Slavery
Enslaved people participated in the revivals of the 2nd great awakening, with services on plantations
What was Nat Turner's Revolt?
Tensions between the France, Spain, and Britain
Which countries were initially involved in the French and Indian War?
The banning of alcohol
What was the prohibition?
18th century invention which allowed for the movement of large cargo across seas and 5 mph faster travel through canals
What were steam engines/steamboats
This shaped the thinking of the "ideal political system"
What were the ideas of Enlightenment?
Founded in 1817 that advocated sending freed slaves to a colony in Africa; it established the colony of Liberia in 1827 and encouraged free African Americans to emigrate
What was the American Colonization Society?
Signed in 1763 after Britain's victory in the war granting an end to the war between Great Britain and France
What was the Treaty of Paris?
A group who persuaded alcoholic drinkers to take abstinence pledge
What was the American Temperance Society?
The expansion of _______ in the 1800s to allow for greater rapid transportation to larger cities such as Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and Cincinnati. These _____ lined the regions of the North and Midwest.
What were railroads in the 18th century?
The right to life, liberty, and property
What were "Locke Rights"/basic rights?
Was the powerful & persuasive editor of: The Liberator. The Liberator gave voice to the growing Anti-Slavery movement.
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
Attack lead by Chief Pontiac against American Indians, the first major test of new British imperial policy
What was Pontiac's Rebellion?
Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century and the widespread conversion of people towards Protestant Christianity
What was the Second Great Awakening?
A machine used to pull cotton fibers from the cotton seed and speed up the harvesting of cotton; Invented by Eli Whitney
What was the cotton gin?
This event challenged the constitution and showed that strong central government would not tolerate violence
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
Renowned orator and editor in the north as well as an escaped enslaved person who became an Anti-Slavery leader and activist.
Who was Frederick Douglas?
The prohibiting of colonists settling west of the Appalachian Mountains by the British governments in hopes of preventing future hostilities between colonists and Native Americans
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
The first long distance communication source allowing for people to communicate with one another in farther distances
Under these laws the government did not have the power to directly tax people and the central government depended on VOLUNTARY contributions from states
What were the Articles of Confederation
In 1840, Anti-Slavery forces created this party & nominated James G. Barney for president
What was the Liberty Party?
France built forts on the Ohio River and therefore British sent George Washington to stop of the building of these forts
This convention brought to light the "Declaration of Sentiments" which declared all men and women created equal
What was the sewing machine
Created the basic structure of Congress as it now exists and made that the House of Reps were to be determined by popular vote
What was the Great Compromise?