2nd Continental Congress
How would the colonists win? George Washington would lead an army
How would they pay for it? New currency
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.
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.
Battle of Bunker hill
British won, but had many casualties. They eventually abandoned Boston
First political parties
Divisions over neutrality in the French revolution, the Jay treaty, the financial plan, and existing sectionalism created the first political parties.
Government support for railroads
Jefferson's presidency
He himself owned hundreds of slaves. He banned the importation of slaves. Once the Atlantic trade dried up, domestic trade increased, creating the second middle passage
Roger Williams
A dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south
Economic and religious liberty
Great society
An extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty
Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act
Black Panthers
Advocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
Railroads
A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
Hundreds of thousands gathered for a peaceful protest in front of the lincoln memorial. MLK gave his 'I have a dream' speech
Booker T. Washington
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
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Containment
Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
Fries rebellion
Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries.
12/13 states met to amend the articles of confederation. They eventually decided to draft a new constitution
Ida B. Wells
Failures of the articles of confederation
France and others wanted their debt paid back, yet the national government didn’t have money. States had individual economies that didn’t collaborate.
between US and spain, defined border US and spanish florida, guranteed US navigation rights in mississippi river
Tariff of 1828
British impressment
Hoovervilles
Philippines
Teddy Roosevelt sent an American fleet to attack the Spanish colony. They staged a ground invasion in collaboration with Filipino nationalists and overthrew the Spanish, before buying it from them
