Control of American Colonies
The most controversial tax on the American colonies that began the idea of taxation without representation.
What is the Stamp Act
One influence to the Independence in the American colonies that encouraged people to challenge political authority.
What are Enlightenment Ideas
The name of the 1st National government for the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation
A list of amendments that the Federalists promised they would recommend in order to garner support from Anti-Federalists and neutral citizens. This led to the eventual ratification of the Constitution.
What was the Bill of Rights?
This included a warning to his fellow Americans about the dangers of Political Parties.
What was Washington's Farewell Address
Believed in the power of farmers and set his democratic vision on a society of independent yeoman families. At first he was a strict constructionist; however, he had to adapt his political ideology when he had to make hard choices as President, such as the Louisiana Purchase.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
The idea that the primary political role of American women was to instill a sense of patriotic duty and republican virtue in their children. This did, however, lead to increased education for women.
What is republican motherhood?
The time period before the French and Indian where the British govt. gave the American colonies more freedom.
What is Salutary Neglect
One influence to the Independence in the American colonies that encouraged people to challenge religious authority.
What was the Great Awakening
The most significant weakness of the Articles of Confederation with made it difficult for the government to generate revenue.
What is the No Power to Tax
Issued by George Washington in 1793, this allowed the US to trade with any nations engaged in war, meaning that American merchant ships could trade with both France and England.
What was the Proclamation of Neutrality?
Laws passed by John Adams and the Federalists that restricted immigration and prohibited insults or attacks on the president or the members of Congress in oder to limit the growing power of the Democratic Republicans.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
She demanded equal legal rights for married women and argued that "men would be tyrants" if they continued to hold such power over women.
Who was Abigail Adams?
A series of political agreements that allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state, and Missouri to enter as a slave state in order to preserve the balance of power. This set a precedent for further admission of states to the Union and upheld the practice of slavery for many more years.
What was the Missouri compromise?
An example of British control over Colonial markets which forced them to buy tea from the British East India Company.
What is the Tea Act
Group of people in the American colonies who protested British control, tar and feathered tax collectors and led the Boston Tea Party.
What were the Sons of Liberty?
A problem for the Articles of Confederation that included difficulties in regulation or enforcing relations with Britain and Spain.
What is a Weakness in Foreign Relations
A plan that called for the Constitution to retain the confederation's single-house congress with one vote per state. It also called for increased congressional powers to raise revenue, control commerce, and make binding requisitions of the states.
What was the New Jersey Plan?
How Jefferson referred to his election because it was a bloodless transfer of power despite the harsh rhetoric from either side. This showed that popularly elected governments could change in an orderly way.
What was the 'Revolution of 1800'?
English immigrant right before the outbreak of the Revolutionary war who wrote a consequential pamphlet in which he argued why the colonies needed to revolt against England and King George III.
Who was Thomas Paine?
A group founded by Henry Clay in 1817 that argued that slave had to be freed and resettled in Africa or elsewhere. The enslaved objected to this because they were a part of the fabric of the country and saw themselves as Americans.
What was the American Colonization Society?
A series of Colonial attempts to boycott British goods. This movement provided an opportunity for women to get involved in political life by reducing their household consumption of imported goods and producing large quantities of home-spun cloth.
What was the nonimportation movement?
A military camp in which George Washington's army and hundreds of camp followers suffered horribly in the winter of 1777. During their time there, Washington's army was trained and became more professional, which eventually was one aspect of the victory of the Patriots.
What was Valley Forge?
Created under the Articles of Confederation in 1787, this created the territories that would eventually become the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. This prohibited slavery in these territories and earmarked funds to support state schools, while also creating a clear process for admitting a state into the union.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
A controversial part of Hamilton's Financial Plan that was hated by the Dem-Republicans because it favored Northern merchants and hurt the South.
What was a Tariff?
The Supreme court case of 1803 that established the concept of judicial review and repealed the Judiciary act of 1789.
What was Marbury v. Madison?
The author of the Virginia plan, which designed a powerful three-branch government, with representation in both houses tied to the population. He is also hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Who was James Madison?
A movement that emphasized emotions and a sensuous appreciation of God, nature, and people. A part of the Romantic movement.
What was sentimentalism?
The British punishments for the Boston Tea Party which forbade town meetings, gatherings and other political restrictions. These eventually led to rebellion in the Northern colonies.
What are the Coercive or Intolerable Acts?
A 1779 British proclamation that declared that any slave who deserted a rebel master would receive protection, freedom, and land. This essentially offered slaves a credible choice between the aspirational language of American liberty and the practical policy of British freedom.
What was the Phillipsburg Proclimation?
The final blow which demonstrated the lack of power of the Articles of Confederation and made the people desire a stronger government who would be able to put down a rebellion.
What is Shays Rebellion
The belief that a State could cancel a Federal Law that they did not agree with.
What is Nullification?
An 1819 treaty in which John Quincy Adams persuaded Spain to give up the Florida territory, and in return the US accepted Spain's claim to Texas and agreed to a western boundary for the state of Louisiana.
What was the Adams-Onis Treaty?
A free African American almanac author, surveyor, naturalist, and farmer. He was largely responsible for completing a plan for the nation's capital. He opposed slavery and fought for human rights. He famously wrote a letter asking Jefferson’s aid in bringing about better conditions for African Americans.
Who was Benjamin Banneker?
The republican system of political economy created by state governments and funneled aid to private businesses whose projects would improve the general warfare.
What was the Commonwealth System?