Social
Believed that people were born with certain natural rights; life, liberty, and property
John Locke
-Happened because General Burgoyne’s army was all alone left to fight the patriots
-He had to surrender making this a huge American win during the Revolutionary War
-This was a huge turning point in the war
Battle of Saratoga
Every five slaves would count as three to the states population
⅗ Compromise
A system by which each branch of government limits powers of other branches
checks and balances
1) Men that were American soldiers and they had to be ready to fight in a minute’s notice
2) Power of the Supreme Court to say whether any federal, state, or local law or government action goes against the Constitution making it unconstitutional
1) Minuetmen
2) Judicial Review
-The federal assumption of state debts
-The cremation of the Bank of the United States
-Support for the new nation’s emerging industries
Alexander Hamilton Plan
-They captured several British forts
-George Washington was only 22 years old when it started
-Washington had caught the eye of important military personnel when he was sent to warn the French Commander at Fort Le Boeuf
French and Indian War
-To protect Brittain’s new land they made the ________________
-This prohibited the colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains
-This allowed Britain to have more control over the colonists
Proclamation 1763
A principle by which powers are divided among different branches of government to make sure no one branch has too much power
Seperation of Powers
1)To enlist in the army
2)Privately owned ships outfited with weapons
1)Recruit
2)Privateer
-Spain thought that since Jay’s treaty now existed they would team up against Spain
-Washington sent people to Spain to make the _______ treaty
-This treaty gave the Americans free navigation of the Mississippi River and the right to trade at New Orleans
-This affected America to let them trade and navigate near and on the Mississippi River
Pinckeye's Treaty
-This was made to settle 2 disputes between America and France
-It was named this because it was the French Generals names that the name that the American General gave to them
XYZ Affair
Made it easier to buy land
Land Act of 1800s
The belief that government is subject to the will of the people
popular sovereignty
1) Power belonging only to the states
2) Power not enumerated in the Constitution but suggest in its language
1) Reserved Powers
2) Implied Powers
1)_______ are people who agree with federalism
2)_______-________ are people who did not agree with federalism
1) Federalists
2) Anti-Federalists
1)The ____________
-In the middle 1700’s
-A movement that began in Europe
-Spread the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society
-It also promoted freedom of thought and expression, a belief in equality, and the idea of a popular government
2) The ____________
-A religious revival swept through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s
-The _________ inspired greater religious freedom
1) The Enlightenment
2) The Great Awakening
1) Added to the first 10 amendments on December 15, 1791
2) A group of Native American nations in eastern North America joined together by one general government
1) Bill of Rights
2) Iroquois Confederacy
Allowed the president to imprison aliens
-Aliens: foreign people in America
Alien and Sedation Acts
1)_______ branch: President and Vice President is in charge of it, the cabinet is appointed to the president, execute the laws, electoral college, presidents name, Commander-in-chief, he can approved war, or guns for supports, in charge of the military
2)______ branch: US Congress; Senate (100) and House of Representatives (435). US Congress, establish taxes lawmaking branch
3)_______ Branch: The Supreme Court JUSTICES 9= so there is not a tie, deals with all the laws that want to get approved.
1) Executive
2) Legislative
3) Judicial
1) _____ people who agreed with Patriotism
2) _____ people who didn't agree with the idea of freedom from Britain
2) Loyalists
-Lowered the tax on Molasses, hoping it would convince Colonists to pay the tax and stop smuggling it in
-Allowed officers to seize goods from accused smugglers without going to court
-Colonists thought this violated their rights
-Colonists also believed they had the right to be secure in their home
Sugar Act
1) Trade route between three destinations, such as Britain, West Africa, and the West Indies
2) American patriots boarded ships and threw 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company into Boston Harbor.
-They did this because they were protesting taxation without representation
1) Triangular trade
2) Boston Tea Party
There was a tax on liquor so the people rebelled on it
Whiskey Rebellion
1)_______ Advantages
1)Home field advantages
2)Had more motivation
3)Had good leadership
2)_______ Advantages
1)Strongest navy in the world
2)More troops
3)Better ships
4)More money
1) Patriot
2) British