Meat inspection actSet standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Would prohibit slavery in Missouri if it was admitted into the union
Economic and religious liberty
They viewed the colonies as subordinates. They had spent billions on defending them, and thought they'd want to help pay the debt.
The embargo
Scopes Monkey trialIn Tennessee it was illegal to teach Darwin's theory of evolution to children. A teacher was arrested for teaching it to his class. In the end, the conviction was thrown out on a technicality.
Election of 1828
British impressment
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Virtual representationThe idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
Colonial attitude towards independenceThey didn’t want it. Initially the revolution was a petition to get the same rights as other British citizens
Britian's second colony, in Maine, it lasted around a year, but they ran out of food and left
2nd Continental Congress
Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
Whiskey rebellionviolent tax protest from 1791-1794.
the whiskey was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by president Washington to pay for the war. It unfairly burdened poor farmers west of the Appalachian mountains because they couldn't do business anymore
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
Anne HutchinsonA Puritan woman who was well learned that disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island. She displayed the importance of questioning authority.
Madison declared war. "Would Americans remain independent or become colonists again?"
Spanish-American War
Lexington and ConcordeBritish troops marched to take a militia's weapons. They we're beaten back and chased back to boston by militia minutemen
Phyllis SchlaflyOrganized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
Nixon's appointments (who he'd assumed who be conservative) ruled in favor of abortion rights
Starting in 1865 many Americans started pushing westward again after the interruption of the civil war
Anti-Saloon leagueWorked to close down saloons
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Dred Scott caseA 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.
The Feminine Mystique
Frozen!
Frozen!
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
Decolonization
The new southIdea that the future of the south would be based on economic diversity and industrial growth. Massive growth of population, industry, and railroads. Only in limited industrial centers though.
Raised import duties up to 50%. Supported by industrial northerners and hated by southerners who relied on imports
American protective associationHeavily anti-catholic and Social Darwinists
Progressive's concerns
Thomas Gage
Cash and CarryRoosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Great depression
Lexington and Concorde
British colonizationEconomic and religious liberty
Shay’s rebellionFarmers had to take debt because they weren’t getting paid. Their land was being repossessed so they rebelled and closed the courts. They used Republican ideals to justify it.
Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)
Declaration of Independence
Confirmed ability of a Republican Government to defend itself. Americans completed conquest of everything east of the Mississippi. War broke remaining indigenous power, and white settlers poured in to former native lands.
Boost!
Boost!
Assimilationist movementWanted to end indian culture by forcing them to assimilate to American values.
The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
End of the federalistsThe war had revived the struggling party thanks to the anti-war movement. Now that the war was over, federalist support collapsed for good.
Madison declared war on great BritainMadison declared war. "Would Americans remain independent or become colonists again?"
George Washington's PresidencyEstablished many precedents for the office of the president. Created a cabinet-style government, appointed cabinet officials based on merit, and stepped down after 2 terms
Johnathan EdwardsTheologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds
Meat inspection act
Britians first colony, established in outer banks, NC. When they came back, it was abandonded
Ethan Allen and the Green mountain boys surround fort Ticonderoga, steal it's cannons, and bring them back to Boston
Jefferson policy on indigenous Americans
Attitudes towards GermanyWanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat.
Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused
7 years warA dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.