Rematch between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The Democratic republicans had finally figured out how to campaign in the media, and the Federalists were seen as elitist
James Oglethorpe
Got the royal charter for Georgia because he wanted to establish a colony for the "worthy poor" (the people in debtors prisions). England also wanted protection from Spanish Florida.
civic virtue
the character of a good participant in a system of gov
Johnathan Edwards
Theologian and philosopher who objected to predestination and helped cause the first great awakening by preaching to large crowds
Pequot war
Pequot tribe vs connecticut settlers. Started witht eh murder of 2 english traders. It was part of a larger dispute over trade
Jay treaty
Created in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water
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.
Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
Delegates met in New York to send the "declaration of rights & grievances" to the king. They also organized a boycott of British goods.
Expansion of democracy
Voting rights were expanded to all white males
Agreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.
Lincoln campaigned on halting the expansion of slavery. He won without a single Southern electoral vote, prompting the south to realize they no longer any voice in the future of slavery in america
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
The New Jersey plan
American imperialism
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Self-determination Act of 1975
Gave Native Americans much greater control over their lands, education, and law enforcement
Cash and Carry
Roosevelt 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
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.
Chinese exclusion act
Nativists successfully pressured Congress to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants who were coming over during the gold rush.
Treaty of New Echota
Sneaky deal that exchanged Cherokee land in Georgia for a reservation territory west of the Mississippi River.
Enabled manufacturers to produce huge quantities of steel
A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.
Spanish colonization
Colonized to extract wealth through mining and cash crops
By 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau declared that the frontier was officially settled
Whiskey rebellion
Upton Sinclair
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
An amendment to a law in congress that stipulated that any land gained in the Mexican-American war wouldn't be ineligible for the spread of slavery. Symbolized the growing tension over westward expansion and slavery.
N.O.W.
Great railroad strike
Railroad companies cut salaries due to a recession. Railroad workers went on strike in 11 states. When the strike got violent, 11 people were killed before President Hayes sent in federal troops
