Unit 2
Mercantilism
belief in the benefits of profitable trading
Intolerable Acts
punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea
War Hawks
members of congress who wanted to declare war on the British in 1812
Manifest destiny
the idea that the United States is destined o expand and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.
Harriet Tubman
American abolitionist and political activist
Navigation acts
acts of Parliament intended to promote the self-sufficiency of the British Empire
Thomas Paine
author of common sense
Embargo Act
closed U.S. ports to all exports and restricted imports from Britain.
Free Soil Party
merged into the republican party and it opposed slavery
Triangular trade
trade between three ports or regions
First Great Awakening
when spirituality and religious devotion were revived. This feeling swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and 1770s
Battle of Fallen Timbers
The Battle of Fallen Timbers (20 August 1794) was the final battle of the Northwest Indian War
Panic of 1819
Wilmot Proviso
important congressional proposal in the 1840s to prohibit the extension of slavery into the territories
Jay Treaty
agreement that assuaged antagonisms between the United States and Great Britain
New England Confederation
a military alliance between the New England colonies of Plymouth, Connecticut, New Haven and Massachusetts Bay
Federalist Party
Federalists believed in a centralized national government, under Alexander Hamilton
Whigs
believed in a strong federal government, similar to the Federalist Party
Know Nothing Party
political party called for restrictions on immigration
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
he 13th (1865), 14th (1868), and 15th Amendments (1870) were the first amendments made to the U.S. constitution in 60 years. Known collectively as the Civil War Amendments, they were designed to ensure the equality for recently emancipated slaves
George Whitefield
popular preaching stimulated the 18th-century Protestant revival throughout Britain
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
established a government for the Northwest Territory, outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states
Treaty of Ghent (1814)
ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain
Kansas-Nebraska Act
a bill in Congress to divide the area into two territories with Nebraska in North and Kansas in the South
Scalawags
The Scalawags turned on their own kind and were deemed as traitors to the South, cooperating with the Republicans