The idea that each representative in parliament represented the empire as a whole, and therefore, the colonies were represented.
A new focus on cash-crops in the north and west, and a shift to more expensive mechanized farming methods put smaller farms out of business. Big trusts that farmers relied on (like railroads) also raised prices, making it even harder for farmers to make a living
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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.
George Washington's Presidency
Established 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
Roanoke Colony
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Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Brown v. Board of education
The Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
18th amendment passed
End of the federalists
The war had revived the struggling party thanks to the anti-war movement. Now that the war was over, federalist support collapsed for good.
7 years war
A dispute over a French fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
Asiento System
System that took slaves to the New World to work for the Spanish. Required that a tax be paid to the Spanish ruler for each slave brought over.
The great migration
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Crisis in American values
New deal
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Facilitated the migration of black people to africa
Civil Rights Act of 1964
2nd Continental Congress
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger
Democratic Republicans
Weak national government
Assembly line
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
7 years war
A dispute over a french fort spiraled into a global conflict. Indigenous tribes tried to play Britain and France off of each other.
From 1820 to 1840 nearly 2 million immigrants (mainly from Germany and Ireland) showed up
Panic of 1819
Election of 1844
James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.
John D. Rockefeller
Pioneered horizontal integration, where one company controls every seller in the market.
Panic of 1893
A severe economic depression during which nearly a quarter of railroads declared bankruptcy. This caused bankers to buy up many of the railroads, leading to consolidation.
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