Louisiana purchase
- 1861: Start of Civil War
- 1863: Gettysburg Address and Emancipation Proclamation
- 1865: End of civil war
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Significance of documents:
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Constitution
- 1. limited power od the kind and listed the rights of citizens
- 2. gave power to parliament an listed more rights of English citizens
- 3. first example of self-government in the North America
- 4. first written constitution in North America
- 5. declared independence from Britain
- 6. 1st written constitution in U.S. that had many weaknesses
- 7. Established the unites states system of government
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Explain:
Common sense
Federalist Papers
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Proclamation of 1763
Emancipation Proclamation
Treaty of Paris 1783
- convinced many American colonists for the need to break away from Britain
- reassured Americans that the states would not be over powered by the proposed national government
- novel written that showed the horrors of slavery and it drew many people to the abolitionists' cause
- banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachian mountains
- freed the slaved in areas rebelling against the union
- officially ended the Revolutionary War
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Explain the colonial leaders:
Thomas Jefferson
Paul Revere
Thomas Paine
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams
John Adams
- Primary author of the DOI
- Blacksmith who engraved the famous Boston Massacre. Also famous for warning that the British are coming.
- Wrote Common sense to encourage colonists to break away from Britain
- Commander of the Continental Army, 1st president
- Proposed Albany Plan of union and helped secure French aid during the American Revolution
- Famously said, "Give me Liberty or give me death."
- founded sons of liberty and committees of Correspondence
- 2nd President, passed alien sedition acts
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in what document did the colonists address their grievances to the king of England?
Declaration of Independence
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what warnings did Washington's Farewell Address include?
to stay neutral in its relations with other nations and to avoid entangling alliances
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Explain these Battles
Lexington and Concord
Saratoga
Yorktown
- first shots of the American revolution
- turning point of the revolution
- final battle of the revolution
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Explain
Proclamation of 1763
Stamp sugar acts
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
- king George 3 told colonists they couldn't pass west of the Appalachian Mountains
- Tax on Paper, documents and Sugar
- Name calling and arguments led to fighting and 5 deaths, and this act was used as a propaganda
- Colonists dressed as Native Americans and dumped tea in the Boston Harbor
- Closed Boston and punished colonists
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what were the American and British advantages during the American revolution?
- American- Familiar soil, reason to fight
- British- trained army, more resources and money
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during the colonial period, why would it be important for a city to be located on a large body of water?
fishing, shipping, trade with british
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5 weaknesses of the AOC
- 1. weak central gov
- 2. no money
- 3. quarrelling between states
- 4. boundary disputes
- 5. no respect from foreign countries
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difference between Federalist and antifederalist?
- federalist- wanted a strong central gov, favored constitution
- antifederalists- insisted on a bill of rights
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explain:
3/5 compromise
New Jersey plan
Virginia Plan
Great Compromise
- for purpose of representation, slaves would be counted as 3/5 of a person
- called fro equal representation for all states
- called for representation based on population
- lower house based on population upper house equal representation
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List and define the principles of the constitution:
- 1. Popular sovereignty- power of the people to rule
- 2. limited government- all leaders have to obey laws
- 3. checks and balances- each branch of government can exercise checks and controls over the other branches
- 4. separation of powers- the division of basic government roles into 3 branches- executive, legislative, and judicial
- 5. individual rights- Bill of rights
- 6. republicanism- people exercise their power by voting for political representatives
- 7. sharing of powers between state and national government
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5 freedoms in the 1st amendment
speech, religion, press, petition, assembly
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first 10 amendments
- 1. freedom of press, petition, assembly, religion, and speech
- 2. right to bear arms
- 3. no quartering of soilders
- 4. no unreasonable search or seizers
- 5. don't have to testify against yourself
- 6. rights to a speedy trail
- 7. trail by jury
- 8. no cruel or unusual punishment
- 9. powers reserved to the people
- 10. powers not delegated to states by constitution
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when was the constitution written
1787
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significance of the whisky rebellion
uprising of people who refused to pay tax on alcohol
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how did voting rights change with the election of Jackson
removed property requirements
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what were the crises of the Jackson administration
- Indian removal act- trail of tears
- nullification crisis
- national dept
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meaning of tariff?
tax on goods brought into a country
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immigrants from what European countries found work in factories
Irish and germans
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what are interchangeable parts
parts that are exactly alike, making them easy to replace
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what innovations came about during the Transportation Revolution?
Steam engines, steamboats, and railroads
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Missouri compromise?
- Proposed by Henry clay,
- Missouri is a slave state
- maine is a free state
- 36 30 line
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