the Compromise of 1790
Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson. Declared the colonies an independent country from Britain. Included a statement of intent, list of grievances, and a conclusion that dissolved ties with Britain
Southern baptists
White supremacy continued to dominate. Secret societies continued to terrorize African Americans (and Catholics, jews, and immigrants)
Britain didn't want to spend more money defending the colonies from the natives, so they banned settling beyond the Appalachian mountains
First great awakening
A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s.
Hamilton's financial plan
1) Establish the U.S. credit worthiness 2) Unify the states' debt 3) Create a national bank 4) Whiskey tax to pay for the revolution 5) Establish tariffs to protect american businesses
Fries rebellion
Farmers in southeast Pennsylvania stopped paying taxes for the larger military. John Fries led a peaceful protest, but John Adams ordered federal troops to stop the protest, and they made mass arrests, assaulted newspaper editors, and almost executed John Fries.
Federalism
The division of powers between different levels of government.
The New Jersey plan
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
Camp meetings with huge sermons, christian revival. In contrast to first great awakening, which focused on personal moral reformation, second one emphasized moral reformation of society
EPA
Created in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water
Stamp act congress
Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
sedition act
applied restrictions to immigration and speech in US made it a crime for americans to print, utter, or publish any false, scandalous, malicious writing about the government
Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.
Political machines
Corrupt political bosses and their followers
Market revolution
Flappers
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Gold rush
Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed
fourteen points
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Prohibited racial discrimination in the voting booth
Kansas-Nebraska act
divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!
Reconstruction acts
Townshend Acts
In opposing the stamp act, the colonists said trade should be regulated instead. Parliament passed the townshend acts and began taxing imports and exports.
Meeting between leaders of 7 colonies to create a plan for joint defense and administration of the colonies. "Join or die"
Pure food and drug act
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Dred Scott case
A slave in Missouri was taken to live in free Wisconsin, for two years, and he sued for his freedom. The Supreme Court ruled that slaves aren't citizens, and they are property so nobody can be deprived of their property without due process.
Praying towns
Towns in new england where native Americans were forced to live. They we're supposed to be for their protection, but really, it was to steal their land and convert them to christianity
18th amendment passed
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Republican party formed
A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.
