colonies and revolution
1775-1783
Revolutionary war
Articles of Confederation
Created in USA, adopted 1777, ratified March 1781, one state one vote, no president, state competition no tax no army, first governing document of the United States
Frederick Douglass
Former slave, led abolitionist movement
Fugitive Slave Act
Allowed officers to arrest anyone who tried to escape slavery
Help lead southern forces
Robert E. Lee
what was the may flower compact
first written structure of government
Founding father of constitution, 4th pres,
James Madison
7th pres., Jacksonian democracy, property, voting rights restricted
Andrew Jackson
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Ruled congress could not ban slavery
when was and what was the bloodiest day?
(Sept. 17, 1862) Bloodiest day in US history, 22,726 died, wounded, missing,Battle of Antietam
who is Thomas Jefferson
author of the declaration of independence, 3rd pres.
constitution
A written document that states how the country is ran, created 3 branches, 1787
Monroe Doctrine
1823, James Monroe 15th, Europe out of US, US out of Europe
Confederate States of America
7 (southern) states break off from the US and create own country, south Carolina first
Ulysses S. Grant
Led the union forces, 18th president
Ended what war? when?
ended revolutionary war in 1783
Federalism
Argue strong central government, argued seperation of powers
Louisiana Purchase
The purchase of the 15-million-dollar Louisiana territory, 2x size US
Wilmot Proviso
Proposed amendment to ban slavery to help protect rights when south tried expanding, passed but defeated in the senate
(July 1-3, 1868) Bloodiest battle in US history, last attempt to invade north, union victory, Battle of Gettysburg
which is an Intellectual movement
enlightenment
Banned slavery (1787), est. public education, process of statehood
Northwest Ordinance
Northern states, factories, cities and immigrants
Southern states, cotton gin, slavery
Industrial Revolution
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Divided Nebraska into 2, voters in each would decide issue of slavery
Emancipation Proclamation
Issued by Lincoln in 1863, declared all held slaves free, did not free all slaves