Treaties & Acts
British tax on rum & sugar in US colonies
Sugar Act of 1764
Who won the presidency of 1788?
George Washington
Combined the labor source under one roof, moved production from farms to cities
Factory System
Group who opposed slavery and wanted to end it; included Abe Lincoln and Frederick Douglass
Abolitionists
brings people together, but is exclusionary
Nationalism
Stopped US trade with Britain and France
Embargo of 1807
This President banned European expansion in Latin/South America (name document)
James Monroe, Monroe Doctrine
Could not collect taxes & no law enforcement were weaknesses of what document?
Articles of Confederation
Movement of slaves from West Africa to North American European colonies
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Bill of Rights
Est. US Independence and ended the American Revolution
Treaty of Paris 1783
cut taxes & military spending
Thomas Jefferson
What were the causes of the War of 1812?
British Impressment & aiding the Native American
Trade of raw goods between N. America, European factories and African colonies in exchange for slave labor
Triangle Trade
This document established US independence and included principles of liberty & equality in government
Declaration of Independence
Established the first Supreme Court and Judicial System
Judiciary Act of 1789
Ran as a federalist in the election of 1796
John Adams
- collect information on plants & animals
- est. connections with Native Americans
Kept the balance in Congress, by adding a free & slave state and redrawing the line for free/slave territory
Missouri Compromise
This city was the US capital before it was moved to Washington D.C.
New York City
Treaty of Paris 1763
Told US government to stay neutral in foreign affairs and to not create political parties
George Washington
Who wrote the National Anthem, what is it about?
Francis Scott Key, attack on Fort McHenry
Separates based on interests
Sectionalism
This is the city where the Declaration of Independence was signed
Philadelphia