Unit 3
Why did the Albany Plan of Union fail?
Colonies feared losing power, land, and self-government
What are the two ideas that were very popular within American colonists, which began the road to the revolution?
Republicanism and Whig Ideas
What is transcendentalism?
A more spiritual way of thinking, going against scientific thinking
What was the main Purpose of the French vs Indian War?
What were many reactions of the colonists for the Townshend Act?
boycott any goods that were imported
What caused Europe to shift into Romanticism?
the destruction caused by Industrialization
What was another name for the French vs Indian War?
Seven Years War
Did Henry David Thoreau support the idea that tax money should be used to pay for the Mexican War 1846-1848?
NO
What was the main goal of the Albany Plan of Union?
to have the colonies under a more centralized government, hoping for some support to fight the French
What increased sectionalism in the Antebellum Era?
Regional differences, wanting to put the interest of a region above the interests of a nation
What act began the saying "no taxation without representation"?
Stamp Act
Between what years was sectionalism mild and resolved by compromise?
1820-1850