Movement (Push Pull)
After the Americans won the war, a safer place for those who remained loyal to the King was in Canada, where England still had control in North America.
Why did 80,000 loyalists move to England and Canada after the American Revolution?
Petition, protest, boycotts, riots, intimidating the tax collectors
What were the methods the colonists used to resist British colonial policies?
Did the President have the power to make such a big purchase even though it would double the size of the United States? Jefferson was willing to become a "loose" interpreter of the Constitution to find out!
What was the political and economic impact of the Louisiana Purchase?
Taxation with out REPRESENTATAION, emphasis on no REPRESENTATION
Why did British colonial policies anger the American colonists?
With all of its natural resources, every one wanted control over this land. Ultimately the French were driven out of North America leaving the Native Americans to ally themselves with whoever would allow them to continue heir lifestyle. The British created a Proclamation line creating resentment from the colonists.
How did the French, British and Native Americans interests in the land of the Upper Ohio Valley cause conflict?
The early government created a weak national government, giving states more control. It did not provide the ability to collect taxes or create an army- not good!
How effective were the Articles of Confederation in governing the new United States?
"True American Natives," or the decedents of the original colonists felt threatened by the flood of people coming to America looking for opportunity. They blamed the Irish and Chinese for economic problems facing the nation and worried that American values would change.
How did antebellum immigration lead to nativism?
The Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas Nebraska Act acted as band-aids to keep the country together, but ultimately divided the northern and southern states even further.
How did the balance of power between free and slave states contribute to the sectional polarization that led to the Civil War?
Factories and mills created urban areas
How did industrialization influence the movement of the American people?
When the British were not enforcing their own rules, the colonies were able to trade with other nations, and felt independent. When the British started enforcing the Navigation Acts- America felt as if the British were being unfair (without having representation).
How did the colonies benefit from salutary neglect? How did the end of salutary neglect lead to the American Revolution?