Week 1 - 4
The study of human change and continuity over the course of time.
What is History?
Tobacco was Virginia and Maryland's "cash crop."
What was the most lucrative product of the Chesapeake colonies?
This proclamation by the British governor of Virginia offered freedom to slaves who defended the Crown. The Proclamation allowed slaves to fight for their freedom by joining the British and made the "Revolution" a struggle for black freedom, again white colonists.
What was the significance of Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation?
This form of "revolution" represents a process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to a manufacturing economy.
What was the First Industrial Revolution?
The political struggle between northern free states and southern slave states over control of the Senate as the nation expanded westward.
In U.S. history, the "Sectional Crisis" refers to which of the following?
This European kingdom established the first European colony in the Americas following the arrival of Columbus.
Spain
A condition in which one person is owned by another.
How does your professor define slavery?
The Continental Congress passed this announcement in the hopes of winning support from France and Spain, to list their grievances, and assert just nations must be ruled by the consent of the governed.
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence, according to your textbook?
In his speech to Harrison, Tecumseh said he represented every Indian on the continent.
Historian John Sudgens argues Tecumseh said something remarkable to Territorial Governor William Henry Harrison that no Indian had ever said before. What was it that Tecumseh said?
The Democratic Party won their first presidency with candidate Andrew Jackson.
The election of 1828 brought in the first presidency of which political party?
This 800 year war was waged between Christians and Muslims for control of the Iberian Peninsula.
What was the Reconquista (or Reconquest)?
A Protestant revival that emphasized emotional, experiential faith over book learning. The movement began in 1730s Europe and quickly took hold in British America.
What was the "First Great Awakening?"
This Patriot victory in 1777 captured General Burgoyne and his British Army, convincing France to join the Americans in their Revolutionary War.
What was the significance of the Continental Army's surprise victory over the British military at Saratoga?
These reasons for opposition to a proposed House of Representatives included the belief that the American people were easily misled and would "starve" their governments of funding.
What TWO reasons did delegates Roger Sherman [Conn.] and Elbridge Gerry [Mass.] give for their opposition to the popular election of representatives to a “National Legislature?”
Northern members of the House of Representatives did not want "slave" states in the south to outnumber "free" states in the north, so Representative Tallmadge (N.Y.) proposed an amendment restricting slavery in Missouri as a condition of statehood.
Explain the debate over Missouri statehood that led to the Missouri Compromise?
Western Europeans mostly ended this practice during the Middle Ages because the Catholic Church forbid bondage of Christians and because the feudal system relied on serfs for labor.
Why did western Europeans stop enslaving each other during the Middle Ages?
This boundary created by British King George III blocked white settlers from claiming lands west of the Appalachian mountains. By blocking westward settlement, the King infuriated American colonists in the west.
What was the significance of the King's Proclamation Line of 1763?
This 1778 strategy focused on invading the southern colonies to raise a Loyalist Army to help add troops to the British cause. France joining the American cause forced Great Britain to send troops and the Navy to the West Indies and Europe.
In 1778, what was Britain’s Ministers new “southern strategy” in the American Revolution?
This political party advocated for limited national government. Their characteristics included broad support from planters, western farmers, and artisans; cheering on the French Revolution; and embracing universal male suffrage (all men allowed to vote).
Who were the Democratic Republicans in the First Party System? Describe two of their characteristics.
These goals of the Confederate States of America included forming their own country, protecting slavery from any attempt to abolish it, allowing slavery into western territories, and protecting the domestic slave trade.
What were the basic goals of the Confederate States of America?
This nation's specific motivations for colonization included Population Pressure; Protestant and Catholic Rivalry for the souls of the world; and a desire to profit from commodities in the New World (based upon the success of the Spanish and Portuguese).
What were three motivations for the English to settle the Americas?
What were the three stages of Parliamentary Action against the colonies?
Enslaved black men and women used the revolution to petition colonial legislatures for freedom, volunteered to fight for their freedom in both Continental and British Armies, and created new settlements of freedom in Nova Scotia and Africa!
Explain three ways in which black men and women openly challenged the institution of slavery during the American Revolution.
The cotton gin made it far easier to produce large amounts of cotton fiber for foreign export. The machine helped slaveholders purchase more cotton plantations and expand slavery across the United States. King Cotton became the most important export in the United States and fed northern industry.
Explain the significance of the cotton gin to the development of the southern economy?
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation freeing slaves in states “under rebellion,” [the ten Confederate States]. He hoped to free slaves and undermine the economy and infrastructure of the southern states. However, his executive order did not free slaves in the four Union slave states of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri.
What were the motivations of President Lincoln in passing the Emancipation Proclamation?